Maybe the Nativity doesn't look quite like we think it does
The Nativity Story from the point of view of the Romans and their clients.
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 …
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.
It never ceases to amaze me how seemingly odd but interesting facts come across my desk as part of God Save the King. Nikolaos of Damascus was a Hellenized Jew, born in Damascus in 64 BCE. In 39 BCE he Read More …
We are excited to announce that Tim will be interviewed by Shannon Davis on Omegaman Radio, Wednesday August 17 from 10:00-11:00 PM; and again on Wednesday August 31, from 8:00-9:00 PM, Eastern time. On Episode 9504 of Omegaman Radio, that Read More …
Weekly Update for June 29, 2022. This week’s radio show on Truth Be Told Radio Network Video archive Excerpt from Jerusalem Troubled: The Rise and Fall of Herod the Great This Week’s Radio Show on TBTRN: The House and Lineage Read More …
The Psalms of Solomon are a pseudepigraphal work written in the mid-to-late first century BCE. It consists of eighteen psalms (songs or poems) that stylistically resemble the biblical psalter. In its most general sense, a pseudepigraphal work is an ancient Read More …
The above is an inscription dedicated to Legio VI Ferrata, the Sixth “Ironclad” Legion found in Judea. Originally recruited by Julius Caesar in Cisalpine Gaul ~52 BCE, Legio VI Ferrata fought against Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus (48), and Read More …
Part Three of a four-part series for Time Out with Kevin Gallagher. Kevin interviews Tim and they discuss the Roman Chronicle; the Golden Age of Rome–the Pax Romana; and how the political culture in Rome contrasts with the coming of Read More …
I’m flying solo this week. Michael will rejoin us soon. Today I discussed the origins of God Save the King (the first books I read that hypothesized that Jesus was not born on December 25), how we got the title Read More …