James Tabor Blog
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A blog by the author of The Jesus Dynasty consisting of religion matters from the Bible to the Modern World.Tabor has combined his historical work on ancient texts with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan.
James Tabor Blog
2d ago
Here is the second of my new mini-series on Youtube dealing with Holy Week. You will find all sorts of supplementary materials at this blog post–if you want to use the occasion of Holy Week to delve deeply into some of the issues I will cover. My central question is: Historically speaking, what got Jesus ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2d ago
Here is the first of my new mini-series on Youtube dealing with Holy Week. You will find all sorts of supplementary materials at this blog post–if you want to use the occasion of Holy Week to delve deeply into some of the issues I will cover. My central question is: Historically speaking, what got Jesus ..read more
James Tabor Blog
4d ago
Christian Apologists typically believe they are supporting the true meaning of our NT Gospels. For example, comparing Mark and Matthew, Dr. Tabor lays out five fundamental examples where merging the texts in fact violates their integrity! Critical historians are often accused of being “liberals” whereas Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals consider themselves “conservative.” Good honest historical ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
Here is a link to my Contributor page on Dr. Robert L. Kuhn’s amazing program, “Closer to Truth,” that has videos of all my interviews, as well as other information. I have known Robert for 56 years–his Ph.D. is in Brain science; mine in ancient Mediterranean history and religion. In his amazing programs, now in ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
Those who have read my books or this blog for some years now will know this basic position I have advocated for the past few years on “What Really Happened Easter Morning.” My understanding allows for both the Talpiot tomb–or some other tomb in Jerusalem–as the final resting place for Jesus and his family–and at ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
Those who have read may books or this blog for some years now will know this basic position I have advocated for the past few years on “What Really Happened Easter Morning.” My understanding allows for both the Talpiot tomb–or some other tomb in Jerusalem–as the final resting place for Jesus and his family–and at ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
I worked most of the day on this one. It is intended to be Part III of my recent topic of Paul’s view of his Gospel and of Salvation on Youtube. Here are the links to the previous ones on Youtube, or you can scroll down here on Patreon and see when I posted them ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
In this video I reverse the normal argument that Paul inherited the fundamentals of his “Christ Message,” from the Jerusalem Church, and then adapted and refined it for his mostly Gentile followers ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
This paper poses a simple question: Is there sufficient historical evidence to identify a modest first century CE Jewish rock-hewn tomb, accidentally opened by a construction crew in 1980 in east Talpiot, just south of the Old City of Jerusalem, as the probable burial tomb of Jesus of Nazareth and his intimate family? What follows ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
Keep in mind, when I use the term “viral,” I am not talking about hundreds of thousands of views. I have several videos with those high numbers but only over time. For me “viral” means I put something up, it instantly jumps to #1 in my Video posting YouTube history–and pulls in 15-20 thousands views ..read more