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Who Was Jesus’ Biological Father? Part I. Guest Post by James Tabor
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Who Was Jesus’ Biological Father? Part I. Guest Post by James TaborSeptember 23, 2023 I have received a number of queries over the past year about what we can actually know about Jesus’ father. Can we know if it was actually Joseph? What about the rumors that Jesus was born out of wedlock? That his...
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John the Baptist- Tales and sources
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Essays on John the Baptist: Redemptive Figures (1)Posted on June 11, 2015In this new six part series I present responses to essays offered in my course at UNC Charlotte on “John the Baptist.” John is the most underrated figure in Christian tradition, rarely given his due as a messiah and inaugurat...
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Locating Golgotha
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Locating GolgothaPosted on July 24, 2012“On a hill faraway, stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame” Evangelical Hymn, George Bennard, 1913According to all our historical records Jesus was crucified somewhere outside the city wall of Jerusalem. He was sentenced to death by...
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Jesus Died on a Thursday not on Friday
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Jesus Died on a Thursday not on FridayPosted on March 29, 2013Later Christian tradition put Jesus’ last meal with his disciples on Thursday evening and his crucifixion on Friday. We now know that is one day off. Jesus’ last meal was Wednesday night, and he was crucified on Thursday, the 14th of the...
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Does the Pentateuch or Torah Contain Multiple Sources? The Documentary Hypothesis in 2014
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Does the Pentateuch or Torah Contain Multiple Sources? The Documentary Hypothesis in 2014Posted on February 2, 2014I normally post on matters in my areas of expertise, namely, late 2nd Temple Judaism and earliest Christianity in the Greco-Roman period (“Augustus to Constantine” as my revered...
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Sorting out the Jesus Family: Mother, Fathers, Brothers & Sisters
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http://jamestabor.com/2012/12/27/sorting-out-the-jesus-family-mother-fathers-brothers-sisters/SortingPosted on December 27, 2012That Jesus had four brothers and at least two sisters is a “given” in Mark, our earliest...
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Who was the Mysterious “Disciple Whom Jesus Loved?”
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http://jamestabor.com/2012/08/20/who-was-the-mysterious-disciple-whom-jesus-loved/Posted on August 20, 2012Who was the unnamed intimate who “lay close to the breast of Jesus” at the last supper, the one to whom he passes on the care o...
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“Eat My Body, Drink My Blood”? Did Jesus Really Say This?
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http://jamestabor.com/2013/12/15/eat-my-body-drink-my-blood-did-jesus-really-say-this/“EatPosted on December 15, 2013One of the more controversial but significant arguments I make in my new book, Paul and Jesus, is that the tradi...
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The Destruction of Pompeii and the New Testament Book of Revelation
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http://jamestabor.com/2013/10/09/the-destruction-of-pompei-and-the-new-testament-book-of-revelation/ThePosted on October 9, 2013Nine years, almost to the day, after Roman legionaries destroyed God’s house in Jer...
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Dating Luke-Acts: Early, Middle, or Late?
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Dating Luke-Acts: Early, Middle, or Late?Posted on June 9, 2014The academic debate over the dating of the composite New Testament writing, Luke-Acts, is a complex one with a long history among biblical scholars and historians. Joseph Tyson has an exceptionally clear and balanced presentatio...
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Thinking Through Easter: What Do Our Sources Really Say?
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Thinking Through Easter: What Do Our Sources Really Say?Posted on April 20, 2014Most people raised in our Christian culture have a vague story in their heads as to what is supposed to have happened Easter morning, whether drawn from attending church services, reading the Bible themselves, or ev...
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The Last Days of Jesus: A Final “Messianic” Meal
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The Last Days of Jesus: A Final “Messianic” MealPosted on April 15, 2014From more of this story read my book The Jesus Dynasty, available at discount prices and in all formats–Kindle, iBook, Nook, CD Audio, which also has notes and references to this material.On Wednesday Jesus began to make plan...
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Snake Handling and a Forged Ending of the Gospel of Mark
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Snake Handling and a Forged Ending of the Gospel of MarkPosted on February 26, 2014The recent death of Jamie Coots, the pastor of the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Jesus Name in Middlesboro, KY, while handling a rattle snake during a church service, has been well covered by the national media, includin...
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A Historical Look at the Birth of Jesus:
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A Historical Look at the Birth of Jesus: Part 1Posted on December 23, 2012When I think of Mary the mother of Jesus I think of the forgotten city of Sepphoris. According to tradition she was the firstborn daughter of an older couple named Joachim and Anna who lived there. Few today have heard of Seppho...
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Paul Never Met Jesus
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Paul Never Met Jesus: My Latest Interview on the “Paul & Jesus” BookPosted on January 6, 2014Listen (and watch–nice graphics inserted along the way) to my interview on my book Paul and Jesus with Jono Vandor and Jason “Spiritualbabies” of Truth2U.org. We hope in the near future to continue...
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The Top Seven Fateful Passages in the New Testament
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The Top Seven Fateful Passages in the New TestamentPosted on January 25, 2014I originally had in mind doing a kind of “Top Ten” list of fateful New Testament passages that have been both understood and misunderstood over subsequent ages in ways that enforce and foster incalculable harm to our live...
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Praying to Jesus–How It All Began
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Praying to Jesus–How It All BeganPosted on December 28, 2013For untold millions of Christians asking the “Lord” for guidance, help, and even salvation is a complex and confusing business. Evangelicals often pray the “sinner’s prayer” askingJesus directly to come into their “hearts” (Rev...
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Was Jesus the Son of God? A Post-Christmas Analysis
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Was Jesus the Son of God? A Post-Christmas AnalysisPosted on December 26, 2013“Tis the season”–as the phrase goes, and despite the oft lamented “commercialism,” with the reminders that Christmas is for giving not receiving, at the core Jesus remains “the reason for the season.” The sappy “Jes...
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Dead Messiahs Who Don’t Return
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Dead Messiahs Who Don’t ReturnPosted on December 18, 2013The late Norman Perrin, my New Testament professor at the University of Chicago, used to tell us that there was one thing certain in the study of the long history of Jewish and Christian apocalypticism—a 100-percent failure rate. H.H. Rowl...
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Pantera as the Unnamed Father of Jesus?
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http://jamestabor.com/2012/07/12/pantera-as-the-unnamed-father-of-jesus/PanteraPosted on July 12, 2012When I published my book, The Jesus Dynasty in 2006, the most controversial subject I dealt with was a discussion of what I called “the unknown fathe...
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Mary–Mother of God or Jewish Mother of Seven?
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Mary–Mother of God or Jewish Mother of Seven?Posted on May 25, 2012Those engaged in the academic study of religions, and specifically the origins and development of early Christianity, draw a sharp distinction between what they call thehistorical Jesus and the “Christ” of Christian faith and...
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Dating Luke-Acts: Early, Middle, or Late?
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Dating Luke-Acts: Early, Middle, or Late?Posted on June 9, 2014The academic debate over the dating of the composite New Testament writing, Luke-Acts, is a complex one with a long history among biblical scholars and historians. Joseph Tyson has an exceptionally clear and balanced presentation...
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