The Jesus Dynasty / James TaborThe Jesus Dynasty Blog by the author, Dr. James D. TaborSuffering Messiahs and Resurrection after Three Days- May 18, 2008 Some of you might remember the brief publicity just over a year ago regarding the publication of a text called &8220;The Gabriel Vision&8221; (Hazon Gabrile) by Israeli scholars Ada Yardeni and Binyamin Elitzur (Cathedra 123 2007: 155-166 in Hebrew). Prof. Israel Knohl of Hebrew University wrote a fairly extensive article published in the Israeli newspaper ...http://www.jesusdynasty.com/blog/2008/05/18/israel-knohl-article-on-gabriel-text-published... Jesus son of Pantera: Poetic Remembrances- May 14, 2008 I have recounted previously on this Blog the remarkable story of my discovery of the late great Poet James Whitehead and his historical and literary interest in the sources that refer to Jesus of Nazareth as &8220;Yeshua ben Pantera.&8221; Whitehead, who died in 2003, co-founded the prestigious Creative Writing Program at the University of Arkansas ...http://www.jesusdynasty.com/blog/2008/05/13/488/ How Jesus Became Christian- May 5, 2008 I want to highly, even extravagantly, recommend a book by Barrie Wilson, York University professor in Toronto, titled How Jesus Became Christian (New York: St. Martins Press, 2008; Random House in Canada). I will go so far as to say that I judge this single book to be one of the most important contributions to ...http://www.jesusdynasty.com/blog/2008/05/04/how-jesus-became-christian/ |