From Amsterdam
I am in Europe this week giving lectures and interviews in Holland, Belgium, Germany, and Austria. I just arrived in Amsterdam a couple of hours ago. I have not been here since 1962 when I was in H.S. in France and I came here over Easter vacation with my roommate. Amsterdam is lovely, a city of parks, museums, and deep history. The Dutch version of my book came out this week, published by Spectrum Publishers and it seems to be attracting lots of attention. It is very satisfying to me to see the book come out in Dutch, given the rich history in this country for free thinking, scientific and cultural advancement, and Enlightenment thinking. The German version continues to do well and seems to be attracting major attention. Tonight a second segment airs on the German program Aspekte, which I filmed in Israel back in June. This program is something like 60 Minutes over here and it gets carried via cable all over Europe. In fact I will be able to watch it live here in the hotel room this evening. The Austrian magazine Profil, which is like Newsweek over here, is planning a nine page story on Die Jesus Dynastie. I will be meeting their writers while in Vienna. I will be writing further reports on my trip all through next week, so stay tuned. I also plan on continuing my reponses to Dr. Jame Strange’s review of my book in Biblical Archaeology Review.