
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
1w ago
In this final video of the short series dealing with the TOP TEN differences between the texts of the Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls and our traditional Old Testament or Hebrew Bibles I go through the final Five, ending with what I think might be the most significant textual difference of all–in terms of ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
This video is Part I of the COUNTDOWN of the Top Ten Texts of the Bible that differ in the Dead Sea Scrolls and our traditional Old Testament. For an introduction see the previous video: https://youtu.be/u5xZ_odxX5w And be sure you get your copy of the Dead Sea Scrolls Bible for endless discovery: https://amzn.to/4h9K21h Please repost ..read more
James Tabor Blog
3w ago
I just saw an announcement that my book, Paul and Jesus, was chosen by a poll members of Bart Ehrman’s Biblical Studies Academy for their new monthly book discussion in January. This is one of the “Events” that BSA members can participate in. I know some of you are members of BSA and I hope ..read more
James Tabor Blog
3w ago
Get ready for the countdown: Ten Major Variants between the Dead Sea Scroll texts of the Hebrew Bible and that of our traditional Masoretic text–upon which our major English Bibles are based. A very few of these variants are slowly making it into the English texts, but by far the majority are ignored or put ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1M ago
Given how often my position on Pantera is distorted into the three things I do not say—namely, that the biological father of Jesus was not Joseph, that Pantera was a Roman soldier who raped Mary, and that his tomb is in German. So, it kind of amazed me to get this summary of my views ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1M ago
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to resume regular monthly posting as a blogger for the Times of Israel, which has become for me the “paper of record” in the Middle East. I have read both the Jerusalem Post and HaAretz for the past forty years, but lately I have found the Times is ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1M ago
Dateline: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, Jerusalem Israel I flew to Israel the day before to be present for one of the most significant discoveries I have made in my entire forty year academic career! Enjoy the experience , and see the links at the end to learn much more! For more details on what we ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2M ago
One hears from most academics that the historical figure of Jesus was most likely an impoverished, illiterate, itinerate, peasant with no wider cultural or geopolitical perspective beyond the region of the lower Galilee. He grew up in a tiny hamlet of perhaps 100 people, and certainly had no acquaintance with the high culture of Hellenistic-Roman ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2M ago
I am not sure how many Bibles I own…personal Bibles going back to when I was age 14, in college, then university, then for the past 43 years teaching at three universities–plus various translations, study Bibles, and on and on it goes–KJV, ASV, RSV, JPS, EV, NIV, Jerusalem Bible…and about 20 more… I have to ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2M ago
Take a trip with me today on the “Biblical Time Machine,” piloted by producer David Roos and the brilliant Prof. Helen Bond. One of my favorite podcasts! Be sure and visit, browse the episodes, you will be hooked! https://www.biblicaltimemachine.com From Helen and Dave: Every good churchgoer knows that after we die the faithful will be ..read more