James Tabor, professor of religious studies, is one of the presenters for the program “Last Days of Jesus,” which airs on PBS Tuesday, April 4, with rebroadcasts Wednesday and Thursday, April 5-6.
Tabor was filmed on location in Israel for this program. He said, “It (Last Days of Jesus) includes the political perspectives from the time — and especially the man it seems no one has heard of — the notorious anti-Semite Sejanus — who more or less ran the Roman Empire during the reign of Tiberius and even appointed his close friend Pontius Pilate to be governor of Judea.”
Tabor is part of the archaeological team conducting excavations on Mount Zion near Jerusalem. The dig is a multi-year effort in the ancient city, and UNC Charlotte is the only American university licensed to carry out such excavations in Jerusalem. Learn more here.