Maybe the Nativity doesn't look quite like we think it does
The Nativity Story as seen from one of three important viewpoints–Judea, Parthia, and Rome.
As mentioned ad infinitum, one of my goals is to rewrite the nativity story as it likely would have happened biblically and historically as compared to the traditional nativity story which is Christian mythology. My treatment will include plausible historical Read More …
Different Roman leaders during the first century BCE (Sulla, Pompey, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar) when in power, handled it differently according to their personal beliefs and ambitions. If they wanted a census, they would order one. If they didn’t want any, there weren’t any. Read More …
Herod had every right to be disturbed by their presence, as did the whole city of Jerusalem. This was not just three semi-anonymous guys on camels from some mysterious Eastern cult. The Suren were a well-known, prestigious noble family with significant power and responsibility. Read More …
We are told that the Magi’s journey was over “treacherous terrain” and lasted “months” when in reality it would have been over well-established trade routes (roads) and took about six weeks. Read More …
Tim will be interviewed by Shannon Ray Davis on Omegaman Radio, live Tuesday December 17 @ 9:00 PM Eastern. Tune in to Omegaman Radio here, or here.
I reviewed the Netflix movie “Mary” live on Facebook earlier today. The goal of God Save the King has always been to (re)tell the nativity story as biblically and historically accurately as possible. The real story of the real biblical Read More …
Missed the live interview? Listen to Episode 10683 of the Omegaman Podcast featuring an interview with God Save the King creator Tim Keyes discussing the House of Suren here.
Every year at Christmas time there are attempts to equate Joseph, Mary, and Jesus’ flight from Bethlehem to Egypt to the plight of illegal immigrants—claiming that they too would have been “undocumented” and therefore turned away at the border. While Read More …
Dura Europos was a Greek, then Parthian, then Roman city on the western bank of the Euphrates River approximately 310 miles northwest of the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon on the Tigris. It was founded around 300 BCE by Seleucus I Read More …
With Alexander and Aristobulus out of the way, Antipater became Herod’s leading prospect as successor, and virtual co-ruler with his father. But despite the evident certitude of his position, it never occurred to Antipater, that as Herod’s oldest son and Read More …