Excerpts from article in the Jerusalem Post BOSTON – A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words “Jesus said to them, my wife,”… Continue reading "Was Jesus married? Papyrus fragment fuels debate"
by James Tabor I am not archaeologist, my training is as a Biblical scholar, a historian of religions, but over the past 20 years I have had a considerable amount… Continue reading "The Talpiot “Jesus” Tomb: What Might Have Been–The Ossuaries"
excerpt from article in Time Magazine When the Discovery Channel aired a TV documentary in 2007 raising the possibility that archeologists had found the family tomb of Jesus Christ in… Continue reading "Jesus ‘Tomb’ Controversy Reopened"
Every time hard evidence appears arguing for Jesus’ marriage to Mary Magdalene, a chorus of theologically driven academics shout “forgery!” When a tomb was found in Talpiot, a suburb of… Continue reading "Of Course They Were Married!"
The OPC Awards were a wonderful event. It was a real honour to receive the Edward R. Murrow Award for the second time with my colleagues Ric Bienstock and Felix… Continue reading "Report From Charlotte, North Carolina"
I’m in New York. In a couple of hours, Ric Bienstock, Felix Golubev and I will be attending a gala dinner sponsored by the American Overseas Press Club. We were… Continue reading "We Won the Edward R. Murrow Award!"
Valletta, Malta – This Passover, I’m in Malta shooting a documentary for National Geographic worldwide and Discovery Canada. Malta is a beautiful, small island country in the Mediterranean, 80 km… Continue reading "The Secret History of the Jews of Malta"
Barrie Wilson and I worked for six years on our book, “The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene”. Basically, we deciphered a… Continue reading "A Great Review!"
As followers of my blog know, I believe that a first century burial tomb discovered in 1980 in the Jerusalem suburb of Talpiot is the Jesus Family tomb (see my… Continue reading "“I Never Saw Such A Tomb”"
Two weeks ago, Barrie Wilson and I published The Lost Gospel: Decoding the Ancient Text that Reveals Jesus’ Marriage to Mary the Magdalene. A couple of days before the release… Continue reading "Washington Post Apologizes to Simcha Jacobovici"