Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama “Jesus of Nazareth” — but as a deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue. “I had this thought: I wonder what it ...

What if, in his early days as a humble carpenter in Nazareth, before he amassed his 12 disciples or turned water into wine, Jesus befriended a mixed martial arts fighter? This is the basic premise of ...