Is There Credible Archaeological Evidence Related to the Earliest Jesus Followers?

This lecture lays out what I believe is the earliest archaeological evidence related to the followers of Jesus. The standard view of many historians--though not all--is that we have nothing from the early Christians until the late 2nd or early 3rd centuries. Here I deal only with materials that are prior to 70 CE. BTW, the lovely woman that is caught in the mirror to the right of the frame is my wife Lori--if you get bored you can watch her watch me!

For full documentation and elaboration see my book, The Jesus Discovery (https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Discover...) and this summary of evidence presented at a special Society of Biblical Literature meeting devoted the book: "An Overview of the Tombs at Talpiot" (https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/sites....

For an even more recent update see: "New Evidence on the James Ossuary and its Probably Connection to the Talpiot Tomb" (https://bibleinterp.arizona.edu/artic....


This lecture was part a Biblical Archaeology Society seminar, publishers of the premiere archaeology magazine, Biblical Archaeology Review. It is used with permission.

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