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2nd Temple Judaism June 26, 2023

New Series Has Begun: Death, Afterlife, and the Future in Western Antiquity

I officially began this new series of special classes on “Death, Afterlife, and the Future” in the ancient Western World. I plan to cover the following topics–the link below is the first: The Ancient Hebrew Ideas of Death and Afterlife Ancient Babylonian Ideas: Gilgamesh Homer and Ancient Greek Ideas Ancient…

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Apocrypha/Apocryphal June 24, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: Good, Better, Best–New Testament Apocrypha/l Collections

In this post I want to focus on three very fine volumes on the so-called New Testament Apocrypha. Plus a class German work by Henneke-Schneemelcher The terminology in my field of New Testament Studies is a real nettle bush. Am I a “Biblical Scholar,” a specialist in “Christian Origins,…

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Apocalypticism June 23, 2023

Understanding the 1993 Waco Tragedy: A One Hour Tutorial

Thirty years ago…Some of my readers remember, others were not old enough, but heard from parents, and some not even born–like many of my students in their 20s. I asked an undergrad class of 70 last year–Who has heard of Waco, the Branch Davidians, or David Koresh? Five hands went…

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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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2nd Temple Judaism June 22, 2023

New Series on Youtube: Death, Afterlife, and the Future

I am beginning a new teaching series on Youtube this week on the topic of “What the Bible Really Says About Death, Afterlife, and the Future.” You can download my article by this title free at the link in the description. Here is the short Intro video I recorded yesterday.…

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2nd Temple Judaism June 21, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: What the Bible Really Says . . .

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases with no extra cost to buyers Back in 1989, as I was beginning my career as a young assistant professor, I was asked to contribute a chapter to this most interesting topical volume: Morton Smith and R. Joseph Hoffmann, eds. What the…

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Monthly Newsletter June 20, 2023

My June 2023 Newsletter

I sent out this monthly newsletter for June yesterday via email to subscribers to the Blog. I usually don’t post it here but decided to do so to encourage any readers who have not signed up for it can do so–and you can also sign up for notifications for…

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Uncategorized June 20, 2023

Dateline November 1991: Our First Look at the Unpublished Dead Sea Scrolls

In this archive interview footage from November 1991 I talk about three Dead Sea Scroll texts–two of them newly released at that time, all of which relate to the idea of a suffering Messiah figure who is then connected to the idea of resurrection of the dead. Although Christians later…

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Archaeology June 20, 2023

Tabor Bookshelf: Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth

Ken Dark, Archaeology of Jesus’ Nazareth (Oxford, 2023) (Kindle link),  is a marvelous little “must have” volume for anyone interested in the a readable summary of the evidence. The archaeology of ancient 1st century CE Nazareth has been controversial over the years, with some even claiming there was no such…

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Christian Origins June 19, 2023

Jesus son of Pantera: Ancient Slander or Historical Probability?

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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