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.