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2nd Temple Judaism May 23, 2025

Cana–Where, What, Why?

I thought you all might enjoy this little piece on the historical location of Cana off the Galilee–you remember, the water-to-wine story!  Well it turns out there is much more to the story…and I was honored to be the one who was interviewed. Is This Where Jesus Turned Water into…

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Academic Study of Religions February 21, 2025

Introducing my “Tabor Research Community” Meeting Virtually this Saturday

 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…

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Family of Jesus March 9, 2024

The Case for a “Jesus Family Tomb” in East Talpiot: A Comprehensive Summary of the Evidence

This paper poses a simple question: Is there sufficient historical evidence to identify a modest first century CE Jewish rock-hewn tomb, accidentally opened by a construction crew in 1980 in east Talpiot, just south of the Old City of Jerusalem, as the probable burial tomb of Jesus of Nazareth and…

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2nd Temple Judaism June 29, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: Jesus in the Talmud

Peter Schäfer, Jesus in the Talmud (Princeton University Press, 2009) (Kindle and Hardcover links). There is no end of confusion regarding texts about the figure of Jesus of Nazareth and whether he is or is not referenced in the Talmuds and Rabbinic literature, and if so whether such references offer anything…

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Christian Origins June 22, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases with no extra cost to buyers Richard Bauckham, Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church (T&T Clark, 2000). I love the careful scholarship of Richard Bauckham and highly recommend this incredibly valuable volume. Too often mainstream New Testament scholarship…

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Family of Jesus June 8, 2022

Why the Royal Family of Jesus was Forgotten

Few think of Jesus of Nazareth as part of the royal family of David–even though Paul affirms the same as our earliest source–namely that he was descended from the messianic lineage of King David (Romans 1:3). Given that pedigree, that means Jesus’ brothers and sisters, as children of Mary, which…

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Family of Jesus June 2, 2022

Why the Royal Family of Jesus was Erased

In 2006 I published a best-selling book with what seemed a rather odd and clumsy title for a Jesus book, namely The Jesus Dynasty: The Hidden History of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster). Every term in that title was carefully and deliberately chosen–and the phrase “the…

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Family of Jesus July 11, 2021

Interview with Jacob Berman on “A Biological Father of Jesus–Joseph or Another?”

I have begun to do a series of interviews with various Youtube channels from hosts who have long ago requested such. I have cleared some of my other immediate writing projects before moving on into July-August. During this window of time I have done interviews with Jacob Berman and Derek…

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Christian Origins June 30, 2019

A Virgin Shall Conceive…What Does it Really Mean?

Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus centers around a quotation from Isaiah 7:14. Let’s look at the verse as Matthew presents it: Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found…

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2nd Temple Judaism February 18, 2019

The 1980 Discovery of the East Talpiot “Jesus Tomb”: What We Knew and Did Not Know in 2007

The east Talpiot tomb, exposed to view by demolition by the the Solel Boneh construction crew, was reported by engineer A. Shochat to the Israel Department of Antiquities on March 27, 1980. That was a Thursday. Neighbors, including local children, visited the tomb that afternoon and also called the Department…

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