I made this short update after arriving in Israel on Friday. This is my first trip over here since Spring of 2023 and marked my 75th trip overall. I am involved in filming, meetings with various friends and colleagues, and seeking to advance some special archaeological projects. More to come…stay…
Millions of Christians for nearly 2000 years have assumed, based on faulty translations–and frankly, Handel’s Messiah–that Jesus is referred to as the Mighty God and Everlasting Father by the Prophet Isaiah…Here is the back story.f You can download a free PDF of the notes here: https://jamestabor.com/JesusGod https://youtu.be/DXyd2XZAeYc Iinvite you to…
A detailed survey of our earliest sources on James–whose proper name was Jacob of Yaaqov–the brother of Jesus, was written out of the standard master narrative of Christian history. What can we know about James, by trying to reassemble all the disparate strands of evidence, from the Gospels, Acts, Paul,…
The King James Versions of Isaiah 7:14 has been read for centuries by Christians as predicting the Virgin Birth–which then is understood to be Jesus? But does this hold up to academic, scientific, and linguistic scrutiny? This is truly “old hat” to 99.9% of you enlightened Tabor Blog readers (please…
Today is the biblical Shavuot as observed in late 2nd Temple times–not on a date of the Jewish month (Sivan 5th), which never changes, but a literal counting of days from the Sunday (“morrow after the Sabbath”), seven Sabbath will be complete untiil the “morrow” (Sunday) after the 7th Sabbath.…
In this new series I have gathered together a list of fateful New Testament passages that have been both understood and misunderstood over subsequent ages in ways that reinforce and foster incalculable harm to our lives. I did not try to order these into any kind of priority and I…
These texts from the apostle Paul have been the most influential in Western history in terms of how they have been used to hold back, oppress, restrict, woman for the past 2000 years. Outside of senseless Wars, the suffering and loss is only comparable to slavery and child abuse. The…
One always hears that the New Testament condors Slavery as part of Roman life and culture–but in this video you will encounter a big surprise. There is an important twist here–that involves being willing to suffer as well as considering yourself “free” even though you are a slave and are…
This film was produced in the UK and only shown once–as there was fear that Christians would watch it and conclude that the Rabbi had won the debate. The visual quality is poor–but please go ahead and watch it. You will be hooked by the story by 10-15 minutes in.…
In this new series I have gathered together a list of fateful New Testament passages that have been both understood and misunderstood over subsequent ages in ways that reinforce and foster incalculable harm to our lives. I did not try to order these into any kind of priority and I…