In this Q&A session with Jeremiah Giehl, host of Youtube Channel @PullingTheThreadPodcast, I address the question of whether critical methods of studying the historical figure of Jesus should be viewed as positive and constructive, or negative and destructive. Check out Jeremiah’s channel, lots of good materials there, and enjoy my…
This is an edited portion of an informal talk I recently gave to my Research Group…see below for link. Based on my newly published book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith, I begin to explore the emerging sense of what “God” meant in texts of the Hebrew Bible. https://youtu.be/q6dViVn3jfI You can find the…
In this beginning video of a new mini-series “The Fading of the Jesus Family,” I begin with one of the earliest stages of writing James and the brothers of Jesus out of the story, as well as Mary Magdalene! It is quite striking–in the New Testament texts we call Luke-Acts.…
In this edited interview with Aaron Abkke and Kameron Waters on Youtube (@AaronAbke ) I take off my “academic” hat for a bit, without discarding it, and talk about a narrative and conceptual “essence” of what I call Abrahamic Faith as reflected in the Hebrew Bible. Whatever your views I…
In this 2022 lecture I present the view that Mark–which most people think of as one of our earliest Christian texts-is in fact a very JEWISH text–and further, the very first one to be written after the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, proposing a way to “Follow the God…
Millions of sincere Christians believe the Turin Shroud offers something very close to a photographic image of the historical Jesus–including selected scientists, Bible scholars, and theologians–and further that it offers tangible scientific proof that Jesus was raised bodily from the dead! But what are the facts. In this video I…
My son Nathan, master Luthier (violas and guitars specialty), in Spain, is offering summer courses for learning the craft. You can make your own guitar as part of the course. If you or someone you know might be invested, check out his website and email him–see links in image. I…
In this video I retell with slides the discovery of the ONLY scientifically dated Jewish burial shroud from 1st century Jerusalem every discovered–25 years ago in a tomb south of the Old City in the Valley of Hinnom at Akeldama. It has great relevance to all the attention the medieval…
Many of you who prefer to read books on Kindle have been asking me when the Kindle edition will be published. I finished it up this afternoon and it is now LIVE on Amazon. Here is the link: https://amzn.to/44os4Dm I prefer holding a physical copy of books I love in…
I woke up this morning to lots of global headlines…report on Iran’s nuclear violations and likely independent strike by Israel, Indian plane crash, Hamas killing Gazans at aid centers, the Badgad situation…reminds me of Steve Earle’s opening lines in his song Jerusalem: “I woke up this morning and none of…