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Academic Study of Religions

Academic Study of Religions April 20, 2025

Weeping Through Easter–A Historically Credible Reconstruction of What Most Likely Happened!

Here is my CORE view of Easter morning, based on a careful historical investigation of our sources. This is not the typical “skeptical” or “atheistic” view of things–but a careful analysis of how faith that Jesus was “raised from the dead” arose among his followers–not in Jerusalem on Easter, but…

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Academic Study of Religions April 15, 2025

Happy 100th Birthday Hebrew University!

Few know the amazing history of the founding of Hebrew University in 1925, and the vision of a “house of learning” for all Humanity, based upon the prophetic vision of Jerusalem in the last days.Albert Einstein had a significant role in its founding and the ceremony on April 1, 1925…

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2nd Temple Judaism March 23, 2025

Was Jesus Naked at His Resurrection?

This might sound at first like a trivial or even silly question. Believe it or not, it has profound implications, as I show in this short video. Christian apologists insist on a physical body walking out of the tomb, but our earliest evidence shows clearly that was NOT the original…

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Academic Study of Religions February 21, 2025

Introducing my “Tabor Research Community” Meeting Virtually this Saturday

 As many of you know I formed a “Tabor Research Community” in 2023 using Patreon…but my approach is different from most. Everyone who joins, at any level, gets the same materials–as I realize people have widely differing financial means, and I am not interested in “selling” my work to those…

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2nd Temple Judaism January 6, 2025

Personal Reflections on the Hebrew Bible from a New Testament Historian

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…

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2nd Temple Judaism December 13, 2024

The Invention of Heaven and Hell–The Bible and the Afterlife

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…

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Academic Study of Religions October 10, 2024

The Lost Tomb of Jesus–A Critical Look from All Sides!

This is an unedited “outtake” from a wide-ranging interview from 2007, hosted by Ted Koppel. Simcha Jacobovici and James Cameron had just released their documentary on Discovery Channel “The Lost Tomb of Jesus ” available Youtube. Don’t Miss this One! It was right out of the gate. https://youtu.be/R9WSQYvp88c For an…

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2nd Temple Judaism October 4, 2024

What Jonathan Z. Smith Taught Me that Changed My World Forever!

 I learned this single CORE idea from Jonathan Z. Smith, the greatest historian of religion of our time, during the first week of the first class I had from him at the University of Chicago called simply “Hellenistic Religion.” It remains the case that very few in my academic field…

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2nd Temple Judaism August 9, 2024

Publication Date of “Restoring Abrahamic Faith” 4th Edition Scheduled

The publication of this revised and expanded 4th edition of my book Restoring Abrahamic Faith has been delayed over the past months due to pending research that I want to include. The official publication date is now October 3, 2024. The book will be published on Amazon in Kindle, Paper,…

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Academic Study of Religions July 27, 2024

Don’t Miss This Big Event!

Good morning everyone from the Old City of Jerusalem!  In this post I want to encourage you to register for this fabulous upcoming conference sponsored by Bart Ehrman. Some of you might have already signed up, but if you have not, take a look here at the speakers and the…

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