James D. Tabor

María, madre de Jesús, es probablemente la mujer más conocida y a la vez menos comprendida de la historia. Venerada por millones, ha sido el etéreo símbolo de la pureza y la virginidad. Pero ¿que hay de la Maria historica? La joven judia, madre soltera de ocho hijos; la ciudadana desafiante de una Galilea ocupada por Roma, que sobrevivio en uno de los periodos mas peligrosos de la historia judia; una epoca que se cobro la vida de tres de sus hijos: Jesus y Simon, crucificados, y Santiago, lapidado. Hablamos de la Maria historica, cuyos ejemplos y enseñanzas podrian convertirla, de hecho, en la fundadora de lo que hoy llamamos cristianismo. Esta Maria ha sido sistematicamente borrada a lo largo de dos milenios por un proyecto teologico, cultural y politico que buscaba excluirla del ambito humano y marginarla por su condicion de mujer, madre y judia. En Maria desconocida James D. Tabor deconstruye la historia gracias a mas de tres decadas de indagacion textual y arqueologica. La busqueda de la Maria historica proporciona una nueva perspectiva de Jesus y sus primeros seguidores, recuperando la esencia del cristianismo original.

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Based on a careful analysis of the earliest Christian documents and recent archaeological discoveries, The Jesus Dynasty offers a bold new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity. The story is surprising, controversial, and exciting as only a long-lost history can be when it is at last recovered. In The Jesus Dynasty, biblical scholar James Tabor brings us closer than ever to the historical Jesus. Jesus, as we know, was the son of Mary, a young woman who became pregnant before her marriage to a man named Joseph. The gospels tell us that Jesus had four brothers and two sisters, all of whom probably had a different father than his. He joined a messianic movement begun by his relative John the Baptizer, whom he regarded as his teacher and a great prophet. John and Jesus together filled the roles of the Two Messiahs who were expected at the time: John, as a priestly descendant of Aaron, and Jesus, as a royal descendant of David. Together they preached the coming of the Kingdom of God. Theirs was an apocalyptic movement that expected God to establish his kingdom on earth, as described by the Prophets. The Two Messiahs lived in a time of turmoil as the historical land of Israel was dominated by the powerful Roman Empire. Fierce Jewish rebellions against Rome occurred during Jesus lifetime. John and Jesus preached adherence to the Torah, or the Jewish Law. But their mission was changed dramatically when John was arrested and then killed. After a period of uncertainty, Jesus began preaching anew in Galilee and challenged the Roman authorities and their Jewish collaborators in Jerusalem. He appointed a Council of Twelve to rule over the twelve tribes of Israel, and among the Twelve he included his four brothers. After Jesus was crucified by the Romans, his brother James -- the "Beloved Disciple" -- took over leadership of the Jesus dynasty. James, like John and Jesus before him, saw himself as a faithful Jew. None of them believed that their movement was a new religion. It was Paul who transformed Jesus and his message through his ministry to the Gentiles. Breaking with James and the followers of Jesus in Jerusalem, Paul preached a message based on his own revelations, which would become Christianity. Jesus became a figure whose humanity was obscured; John became merely a forerunner of Jesus; and James and the others were all but forgotten. James Tabor has studied the earliest surviving documents of Christianity for more than thirty years and has participated in important archaeological excavations in Israel. Drawing on this background, Tabor reconstructs for us the movement that sought the spiritual, social, and political redemption of the Jews, a movement led by one family. The Jesus Dynasty offers an alternative version of Christian origins, one that takes us closer than ever to Jesus and his family and followers. This is a book that will change our understanding of one of the most crucial moments in history.

In this compulsively readable exploration of the tangled world of Christian origins (Publishers Weekly), religious historian James Tabor illuminates the earliest years of Jesus teachings before Paul shaped them into the religion we know today.This fascinating examination of the earliest years of Christianity reveals how the man we call St. Paul shaped Christianity as we know it today. Historians know almost nothing about the two decades following the crucifixion of Jesus, when his followers regrouped and began to spread his message. During this time Paul joined the movement and began to preach to the gentiles. Using the oldest Christian documents that we havethe letters of Paulas well as other early Christian sources, historian and scholar James Tabor reconstructs the origins of Christianity. Tabor shows how Paul separated himself from Peter and James to introduce his own version of Christianity, which would continue to develop independently of the message that Jesus, James, and Peter preached. Paul and Jesus illuminates the fascinating period of history when Christianity was born out of Judaism.

The Jesus Discovery shows how a recent major archeological discovery in Jerusalem is revolutionizing our understanding of Jesus and the earliest years of Christianity.The Jesus Discovery is the story of a stunning new discovery that provides the first physical evidence of Christians in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus and his apostles. In 2010, using a specialized robotic camera, authors Tabor and Jacobovici explored a previously unexcavated tomb in Jerusalem from around the time of Jesus. They made a remarkable discoverytwo ossuaries, or bone boxes, one carved with the earliest known image of Jonah; the other displaying a reference to resurrection. Since the newly discovered ossuaries can be reliably dated to before 70 AD, it is possible that whoever was buried in this tomb knew Jesus and heard him preach. In addition, the newly examined tomb is in close proximity to the so-called Jesus Family Tomb, and its discovery increases the likelihood that the Jesus Family Tomb is, indeed, the real tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.

