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Mary Mother of Jesus September 8, 2023

Best Evidence: Mary was Not Impregnated by a Roman Soldier

If one were filling out the some equivalent of a “birth certificate” for Jesus’ the the best legal category within Jewish tradition  for his father would be ” Unknown.” [Hebrew “Hushling” שְׁתוּקֵי] As a historian I work with the obvious assumption that all human beings have fathers. Stated like that,…

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Biblical Studies June 15, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: My Eight Academic Books

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.  By using these particular links there is no increase in cost to you as the purchaser.  Marie: De son enfance juive à la fondation du christianisme (Flammarion, 2020). (Kindle link). This is a translation of the forthcoming English version, The Lost Mary:…

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Christian Origins December 9, 2022

Did Jesus Have a Biological Father–Sorting out the Pantera Traditions

Contrary to what is often asserted, by scholars as well as general readers, the early traditions that Jesus had a biological father named “Pantera” has nothing to do with an assertion that Mary was raped by a Roman soldier. Further, the name Pantera was never said to be a pun…

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Christian Origins May 26, 2022

Disparaging Jesus–Roman Gossip and Jewish Legend

In this 2006 lecture, part of a series on “Lost Christianities,” I talk about the alternative ways in which Jesus was viewed in his own time, in contrast to the Orthodox Trinitarian versions of “Christianity” that triumphed and spread to over two billion people in our own time. Arians, Ebionites,…

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Historical Jesus May 1, 2022

The Real Mary: The Marginalization and Transformation of the Jewish Mother of Jesus

Some might think that the “title” of this lecture has to be incorrect–after all, is not Mary the most prominent woman in history? How could one possibly present her as marginalized? In fact, Mary, the mother of Jesus is at once the “best known” and “least known” woman in human…

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Mary Mother of Jesus December 24, 2021

That First “Silent Night”–Through Mary’s Eyes

When I think of Mary and the birth of Jesus, I think of Roman crucifixion—not only the crucifixion of Jesus that took place before her eyes, but the horrifying mass crucifixions she witnessed at age fifteen, her infant son in her arms, just outside Nazareth, as Galilee went up in…

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Mary Mother of Jesus June 23, 2021

A Disappearing Joseph–What do we Know?

Did you know that Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, is never mentioned in the gospel of Mark? Since Mark is our earliest gospel that seems all the more striking. Mark has no account of the birth of Jesus whatsoever, much less any story of the virgin birth. When Jesus…

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Mary Mother of Jesus December 20, 2020

Another Review of the French Edition of my Mary Book

Here is a nice review by Éliane Bedu (in English as well as French) of my forthcoming book, The Lost Mary (Knopf, 2021), already out in French: Marie: De son enfance juive à la fondation du christianisme (Flamarrion, March 2020–along with my video presentation of the French version when it was published by Flamarrion…

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2nd Temple Judaism November 15, 2020

Looking at the Future: The Author of Luke-Acts

For the next few weeks I plan to post many of my previously published articles that have fallen off the radar of many of my readers. Some, but not nearly all, are available as PDFs on this Blog site under “Publications and Papers,” in the dropdown menu above labeled “Academic.”…

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Archaeology April 18, 2020

Parlez-vous Français? My New Book “Marie” is out in French

I know many of my readers either speak or read French. I am most pleased and gratified to let everyone know that the French edition of my new book, The Lost Mary: From Jewish Mother of Jesus to Virgin Mother of God (Knopf, 2021) has just been published in French by…

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