Geza Vermes
Was Crucifixion a Jewish Penalty?
Some academics have questioned whether Jesus died on the cross. Exploring historical sources, however, we can learn much about the ancient world’s way of death
Writing and Rewriting the Bible in the Time of Jesus
Both Christians and Jews can learn from the reconstruction of the process by which unified scriptures emerged from diversity
Among the Saints: An Essay in Hagiography
Three Hungarian priests of my youth have been beatified and are now venerated as martyrs. An English friend may soon join them
Jews, Christians and Judaeo-Christians
The earliest disciples of Jesus were observant Jews, but the story of these Jewish Christians and their distinctive doctrines has been obscured by the Gentile church that supplanted them
Herod the Terrible or Herod the Great?
The much-maligned King of the Jews’s shortcomings should not overshadow his political and cultural accomplishments
Jesus in the Eyes of Josephus
Is the passage about Jesus by the great Jewish historian a forgery — or authentic?
Isaac, the First Lamb of God
A newly discovered fragment casts light on the Biblical story of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son
The Meaning of the Dead Sea Scrolls
A major investigator of the Scrolls since their discovery explains why after 60 years they still have not made their full impact on the general public
The Truth About the Historical Jesus
The leading authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls draws a portrait of Jesus the Jew
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?