I wanted to let all my blog readers know that you can get my new course “Quest for the Historical Paul” for $10.00 off during the MVP Courses “Black Friday” sale. Take a look at the overview of the course here at this link–with no obligation with to buy. But…
Millions of believing Christians, as well as theologians and historians, are convinced that the earliest faith in Jesus’ resurrection had to do with the assertion that his dead body was revived in a tomb–and that he walked out of that tomb on the third day after his death, as a…
In this video I look at a text in Mark that has been badly mistranslated , when the text itself is a toilet joke Jesus makes and it seems everyone misses the humor. You can download a free PDF with the notes I used here: https://jamestabor.com/allfoodsclean https://youtu.be/p_TznRLLbwI
In this final video in my mini-series on the Final Week of Jesus’ Life I offer an overview of his arrests, trials before the Jewish and Roman authorities, his crucifixion, and his burial. Here is the link to the PDF document I take you through in the video: https://jamestabor.com/GospelParallels For…
Here I present a critical historical reading of all our major sources that narrative an account of what happened Easter morning. My intent is to provide a plausible scenario as to how, when, and where did faith in Jesus’ resurrection originate. Here is a textual analysis to supplement the video…
There is good solid historical evidence that Jesus died on a Thursday not a Friday, despite centuries of tradition. I offer an overview and also address why it matters. https://youtu.be/Y3dSYNyTlFM
Jesus’ final third day in the Temple of Jerusalem climaxes as he reveals the “secret” of the Kingdom with two final narratives–a Wise Scribe and a Poor Widow…His most intimate followers miss the whole point! https://youtu.be/emIPUzf_NPI
Here is the second of my new mini-series on Youtube dealing with Holy Week. You will find all sorts of supplementary materials at this blog post–if you want to use the occasion of Holy Week to delve deeply into some of the issues I will cover. My central question is:…
Christian Apologists typically believe they are supporting the true meaning of our NT Gospels. For example, comparing Mark and Matthew, Dr. Tabor lays out five fundamental examples where merging the texts in fact violates their integrity! Critical historians are often accused of being “liberals” whereas Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals consider…
Our earliest gospel of Mark implies that Jesus left the Galilee and headed for Jerusalem for Passover in the Spring a few weeks before his death. Based on additional textual sources and geographical references it appears he traveled to the Mt Herman area in the far north, then spent his…