One of the biggest pieces missing from biblical accounts of Jesus’ life is his childhood. But apocryphal accounts, such as the Gospel of Thomas, do talk about Jesus’ reportedly miraculous early years.

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The papyrus dates back to between 129 and 132 C.E. Israel Antiquities Authority Back in 2014, a researcher from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem rediscovered an ancient papyrus while organizing a ...

In 2014, a researcher realized that the longest Greek papyrus ever found in the Judaean Desert was not what it seemed. The newly translated scroll reveals extraordinary details of a judicial hearing ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, fiscal fraud and the false sale of slaves. A manuscript discovered in the ...