John Nelson
Dr John Nelson is a writer, biblical scholar and host of Premier Unbelievable? He completed his graduate studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and the University of Edinburgh, and is the author of Jesus’ Physical Appearance: Biography, Christology, Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2025). He writes weekly posts on his substack, Behind the Gospels, and is the producer and researcher for the history podcast Biblical Time Machine in association with SBL’s Bible Odyssey.
ArticleWhat Does Tom Holland Really Think About Jesus? By Unbelievable host, Dr. John Nelson
Tom Holland has spent years showing how Christianity shaped the West — but last week at All Souls Langham Place, he turned to the harder question: what can we really know about Jesus himself?



