I made it back last night after a gruelingly rushed trip home. I was scheduled to fly back overnight Monday, as I wanted a full day in the Old City, so I would have arrived Tuesday in the afternoon. After the slaughter of the Druze children on Sunday, several of…
In this video I narrate a short tour of some very special property on Mt Zion in Jerusalem. I recorded this today–July 27, 2024–marking my 75th trip to this city upon which I have centered much of my textual and archaeological research. On this 10 day personal trip I did…
Good morning everyone from the Old City of Jerusalem! In this post I want to encourage you to register for this fabulous upcoming conference sponsored by Bart Ehrman. Some of you might have already signed up, but if you have not, take a look here at the speakers and the…
I made this short update after arriving in Israel on Friday. This is my first trip over here since Spring of 2023 and marked my 75th trip overall. I am involved in filming, meetings with various friends and colleagues, and seeking to advance some special archaeological projects. More to come…stay…
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
This footage of me and my students at Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found. Here we go to CAVE 3–that had the famous Copper Scroll and share stories with anthropologist Joe Zias. I will be presenting videos on this mysterious scroll that lists hidden sacred objects, as well…
I know some of you–perhaps many of you–have followed the work of Dr. Robert L. Kuhn on his TV and now Youtube programs “Closer to Truth.” If you have not visited the web site lately, it has been marvelously redesigned and Robert is ever at work with new horizons…see closertotruth.com. The…
Millions of Christians for nearly 2000 years have assumed, based on faulty translations–and frankly, Handel’s Messiah–that Jesus is referred to as the Mighty God and Everlasting Father by the Prophet Isaiah…Here is the back story.f You can download a free PDF of the notes here: https://jamestabor.com/JesusGod https://youtu.be/DXyd2XZAeYc Iinvite you to…
A detailed survey of our earliest sources on James–whose proper name was Jacob of Yaaqov–the brother of Jesus, was written out of the standard master narrative of Christian history. What can we know about James, by trying to reassemble all the disparate strands of evidence, from the Gospels, Acts, Paul,…
This is a video recording of a LIVE video lecture on Zoom I did with my students today in my “Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls” class. This is deep and complex stuff, but utterly fascinating as you get into it. I Many of you are in the course, but…
