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
16h ago
Blast from the past…I gave this lecture in 2007 at an academic conference. Don’t miss the Q&A at the end. I refer to many major scholars along the way who were in the room. In these intervening years, although I have further developed these views, by and large I remain in agreement with the position ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
SPOILER: I am very familiar with theories of Hitler fleeing Germany to South America or other proposals. The series “Hunting Hitler” is one of my favorites. But THIS is not about that–it is about a place and a time–and a MAN, who embodied the figure in Isaiah 14 as close as one could imagine in ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
In this ongoing short series on the Top Seven Fateful texts of the N.T. I select another from the apostle Paul–which taken out of context downplays this present world as passing, almost an illusion or shadow, in favor of a future Heavenly World to come. I call this the “Bad Idea that Took over the ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
April 26, 2024 FIRST: I want to strongly recommend the upcoming 8-lecture on-line course that Bart Ehrman is offering “The Bible and the Quran: Comparing Their Historical Problems,” which you can watch live Sat & Sun May 4th and 5th. See link below for full details and how to sign up. I know all of ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
The first Waco memorial was held on April 19, 1994–precisely one year after the Tragic Fire in which 74 men, women, and children burned to death. Although memorials have been held each year–including this year of 2024–there will never be another like this one. The surviving Branch Davidians who were not in jail were present ..read more
James Tabor Blog
1w ago
I hope many of you will join us for this, either live if you can, or through donations. Unfortunately, the news from the Middle East, Ukraine, and our November election sucks all the media air out of the global room, and this unbelievable tragedy is almost ignored. All funds go to the project. And I ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
In this recent lecture I explore a single chapter of the Hebrew Bible, within its wider contexts, in which I argue the fundamentals of “Abrahamic Faith,” are ideally set forth ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
I am at the ATL airport, for a flight connection, with one thing on my mind. April 19th, 1993. I am tuned in now to the Memorial Service via Zoom, which I can’t attend this year due to an out of town conference. Some of you will perhaps remember that FATEFUL and tragic day, when ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
In this new series I have gathered together a list of fateful New Testament passages that have been both understood and misunderstood over subsequent ages in ways that reinforce and foster incalculable harm to our lives. I did not try to order these into any kind of priority and I think that would be a ..read more
James Tabor Blog
2w ago
These texts from the apostle Paul have been the most influential in Western history in terms of how they have been used to hold back, oppress, restrict, woman for the past 2000 years. Outside of senseless Wars, the suffering and loss is only comparable to slavery and child abuse. The Greco-Roman world did their part ..read more