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
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics