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 beginning video of a new mini-series “The Fading of the Jesus Family,” I begin with one of the earliest stages of writing James and the brothers of Jesus out of the story, as well as Mary Magdalene! It is quite striking–in the New Testament texts we call Luke-Acts.…
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…
Millions of sincere Christians believe the Turin Shroud offers something very close to a photographic image of the historical Jesus–including selected scientists, Bible scholars, and theologians–and further that it offers tangible scientific proof that Jesus was raised bodily from the dead! But what are the facts. In this video I…
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…
Here are five questions asked by my viewers following my presentation on what most likely took place Easter Morning. You can watch the main presentation here: Weeping and Mourning through Easter. How Resurrection Faith was Born? https://youtu.be/eooqvKN6-zw https://youtu.be/4kiUYzN_rBE
In this continued narration of the final days of Jesus we take a more historical look at what we can reliably reconstruct through the fog of theological overlay, regarding Jesus’s final meal, arrest, various “trials,” and his crucifixion. Be sure and see Parts 1 and 2 uploaded before this one…
The Drama continues…Jesus stages a non-violent Temple Takeover,” denouncing the religious establishment and its corrupt leaders for running a den of slaughter and commerce and focusing on the Two Great Commandments as more than Temple or Sacrifice. The Plot to Kill is hatched https://youtu.be/hOgDW-maeG0