Dr. James Tabor is professor of Christian origins and ancient Judaism in the Department of Religious Studies at the University North Carolina at Charlotte where he served as Chair for ten years. Since 1990 Tabor has made 72 trips to Israel pursuing research, doing archaeology, and leading students and other adult groups who want a unique Holy Land Experience. His Ph.D. is from the University of Chicago in Christian Origins and Ancient Judaism. Tabor has combined his work on ancient texts with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan, including work at Qumran, Sepphoris, Masada, and Wadi el-Yabis in Jordan, the Suba “John the Baptist” cave, the “Tomb of the Shroud,” and the Talpiot “Jesus” tombs. Among his publications areThings Unutterable (1985); A Noble Death (1992); Why Waco: (1995); Restoring Abrahamic Faith (2008 with new edition in 2021)); and the New York Times bestselling The Jesus Dynasty: A New Historical Investigation of Jesus, His Royal Family, and the Birth of Christianity (2006). In 2010 he published two books: The Jesus Discovery: The New Archaeological Find that Reveals the Birth of Christianity (Simon & Schuster) and Paul and Jesus: How the Apostle Transformed Christianity (Simon & Schuster). His latest two books are The Book of Genesis: A New Translation from the Transparent English Bible (2020) and Paul’s Ascent to Paradise: The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle. Tabor’s latest book, The Lost Mary: How the Jewish Mother of Jesus Became the Virgin Mother of God (Knopf) will be published in 2023. You can find all his books on Amazon. You can visit his blog at: https://jamestabor.com

Ross K. Nichols is an independent biblical researcher, author, and educator. He has published three books through Horeb Press: The Moses Scroll (2021), Fragments of a Leather Manuscript Containing Moses’ Last Words to the Children of Israel (2021), and These Are the Words: Essential Biblical Hebrew Vocabularies (2022). His books are on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

Nichols has traveled extensively to Israel and Jordan over the past decade, leading tours and conducting biblical research. His primary research interests include the Hebrew Bible, emphasizing the Pentateuch, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and nineteenth-century explorations and discoveries in the Levant. He has participated in archaeological excavations in Jerusalem and Biblical Tamar south of the Dead Sea and expeditions to identify the locations mentioned in the wilderness itineraries, including the quest for Biblical Horeb/Sinai.

Nichols is a Vice President and an ordained minister of the Hebrew Faith for United Israel World Union, an educational, non-profit organization founded in 1944. Videos of his Biblical studies are streamed to a growing global audience on his YouTube channel. Audio archives of his biblical teachings are available on Amazon Music/Audible, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, Pandora, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and most major podcast directories. Search for United Israel by Ross K. Nichols and subscribe.

To learn more about Ross’s current work, visit his website (http://rossknichols.com) or his Academia Page (https://independent.academia.edu/RossKNichols). You can also subscribe to his YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/rossknicholsTV) and follow him on social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram).

To learn more about United Israel World Union, see (https://unitedisraelworldunion.com). To learn more about The Moses Scroll or follow the Author’s Blog, visit (https://themosesscroll.com).

You may also directly support Ross’s research projects by becoming a founding member on his Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/rossknichols/about).