This might sound at first like a trivial or even silly question. Believe it or not, it has profound implications, as I show in this short video. Christian apologists insist on a physical body walking out of the tomb, but our earliest evidence shows clearly that was NOT the original…
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”…
Just printed it out. Final manuscript type set and formatted–just as the book will look. Goes now to page proofs. For the next three days I am going to read it aloud…every word–as a FINAL ultimate check. Just to see what might have been missed by two professional copyeditors who went…
In this edited segment of a private study I recently had with my “Tabor Research Group, via Patreon, that offers a theory, still in development, of discovering embedded in our current Greek gospel called Luke, is a pro-Gospel, upon which Luke primarily relied, as he overwrote Mark and added his…
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