In this long form interview with notes and maps I discuss who were the Ebionites? Were John the Baptist, Jesus, and James part of a “stream” of faith and piety that traced back to the Dead Sea Scroll group, and down through a so-called “Christianity,” before, during, in contrast to…
https://youtu.be/E3A_R96EKwg Today is Nisan the first on the Hebrew Calendar–the biblical New Year in the Spring based on Exodus 12:1. Nice time–in the Northern Hemisphere at least, for resolutions and New Beginnings as Spring begins. I recorded this video in late March 2025 when I was in Jerusalem on Nisan…
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…
Many of you who prefer to read books on Kindle have been asking me when the Kindle edition will be published. I finished it up this afternoon and it is now LIVE on Amazon. Here is the link: https://amzn.to/44os4Dm I prefer holding a physical copy of books I love in…
Breaking News! There are multiple media stories out today about the new methods of dating the Dead Sea Scrolls using AI and new C-14 testing. This is a solid and important development, but it is being sensationally reported to have proven that the visionary prophecy of the book of Daniel…
I am asked this question more than ANY other when I lecture or talk about the Dead Sea Scrolls! Here is my answer in less than 30 minutes! This is a short 25 minute excerpt of a longer 1:45 minute interview I did with Aaron Abke and Kameron Waters of…
This report from Israel introduces viewers to the basics on what we know and hope to soon learn about the skeletal remains of those Jewish men, women, and children who died at Masada under the Roman 10th Legion siege around Passover 73 CE. For the blog post I feature see:…
This is Part 2 of my lecture on the DIDACHE that I recently prepared for my “Tabor Research Community for our upcoming monthly Zoom meeting. This ancient manuscript, lost in ancient times and re-discovered in 1873, dates as early as 100 AD. It contains the earliest record of the “Teachings”…
Was the Oldest and Most Significant Dead Sea Scroll Mistakenly Declared a Forgery in 1883? I am inviting you to a special live Youtube presentation by Ross K. Nichols, author of the 2021 book, The Moses Scroll, today at 11:30 EST, with discussion following. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/L6ZGaFgZc0I If…
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…