GSK on Time Out with Kevin Gallagher
I had the privilege of being interviewed by Truth Be Told Radio Network CEO and host of “Time Out with Kevin Gallagher” on May 18, 2022. You can check out the show here.
Tag: Herod the Great
Legio VI Ferrata (Sixth Ironclad Legion)
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 …
Pope Julius I, December 25th & the Magi
I recently watched a new YouTube video that briefly and quite inadequately discusses how we historically arrived at a December 25 birthday for Jesus of Nazareth.1 During the video, the host plays clips from a different video that challenges a Read More …
Time Out with Kevin Gallagher: Part Two–The Politics of Herod the Great
Part Two of a four-part series for Time Out with Kevin Gallagher. Kevin interviews Tim and they discuss the politics of Herod the Great.
GSK on Truth Be Told Radio Network–Episode 005–“Schurer’s Folly”
In this episode, Tim discusses the chronological components in the Infancy Narratives in greater detail, in particular Schurer’s Folly–the miscalculation by eminent German theologian Emil Schurer placing the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE instead of the accepted Read More …
GSK on Truth Be Told Radio Network–Episode 003
This week’s episode corresponds to Rosh Hashanah 2021. Michael Parker and I take the time to unpack the biblical astronomy of Revelation 12:1 & Genesis 49:10.
GSK on Truth Be Told Radio Network–Episode 002
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 …
The Protevangelium of James
We can trace the origins of many of the traditions found in nativity plays to what are known as the infancy gospels, pseudepigraphal works written much later than what we now refer to as the canonical gospels. The oldest and most Read More …
The Ester Gate
When the Roman General Pompey annexed Syria, the Romans entirely redesigned Damascus as a Roman city. Still today, “Old Town” Damascus retains its rectangular Roman design and seven extant ancient gates. The name “Ester Gate” predates the Romans, so it Read More …
What Josephus Didn’t Know
“He simply may not have known the precise dates of the events he describes.”
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