NT Pod 95: Interview with Ariel Sabar, Author of Veritas

In NT Pod 95, I am in conversation with Ariel Sabar, author of Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife. It is an hour and thirteen minutes long:

NT Pod 95: Interview with Ariel Sabar, Author of Veritas (mp3) 

The book is: Ariel Sabar, Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (New York: Doubleday, 2020)

Previous podcasts in this series:

NT Pod 87: What is the Gospel of Jesus's Wife?

NT Pod 88: Is the Gospel of Jesus's Wife a forgery?

NT Pod 89: How was the forgery of the Gospel of Jesus's Wife proved?

NT Pod 90: How was the forgery of the Gospel of Jesus's Wife confirmed?

NT Pod 94: Review of Ariel Sabar's Veritas

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Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 94: Review of Ariel Sabar's Veritas

NT Pod 94 is my review of Ariel Sabar, Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife. It is just under 19 minutes long.

NT Pod 94: Review of Ariel Sabar's Veritas (mp3) 

The book is: Ariel Sabar, Veritas: A Harvard Professor, A Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife (New York: Doubleday, 2020)

Previous podcasts in this series:

NT Pod 87: What is the Gospel of Jesus's Wife?

NT Pod 88: Is the Gospel of Jesus's Wife a forgery?

NT Pod 89: How was the forgery of the Gospel of Jesus's Wife proved?

NT Pod 90: How was the forgery of the Gospel of Jesus's Wife confirmed?

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Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 93: From Juvencus to Jesus Christ Superstar (NT Review Crossover)

NT Pod 93: From Juvencus to Jesus Christ Superstar (Crossover with NT Review); it is an hour long.


NT Pod 93: Crossover Episode with NT Review (mp3)


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Featuring Ian Mills and Laura Robinson from the New Testament Review Podcast.

The topics covered are (in order):

• Ben Hur (novel)
• Ben Hur (film)
• The Robe
• Barabbas (film)
• Greatest Story Ever Told
• King of Kings
• Life of Brian
• Assassin 33 A.D.
• Juvencus
• Proba
• Nonnus
• Man Born to be King (Dorothy L. Sayers)
• Visual Bible Gospel of Matthew
• Ten Commandments
• Egeria
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Godpsell
• Jesus of Montreal

Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 92: Live Episode

NT Pod 92 Live: this is an edited recording of NT Pod Live (April 16 2020); it is 53 minutes long.


NT Pod 92: Live Episode (mp3)


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Featuring calls from Alicia Costello, CJ Schmidt, Michael Strickland, Hugo Mendez, Jacob Sparks, and Jose Corea, and chat questions from Kelly Victor, Fiona Thompson, Krista Fauria, Carl Tapps and Andrew Doole.

The topics covered were (in order):

• Matthean Priority & Marcan Priority
• John’s knowledge of the Synoptics
• Acts 15 and Galatians 2
• Patristic evidence for Matthean Priority
• Eddie Izzard
• Resurrection accounts: differences between Paul and Mark
• The Q hypothesis: how many of my students are persuaded by it?
• TV drama and documentary: Jesus: His Life (History), The Passion (BBC, HBO)
• Women & gender in early Christianity; Mary Magdalene
• The walking, talking cross in the Gospel of Peter.

People mentioned: Ian Mills, Laura Robinson, Douglas Campbell, Ed Sanders, Mark Matson, Barbara Shellard, Alan Garrow, Morton Smith, Ken Olson, Frank Deasy, Nigel Stafford-Clark.


Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 91: Stories of Jesus' Resurrection (Extended Ep.)

NT Pod 91, "Stories of Jesus' Resurrection", is an extended episode of the podcast; it is 49 minutes long.


NT Pod 91: Stories of Jesus' Resurrection (mp3)


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Lecture Handout here (PDF)

The lecture featured in this episode was originally part of a series of ten lectures entitled "Who Was Jesus?" delivered at St. Olaf College, Minnesota, in July 2016. I am grateful to the Biblical Archaeology Society for permission to rebroadcast it here.

A video version of this lecture is available on BAS's YouTube Channel.

Here are some further related links:

BAS LIbrary Videos

BAS Library: two further video lectures from Mark Goodacre

Key Texts:

1 Corinthians 15, Mark 16, Matthew 28, Luke 24, John 20-21

Coming Soon: NT Pod 92 will be the first ever live episode of the podcast. Join me for NT Pod Live on TalkShoe on Thursday April 16 2020, 2pm EDT.

Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 90: How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Confirmed?

NT Pod 90, "How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Confirmed?", is the final episode in in the series of four podcasts on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. It is just over eighteen minutes long.


NT Pod 90: How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Confirmed? (mp3)


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Websites referenced in this podcast:

The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus' Wife, Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, July/August 2016 Issue

To Catch a Forger (Video), Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, June 22 2016, YouTube (extracts featured in this episode)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard official site, revised "vanilla" version, January 2017 to present)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard, 2012 site, via archive.org)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard, 2014 site, via archive.org)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard, June to December 2016 site, via archive.org): "Statement from HDS Dean David N. Hempton on the “Gospel of Jesus’ Wife”

NT Blog: Gospel of Jesus' Wife Posts (includes links to all the resources discussed in the podcast)

Harvard Theological Review 107/2 (April 2014) (Titles and Abstracts)

New Testament Studies 61/3 (July 2015) (Titles and Abstracts)

The Owner's Interlinear / Translation (via archive.org)

"Gospel of Jesus' Wife": Doubts Raised About Ancient Text, Owen Jarus, Live Science (April 22 2014)

More on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife and Walter Fritz, Christian Askeland, Evangelical Textual Criticism Blog, June 16 2016

Gospel of Jesus' Wife Likely a Fake, Bizarre Backstory Suggests, Owen Jarus, Live Science (June 17 2016)

Karen King Responds to ‘The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife’, "The Harvard scholar says papyrus is probably a forgery", Ariel Sabar, The Atlantic, June 16 2016

Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.

NT Pod 89: How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Proved?

NT Pod 89, "How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Proved?", is the third of four podcasts on the Gospel of Jesus' Wife. It is just over eighteen minutes long.


NT Pod 89: How was the Forgery of the Gospel of Jesus' Wife Proved? (mp3)


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Websites referenced in this podcast:

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard official site, revised "vanilla" version)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard, 2012 site, via archive.org)

Gospel of Jesus' Wife (Harvard, 2014 site, via archive.org)

NT Blog: Gospel of Jesus' Wife Posts (includes links to all the resources discussed in the podcast)

Harvard Theological Review 107/2 (April 2014) (Titles and Abstracts)

The Forgery of the Lycopolitan John (Christian Askeland)

New Testament Studies 61/3 (July 2015) (Titles and Abstracts)

The Owner's Interlinear / Translation (via archive.org)

Is the Gospel of Jesus' Wife a Revelation or a Hoax? (Lisa Wangsness, Boston Globe)


Thanks to Ram2000, "Me and You", for the opening theme, released under a Creative Commons agreement.