And should he be. As much as some like Tabor, many people he is following a conman, er, conperson in Simcha (I’m not using the dollar sign because Simcha said it was an attack against his Jewish ethnicity. I don’t want to be accused of that, because that’s not my goal. I just think Simcha is out to make money, regardless of truth).
Anyway, read something of Jim’s thoughts here.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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I’m amazed that ANYONE still takes Tabor the least bit seriously. He is the one with $$$ in his eyes.
If anyone is “amazed,” it’s me. Why do anonymous critics write venomous comments like the one printed here? And why do you give them the forum to spew forth these kinds of baseless cheap shots aimed at someone like James Tabor? a man who is gifted in the extreme and a generous person, too, not at all motivated by the love of money.
JS ought to change his handle to BS or “Just Slander!”
I know JS, actually, as a long time commentator. This is called freedom of speech, almost like a self-published author…
http://jamestabor.com/2013/03/16/the-jesus-discovery-in-greenville-with-more-to-come/
Joel — we both know “free speech” is a good thing, but name-calling is something else entirely. You do yourself a disservice by defending ad hominem attacks as though they were an issue of personal or academic freedom. What JS wrote is more than mere commentary.
Oh? Care to prove it?
Tabor is also a well-established crank. Here he is eulogising Vendyl “Ark Hunter” Jones as his “mentor”:
http://www.rootsoffaith.net/profiles/blogs/vendyl-jones-is-dead
What’s to prove? That James Tabor is not a scholar, a gifted writer, the head of the Dept. of Religious Studies at a highly respected university?? That he’s not motivated by the love of money???
No thank you. He’s all the things you apparently are not, a man of principle and good will. Nothing more need be said. Or written!
No, I said to proof what you’ve said about JS, that his freedom of speech doesn’t count.
Listen, freedom to speak, is a constitutional right, but we are not talking about legalities here. And whether or not SJ and JT “are correct” about their discoveries is something else again. My beef is with the anonymous accusations of Just Sayin’ masquerading as “free speech.”
So-called “commentators” should stick to the issues without resorting to that kind of personal assault. It’s called being respectful without name calling or mislabeling people as you have done with me. I’m hardly James’ acolyte, or anyone else’s.
Oh? You mean like saying that I have no principles? That’s freedom of speech, you know. The same kind you’d deny to someone who whips up on your cherished person.
You’re wrong about what I said. I used the word “apparently” because I don’t know you. I do know JT and I’m going to bat for him here (without him knowing about it, BTW), because I like him and respect him. You, on the other hand, seem to be stirring the pot for your own amusement or for other reasons.
Oh… so it’s okay for the pot but not for the kettle?
In other words, when caught, deny, deny, deny.
Gotcha.
If the evidence doesn’t fit, Photoshop it: digital image manipulation in the case of Simcha Jacobovici and James Tabor’s ‘Jonah Ossuary’:
http://robertcargill.com/2012/03/05/if-the-evidence-doesnt-fit-photoshop-it/
Yikes, we have a rare Taborite acolyte in our midst.
Yep! because the pot is dirty and the kettle is clean as a whistle.
Let me help you out because you don’t seem to get it.
You are a hypocrite. What you accuse JS of doing you do. I hope that helps.
Nonsense, Joel. You seem to enjoy calling people names. For me it’s almost amusing, except it’s sad, too. Why don’t you try communicating without the rough edges?
Oh? So in other words now you will attack me? Um….
“In other words” are not my words!
yeah they are
Sins of commission and omission: digitally generated marginal ‘fishes’ and overlooked handles on James Tabor’s so-called ‘Jonah Ossuary’:
http://robertcargill.com/2012/03/13/sins-of-commission-and-omission/
or vice versa!
James Tabor is Correct: ‘It’s Anything But a Fish’: Logical Fallacies in Defense of the “Jonah Ossuary” Theory:
http://robertcargill.com/2012/03/27/james-tabor-is-correct-its-anything-but-a-fish-logical-fallacies-in-defense-of-the-jonah-ossuary-theory/