A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Maryrevealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movementA great leap forward in understanding and contextualizing Marys life, after two millennia of her being dismissed and rewritten by patriarchal power structures. James Cameron, creator of Avatar, Titanic, and The TerminatorThe Lost Mary unfolds in five radical claims. . . . Together these arguments are Tabors attempt to rescue Mary from pious abstraction and revolutionize our picture of her as one of the most consequential women in history. . . . In recovering her story, we discover not only the hidden roots of Christianity but also a model of resilience that speaks across time. Mary, Tabor shows, reminds us that behind every movement are women whose voices have been silenced, whose influence has been hidden in plain sight. Candida Moss, National GeographicTabor restores her voice, her faith, her motherhood, and, most of all, her humanity, in this groundbreaking portrait that challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of Christianity. Reza Aslan, author of ZealotMary, mother of Jesus, is the best knownand least knownwoman in history. Revered and worshipped by millions, she remains a figment of the imagination, the ethereal subject of Raphaels and Botticellis, bathed in heavenly light, too virginal and pure to move among us.But what about the real Mary? The young Jewish woman and single mother of eightfive boys and three girls. The defiant citizen of Roman-occupied Galilee who survived through one of the most dangerous periods of Jewish historyan ancient game of thrones that claimed the lives of three of her sons: Jesus and Simon by crucifixion, James by stoning. The historical Mary whose teachings and courageous example may in fact make her the first founder of what we now call Christianity.This Mary has not only been lost to usshe has been systematically erased over the past two millennia by a theological, cultural, and political program intent on removing her from the human realm and marginalizing her womanhood, motherhood, and Jewishness.In The Lost Mary, James D. Tabor corrects the record, laying out the results of his intensive textual and archaeological sleuthing over the past three decades, including new evidence regarding Marys genealogy (which may be hiding in plain sight in the New Testament!). Tabors quest for the historical Mary offers a transformative perspective on Jesus and his early followers, and recovers the nature and essence of earliest Christianity.

A great leap forward in understanding and contextualizing Marys life, after two millennia of her being dismissed and rewritten by patriarchal power structures. James Cameron A world-renowned historian of early Christianity and ancient Judaism lifts the veil on the life of Mary revealing her revolutionary role as the matriarch of the Jesus movement. Mary, mother of Jesus, is the best known and least known woman in history. Revered and worshipped by millions, she remains a figment of the imagination, the ethereal subject of Raphaels and Botticellis, bathed in heavenly light, too virginal and too pure to move among us. But what about the real Mary? In The Lost Mary, James D. Tabor corrects the record, laying out the results of his intensive textual and archaeological sleuthing over the past three decades, including new evidence regarding Marys genealogy (which may be hiding in plain sight in the New Testament!). Tabors quest for the historical Mary offers a transformative perspective on Jesus and his early followers, and recovers the nature and essence of earliest Christianity. Tabor restores her voice, her faith, her motherhood, and, most of all, her humanity, in this groundbreaking portrait that challenges everything we thought we knew about the origins of Christianity. Reza Aslan In recovering her story, we discover not only the hidden roots of Christianity but also a model of resilience that speaks across time. Mary, Tabor shows, reminds us that behind every movement are women whose voices have been silenced, whose influence has been hidden in plain sight. Candida Moss, National Geographic"The Lost Mary effects an imaginative repatriation of this ancient and elusive figure, vividly conjuring both her character and the times that she lived in. Tabors Mary is lost no more. Paula Fredriksen, author of When Christians Were Jews: The First Generation

La dinastía de Jesús presenta una novedosa interpretación de la vida del Maestro y de los orígenes del cristianismo. James D. Tabor basa su obra en más de treinta años dedicados a la exhaustiva y rigurosa investigación de los primeros documentos del cristianismo y en los últimos descubrimientos arqueológicos.

María, madre de Jesús, es probablemente la mujer más conocida y a la vez menos comprendida de la historia. Venerada por millones, ha sido el etéreo símbolo de la pureza y la virginidad.Pero ¿qué hay de la Maria historica? La joven judia, madre soltera de ocho hijos; la ciudadana desafiante de una Galilea ocupada por Roma, que sobrevivio en uno de los periodos mas peligrosos de la historia judia; una epoca que se cobro la vida de tres de sus hijos: Jesus y Simon, crucificados, y Santiago, lapidado. Hablamos de la Maria historica, cuyos ejemplos y enseñanzas podrian convertirla, de hecho, en la fundadora de lo que hoy llamamos cristianismo.Esta Maria ha sido sistematicamente borrada a lo largo de dos milenios por un proyecto teologico, cultural y politico que buscaba excluirla del ambito humano y marginarla por su condicion de mujer, madre y judia.En Maria desconocida James D. Tabor deconstruye la historia gracias a mas de tres decadas de indagacion textual y arqueologica. La busqueda de la Maria historica proporciona una nueva perspectiva de Jesus y sus primeros seguidores, recuperando la esencia del cristianismo original.