Excavations at the City of David, near the Temple Mount, have unearthed the remains of a massive fortressed compound built in the Middle Bronze Period, close to 3,800 years ago,… Continue reading "Fortifications Of The Gihon Spring in the City of David, Jerusalem"
by James Tabor This week I highly recommend Prof. Barrie Wilson’s book, How Jesus Became Christian (New York: St. Martins Press, 2008; Random House in Canada). Prof. Wilson teaches at… Continue reading "Book of the Week: How Jesus Became Christian"
I’ve been pursuing this story for a couple of months. In the middle of it all, the following story broke in Israel. A cave which has a pristine ecosystem –… Continue reading "Aliens in the Holyland"
Cick here to watch the episode on Selling Christianity on simchajtv.com. Cick here to watch the episode on Selling Christianity on simchajtv.com. This episode examines how a persecuted secretive cult… Continue reading "Secrets of Christianity Picked up by Discovery Network in Europe!"
By Leon Watson on dailymail.co.uk A tiny seal has been uncovered that could be the first archaeological evidence of Samson, the Biblical slayer of Philistines. Archaeologists discovered the ancient artifact… Continue reading "Does this coin found near Jerusalem prove that Samson lived… and that he did fight the lion?"
By: Director/Producer Simcha Jacobovici As many people know, my colleagues and I recently made world headlines by claiming that we may have identified two of the nails used in Jesus’… Continue reading "The Nails of the Cross: A Response to the Criticisms of the Film"
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"
excerpts from article on washingtonpost.com JERUSALEM — An Israeli Canadian journalist thinks he might have tracked down two of the iron nails used to crucify Jesus on the cross. Or… Continue reading "Archaeologist thinks he might have found nails from Jesus’s cross"