New Testament History Timeline
New Testament History: Timeline of events, people and places....(Continue Reading)
Chronology of Early & New Testament Christianity: Christian History Timeline, 40 BCE - 95 CE
Chronology of Early & New Testament Christianity: Christian History Timeline. Chronology of people, places, and events between 40 BCE and 95 CE. Includes links for more detailed information on specific topics, people, and events as well as listings f...(Continue Reading)
Bible - Definition
Definition of Bible from the LDS GLossary....(Continue Reading)
Gospel According to Mark: Introduction, Analysis, Commentary, Background, History
The shortest of the four canonical gospels, most biblical scholars regard Mark as the oldest and a primary source for much of the material contained in Luke and Matthew. For a long time Christians tended to ignore Mark in favor of the longer, more de...(Continue Reading)
Easter Challenge: Historicity of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Are the accounts of the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the first Easter, found in several places of the New Testament, true and historical? If so, it should be possible to bring them all together and tell the story of the first Easter - without omit...(Continue Reading)
Capernaum: Profile of Capernaum - Did Jesus Teach Here? History, Geography, Religion
The name 'Capernaum' is Hebrew for 'village of Nahum' and is the name for a small village on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. Today it has been identified with the modern site of Tel Hum which has been excavated off-and-on for over a hundre...(Continue Reading)
Dead Sea: Profile of the Dead Sea - History, Geography, Religion
The Dead Sea is a lake which the Jordan River empties into and in ancient times it was known by many names: Salt Sea, Eastern Sea, and Sea of Sodom for example. Most of the names reference the fact that its salt and mineral content is over 30% (compa...(Continue Reading)
Galilee: Profile of the Region of Galilee - History, Geography, Religion
Galilee (Hebrew galil, meaning either 'circle' or 'district') was one of the major regions of ancient Palestine, larger even than Judea and Samaria. The earliest reference to Galilee comes from Pharaoh Tuthmose III, who captured several Canaanite cit...(Continue Reading)
Jordan River: Profile of the Jordan River - History, Geography, Religion
The name 'Jordan' comes from the Hebrew word 'descender' because of the way it descends from its sources. The Jordan is the world's lowest river, flowing well below sea level for most of its course: although it starts at more than 1,000 feet above se...(Continue Reading)
Tiberias: Profile of the City of Tiberias - History, Geography, Religion
The city of Tiberias was constructed around 20 CE by Herod Antipas and dedicated to Caesar Tiberius. It replaced Sepphoris as the capital of Galilee, which Herod ruled. Tiberias became the first Jewish 'polis,' the Greek term for 'city' which meant t...(Continue Reading)
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