Many of you know Megan Lewis, who is host for Bart Erhman’s show “Misquoting Jesus,” who also did a superb job in the same role at the New Investigations of the New Testament conference last September. She is really a superb interviewer. What you might not know is that it…
Last week I was in the Atlanta area at a book event at Triith, the film production community and studios south of the city. I had never heard of it–check out the link–but we had a fabulous evening centered on my new book, The Lost Mary, I want to thank…
I thank Derek Lambert, host of the Youtube channel @MythVisionPodcast, for moderating this discussion between the illustrious Dr. John Dominick Crossan, perhaps the best known “historical Jesus” scholar in the world, and me, focusing on my latest book, The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus. It was such a…
Have you ever noticed that the language Jesus uses of finding “rest for your souls” is based on Jeremiah 6:16, check it out. Seems like Jesus had his nose in Jeremiah 6-8 in a focused and central way, especially in his final confrontation with his enemies. Notice the phrase in…
In this second segment of a more extended interview I did recently with Jacob Berman, host of the History-Valley channel on Youtube, we discuss some of the sources, which like missing puzzle pieces, can be put together for a better understanding of the historical Mary, mother of Jesus. The results…
In this segment of a more extended interview I did recently with Jacob Berman, host of the Youtube channel, History Valley, we discuss a number of key issues related to how, when, and why Jesus’ mother Mary, the “best known, least known” woman in history. has been essentially “lost” as…
I have known for several weeks that the National Catholic Reporter would be reviewing my book. I never got a call from the reporter, which made me worry even more. I just assumed, given the Catholic establishment, plus my book, The Jesus Dynasty being denounced from the pulpit of St.…
In this first major interview on my new book, The Lost Mary, I speak with Dr. Robert L. Kuhn, host of the international program “Closer to Truth,” available on PBS TV, Youtube, all major podcast outlets, and the amazing web site: Closertotruth.com. A quick overview of what the book is…
In this segment of a longer lecture I gave recently I discuss whether it is historical probably that Jesus expected and predicted his sufferings and potential death. The vast majority of scholars would deny that such was the case, and see this as something added after the fact after the…
Being “washed in the blood of the lamb” has become a more appealing cultural image to our minds than “washed in the blood of the hairy goat,” but it seems that neither image, in connection to the removal or “atonement” of sins, is related to the Day of Atonement or…
