Christianity
There are 512 items in Christianity:
Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Peter: apocryphal text about Jesus' trial, burial, and resurrection. The text breaks off when we expect the risen Christ to appear to his disciplesThe Gospel of Peter is part of a small book that was discovered in the…The Great Flood
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in…
Hadrumetum, Catacomb of Severus, Funerary Mosaic of Bigulantius |
Hadrumetum, Catacomb of the Good Shepherd, Good Shepherd |
Hadrumetum, Tombstone of Iorticius |
Hippo Regius, Baptistery |
Hippo Regius, Basilica, General view |
Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzesi
What did I expect when I decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeological Museum? I only had some vague notions about the collection, but nothing more. I knew that the famous Alexander sarcophagus and a well-known portrait of Diocletian were there;…
Isthmia, Fragment of a Christian Inscription |
Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Drawing by De Bruijn |
Jerusalem, Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, from the southwest |
Jesus of Nazareth
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Jesus of Nazareth (30 CE) …