Dr. James Tabor

Dr. James Tabor taught Christian origins and ancient Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for 33 years until retiring in 2022, serving as department chair for a decade and holding a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (1981). Tabor has published 9 academic books and over 50 articles combining his textual research with archaeology fieldwork in Israel and Jordan, including as co-director of the Mt. Zion excavation in Jerusalem since 2008. Tabor testified before Congress in the 1995 Waco Hearings, drawing on his expertise in ancient Biblical apocalyptic ideas to understand the 1993 tragedy. Over the past 30 years, Tabor has consulted extensively with media outlets like the New York Times and London Times while regularly writing posts for the Huffington Post and Biblical Archaeology Society. Tabor's work has been featured in dozens of TV documentaries on channels like PBS, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and the BBC. Tabor has just completed a new book on the historical Mary and is at work on another entitled "Jesus Betrayed: How Christianity Lost its Way" (2024).

About Dr. James D. Tabor: https://jamestabor.com/about-dr-tabor/

Tabor Books: https://jamestabor.com/books

Academic Blog: https://jamestabor.com

Personal Blog: https://genesia.org

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/jamestaborvideos

Dr. Tabor offers two on-line courses, students work at their own pace:

"Jesus & Dead Sea Scrolls”
https://jamestabor.com/JesusandDSS

Creating Jesus: Gospel of Mark
https://jamestabor.com/MarkCourse