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 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…
“The Lost Mary unfolds in five radical claims. . . . Together these arguments are Tabor’s attempt to rescue Mary from pious abstraction and revolutionize our picture of her as one of the most consequential women in history. . . . In recovering her story, we discover not only the…
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…
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 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…
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…