Jesus paradoxically embodies “power in powerlessness,” Freeman writes. For early Christians, the good shepherd embodied both the unity of and the difference between the two testaments, while shepherd ...

My recent research project on embodied readings of ancient texts is focused on the early Christian apocalypse known as the Shepherd of Hermas, one of the most widely read books in the early Church. I ...

The gold ring was described by the Israel Antiquities Authority as an "exquisite and rare find" A Roman-era gold ring bearing an image used by early Christians to symbolise Jesus has been found by ...