Was Jesus A Stone Mason Rather Than A Carpenter?
by James Tabor
Here is a short segment of an interview I did for the critically acclaimed National Geographic series, “Living in the Time of Jesus.” We filmed this in Nazareth Village, which is a not to be missed reconstruction of ancient Nazareth–in the middle of modern Nazareth no less. For more on the idea of Jesus as a “stone worker” or builder rather than a “carpenter,” see my post here.
