Hey everyone, here is the fourth of six interviews I have done the past few days with speakers at the upcoming “New Investigations of the New Testament” virtual conference with the theme of the “Historical Jesus.” In this fascinating interview with one of my favorite scholars, Dr. Joel Marcus, of…
In this 1.45 hour video Dr. Justins Sledge, who runs the Youtube channel Esoterica, interviews me on the topic of “Who Was the historical Jesus” based on the recent presentation Justin made on his channel with his own views of the topic. This is Part I, covering the basics on…
In this interview with my friend AJ Levine, we talk about the upcoming New Investigations of the New Testament conference and her topic: “Jesus and the Pharisees: Correcting Stereotypes.” The link to this “virtual” conference (Sept 26-28), which you don’t have to travel to or even attend “live” is below,…
I have been thinking lately about the essential differences between Judaism and Christianity, or more properly, the kind of religion reflected in the Hebrew Bible and that of the Greek New Testament. I have long ago given up the idea of any formal affiliations with the major contemporary manifestations of…
Here are some personal reflections on the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament, and the New Testament. Do they represent, at their core, the same basic faith in the Creator God, the ethical Way, and the eschatological Future of humankind? I find them a rather troubled coupling. The Christians were wise…
I hope you enjoy this short video I recently did with Youtube host Jeramiah Giehl, @PullingTheThreadPodcast, I talk about my new book, Restoring Abrahamic Faith, 4th edition, which explores the ancient Hebrew faith, not as a religion, but an unique understanding of human place and potential as custodians of the…
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…
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…