Was Jesus a Poor, Illiterate, Itinerant, Peasant?
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?
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One hears from most academics that the historical figure of Jesus was most likely an impoverished, illiterate, itinerate, peasant with no wider cultural or geopolitical perspective beyond the region of the lower Galilee. He grew up in a tiny hamlet of perhaps 100 people, and certainly had no acquaintance with the high culture of Hellenistic-Roman society. This video presentation considers the geography of our earliest accounts of Jesus' preaching campaign, and what might be said of the John the Baptist movement from which he arose, which came to the focused attention of Herod Antipas in the capital city of his kingdom at DioCaesarea. I invite you to join my Tabor Research Community for lots more, discussions, my responses to messages, a monthly Zoom meetings, and a fantastic and diverse group of historically oriented students of the Bible: See details here: Join Tabor Research Community: https://www.patreon.com/jamesdtabor On-line Non-Credit Courses Open to All: “Quest for the Historical Paul” https://jamestabor.com/paulcourse "Jesus & Dead Sea Scrolls” https://jamestabor.com/JesusandDSS Creating Jesus: Gospel of Mark https://jamestabor.com/MarkCourse __________________________________________ The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley מהמלים בקשר את המלים ועל סמך המלים Retired Prof. of Religious Studies/Christian Origins The University of North Carolina at Charlotte Distinguished Fellow Faculty of Humanities, Hebrew University Jerusalem About Dr. James D. Tabor: https://jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor/ Join Tabor Research Community: https://www.patreon.com/jamesdtabor Tabor Books: https://jamestabor.com/books Academic Blog: https://jamestabor.com Personal Blog: https://genesia.org Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/jamestaborvideos Podcast: Spotify and Apple: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/drjd-tabor https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-things-biblical Public Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaborPublic/ Academia:https://https://uncc.academia.edu/JamesTabor Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjdtabor/ X-Twitter: https://x.com/Jamesdtabor LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-tabor-12119324/ .
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