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…
In this segment of a longer lecture I gave recently I discuss whether it is historical probably that Jesus expected and predicted his sufferings and potential death. The vast majority of scholars would deny that such was the case, and see this as something added after the fact after the…
“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…
In this third in my mini-series the Fading of the Jesus Family on Youtube, I examine the idea that Mary had neither sex nor children other than Jesus. Is this found anywhere in our historical sources? When, where, and how did the notion of the “Ever-Virgin” develop as a core…
In this fascinating interview Dale Allison, one of the most highly regarded historians of Jesus and early Christianity , previews his upcoming lecture at the highly anticipated New Investigations of the New Testament Conference coming up Sept 26-28th. This wide-ranging informal discussions delves into lots of the basics–what do we…
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 preview of the upcoming 3rd annual “New Investigations of the New Testament” conference, with the theme of the “Quest for the Historical Jesus,” I interview Professor Mark Goodacre of Duke University. He will be talking about the so-called “missing pieces” in our academic study of the “historical Jesus,”…
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,…
In this second video of this mini-series “The Fading of the Jesus Family,” I explore the Gospel of John, which never names his mother, and credits its main source to a “disciple whom Jesus loved,” whose name and identity are purposely hidden. Why is this the case? What is going…