Skip to content

The Reign of God

The Reign of God
  • Home
  • Book 1
    • Characters
    • Resources
  • Book 2
  • Get the Book
  • Author
  • Blog

The Reign of God

  • Home
  • Book 1
    • Characters
    • Resources
  • Book 2
  • Get the Book
  • Author
  • Blog

History

An—almost—definite list of the Twelve Apostles

March 28, 2021June 13, 2020

What were the names of the Twelve Apostles—the group of hand-picked disciples of Jesus that went down in history as the core members of the original Christian church? I need to know the exact names of Jesus’ Twelve Apostles for …

Read Article

Categories History

Imagining the Centurion’s Synagogue of Capernaum

March 28, 2021September 3, 2019

I’m currently writing the scene of Jesus’ first public teaching in the synagogue of Capernaum. It is a key moment in the next book, propelling his work as teacher and healer forward. But imagining how exactly this synagogue looked like …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Archaeology, Galilee

What did Jesus look like? Part 4: Jesus’ Race

March 28, 2021August 7, 2019

What race was Jesus? So far I have considered the look and body of the historical Jesus without using the term ‘race.’ Yet race is an important issue that’s worth discussing here.

Categories History Tags Body, Genetics, History, Yeshua

Imagining Capernaum: The Village of Jesus

March 28, 2021March 13, 2019

Jesus grew up in the Galilean village of Nazareth, but he left his home once he started roaming the land as teacher and healer. For reasons we don’t know he chose a small lakeside place called Capernaum as an important …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Archaeology, Galilee, History

Where are the Women in The Reign of God?

October 22, 2018October 19, 2018

I sometimes get this question from readers: “Why are there no female characters in your comic?” As the writer, I was acutely aware of the lack of strong women protagonists or even side characters in THE REIGN OF GOD. A …

Read Article

Categories Graphic Novel, History Tags Feminism

Imagining the Apostles: Simon Peter

March 28, 2021August 9, 2018

Who were the followers of Jesus? For my next book in the REIGN OF GOD series, I’ve started researching the lives of Jesus’ most important disciples. Because great stories emerge from great characters, I’m creating personality profiles for the folks …

Read Article

Categories Graphic Novel, History Tags Apostle, Book II, Disciple, Galilee, Mary Magdalene, Peter

What did Jesus look like? — Part 3: The Face of Jesus

March 28, 2021June 22, 2018

In the last two articles I have discussed what Jesus’ clothes and body might have been like, based on a variety of evidence. Today, we explore Jesus’ face: What can we actually know about it, and how I settled on …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Archaeology, History, Yeshua

What did Jesus look like? — Part 2: The Jewish Body

November 8, 2021April 27, 2018

In this article, I talk about Jesus’ possible skin color and Jewish genetics. The question of Jesus’ body is complex as it is contentious. I won’t go into theology but strictly talk about the appearance of the historical Jesus. I …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Archaeology, Body, Genetics, History, Yeshua

What did Jesus look like? — Part 1: Clothing

March 28, 2021February 27, 2018

I was recently asked how I came up with the look of Jesus in my comic. The question is justified since I chose to draw him very differently from the cliché Christ look of our time: a long-haired Caucasian guy …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Archaeology, Art, Fashion, History, Yeshua

The Violent Childhood of Jesus

March 28, 2021January 24, 2018
Jesus violence

When Jesus was about ten years old, his homeland was trembling from rebellion. He grew up among people traumatized by war. We don’t know much about the childhood of Jesus, but we often imagine his upbringing in the lush Galilean …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Galilee, Herod the Great, History, Josephus, Nazareth, Rome, Violence, War, Yeshua

Top 5 Reasons you should know about Flavius Josephus

March 28, 2021October 23, 2017
flavius jospehus

He never met Jesus of Nazareth and he does not appear in the Bible, but the man called Flavius Josephus is vital in understanding early Christianity. Josephus was an ancient Judean aristocrat who lived from ca. 37 CE to ca. …

Read Article

Categories History Tags Bad-ass Hombre, Bible, History, Josephus

The World of Jesus reflected in Iraq?

November 16, 2017October 15, 2017

It was around 2005 when I saw a small video that overturned the way I understood the Bible. It was a 4-minutes trailer to an upcoming documentary film. I must have stumbled upon it through some online news article. The …

Read Article

Categories Faith, History Tags Film, History, War

On the Blog

  • The Reign of God” is available for free now!
  • Book 2 is now available
  • April 3: Join the Virtual Book Launch of Book 2!
  • This is the cover for Book 2!
  • Book 2 is coming this April 3! (New Video)

Contact

isseyfujishima [at] gmail.com

Search Site

Site Policy and Legal Disclaimer

2023 © by Issey Fujishima