James Tabor
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This Channel contains a growing archive of interviews, lectures, and related videos from my forty years exploring the academic study of the origins of Christianity and ancient Judaism. Some of the videos are older than others and the emphasis is on CONTENT not slick video quality--although I will be posting newer HD productions as well. This material is based upon our surviving historical sources, particularly ancient texts and the material evidence of archaeology. Major topics of my own focus have been the historical Jesus, John the Baptizer, James the brother of Jesus, the apostle Paul, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of Jesus. Questions of focus are: Can the original message of Jesus be recovered? How did Paul differ in his gospel message from that of Jesus? How did a new religion known as "Christianity" emerge from its late 2nd Temple Jewish origins. What have we learned from the Dead Sea Scrolls and other late 2nd Temple Jewish sources?
The Single Idea that Transformed ALL Biblical Faiths!
James Tabor · 13K views · 2 weeks ago
Paul's Greatest Idea and Why the Church Rejected It!
James Tabor · 65K views · 2 years ago
My View of Biblical Faith After 45 Years of Academic Study
James Tabor · 99K views · 1 year ago
Encountering Paul in Greek Sixty Years Ago!
James Tabor · 22K views · 4 months ago
Did Jesus Teach Eternal Hell Fire?
James Tabor · 17K views · 2 months ago
Was Jesus a Poor, Illiterate, Itinerant, Peasant?
James Tabor · 53K views · 1 year ago
What Do We Really KNOW About the Historical Jesus? An In-Depth Conversation with Dr. Justin Sledge
James Tabor · 47K views · 1 year ago
Understanding the Apostle Paul: A Two Hour Conversation
James Tabor · 90K views · 3 years ago
The Big Five Questions on Paul: My Responses
James Tabor · 43K views · 1 year ago
My First Catholic Audience: Presenting the Historical Mary to Catholic Sisters
James Tabor · 4.9K views · 2 months ago
The Didache: A Lost and Rediscovered Text of the Teaching of Jesus Pt 1
James Tabor · 99K views · 1 year ago
Mark Is our Earliest Jesus Story--How We Know and Why it Matters!
James Tabor · 66K views · 3 years ago
If You Want to Follow Jesus: Go To James the Just
James Tabor · 101K views · 3 years ago
Ebionites, Nazarenes, Essenes, Nasareans Sorting out the Names!
James Tabor · 6.6K views · 3 months ago
When Heaven Replaced Earth
James Tabor · 5.9K views · 4 months ago
Did the Historical Jesus Think He Was the Messiah?
James Tabor · 10K views · 1 year ago
Lost in Translation: Genesis 1 is NOT About the Creation of the World!
James Tabor · 460K views · 2 years ago