Comments on BiblePlaces Blog: Tomb of Jesus (Tuesday links)

I guess I assumed that since Dr. Tabor believes th...

2007-03-12T02:27:00.000-05:00

I guess I assumed that since Dr. Tabor believes that Jesus had an earthly father and that his bones had possibly been found that he would not consider himself a Christian. It certainly doesn't fit the historic or biblical definition of a Christian. But my intent was not to label him something other than what I thought he considered himself.

James Tabor comments on this blog entry, 'Strangel...

2007-03-12T00:13:00.000-05:00

James Tabor comments on this blog entry, 'Strangely, I get listed as “non-Christian.”'
http://jesusdynasty.com/blog/2007/03/04/on-motivations-methods-and-the-evidence/

William Smith

I like the list idea but to be fair I believe you ...

2007-03-04T16:49:00.000-06:00

I like the list idea but to be fair I believe you should not include anyone who will benefit financially from the movie. This would obviously include Tabor therefore he can not be considered a "scholar" in support.

Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for keeping all o...

2007-02-27T19:03:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for keeping all of us back in the States up to date on the "real" story =-) ! Miss Israel, IBEX, and your family...please tell them I said hi!

Brittany Good
IBEX Sp. 06

I guess it is true that a prophet has no honor in ...

2007-02-27T18:59:00.000-06:00

I guess it is true that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

So far, only the press in Witherington's native Kentucky have delicately raised the issue of the pot calling the kettle bla...that is, the pot calling the ossuary cracked in Witherington’s overheated protestations (the gentleman protests too much, methinks)against the latest “biggest New Testament find”* in his lifetime.

Lexington County Herald, 2/27/07
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/nation/16791591.htm

On his blog, Witherington fired a final salvo by referring to the Titanic and saying Cameron "has now jumped on board another sinking ship full of holes, presumably in order to make a lot of money before the theory sinks into an early watery grave. Man the lifeboats and get out now."

In 2003, Witherington and co-author Hershel Shanks, editor of the Biblical Archaeology Review, wrote in The Brother of Jesus that they believed an ossuary bearing the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," was authentic.

A few months after The Brother of Jesus was published, Israel's Antiquities Authority decided that the ossuary was a fake. It charged the ossuary's owner, Oded Golan, with fraud and illegally selling archaeological artifacts outside of Israel. His trial continues, 21/2 years after it began.
Witherington said that he and Shanks stand by their conclusion that the ossuary is authentic and are not likely to change their minds, regardless of the trial's outcome.

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* "This is probably going to be the biggest New Testament find in my lifetime, as big as the Dead Sea scrolls," said Ben Witherington, a New Testament professor at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.

National Geographic News
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1021_021021_christianrelicbox.html

If Witherington can be such a zealot about HIS OWN wacky claims about HIS OWN phony ossuary, it would only be sporting of him to cut Simcha Jacobovici (Witherington’s former partner in crime. He was the man who helped Witherington hype his own phony “James Ossuary” about 4 years ago.) and James Cameron some slack.

Thanks for all the information, Todd. That's cool...

2007-02-27T14:17:00.000-06:00

Thanks for all the information, Todd. That's cool you included a piece of Darrell Bock's writing on the subject. He just came to my school to speak for a lectureship and ETS over the weekend. He's a great speaker.

Here's the official site: www.jesusfamilytomb.comI...

2007-02-27T09:15:00.000-06:00

Here's the official site: www.jesusfamilytomb.com

I didn't know anything about second burials, or how much the bible represented history.