https://youtu.be/E3A_R96EKwg Today is Nisan the first on the Hebrew Calendar–the biblical New Year in the Spring based on Exodus 12:1. Nice time–in the Northern Hemisphere at least, for resolutions and New Beginnings as Spring begins. I recorded this video in late March 2025 when I was in Jerusalem on Nisan…
https://youtu.be/WDVPuljWbPc This is a more public version of a lecture I presented last month to those in my on-line course, “Christianity Before Paul.” The Ten recorded topics/lectures in the course are supplemented by monthly Zoom meetings in which we explore aspects of the Mary-John-Jesus-Mary Magdalene-James movement more in depth. In…
In this extended interview with Johnny Ova, Pastor of the “Sound of Heaven” Church and host of the “Dig In” Podcast @thejohnnyova, we explore some of the key issues in any quest for the Historical Mary. https://youtu.be/E0YKcNuBc0o
I recorded this video four years ago. I wanted to put it up and ask you to think about what we have learned, forgotten, or need to remember or reconsider since this was presented. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/c-a4NHGlG_g?si=hIsXJ85mranfBgOv
I was pleased to “pinch hit” for Bart Ehrman today on his popular Youtube podcast, “Misquoting Jesus,” just in time for the big holiday this week. I know I am mostly preaching to the “Choir” here for my regular blog readers, since many of you have either read my book,…
In this edited radio interview, to which I have added video and images, John Batchelor, legendary host of CBS “Eye on the World,” takes me though my new book, The Lost Mary, which he had so thoroughly read and absorbed. It was a delight to speak with him. Enjoy! And…
Have you ever wondered what the Jesus movement was like before the apostle Paul emerged with what he himself calls “my gospel”? I am pleased to announce that my new online course, “Christianity Before Paul,” has now been released and is available. The course is entirely online, self-paced, and…
Don’t miss this one. Come Time Travel with me. I wanted to share this podcast interview I did recently with Professors Helen Bond and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones on their amazing show “Biblical Time Machine.” They asked me to take them back to the first century CE, the time of Jesus, and…
In this overview of a more extensive lecture on the topic of “The Making of a Messiah,” I discuss some of the methods scholars use to peer through our historical and material evidence to try to get at what we call the “historical figure of Jesus,” not so much what…
This is a slide show I have presented to live audiences in traveling and speaking about my new book, The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus. You can download the notes I mention as a PDF at this link: https://jamestabor.com/marynotes You can also take a look at the book…
