Comments on: The Lost Family Tomb Of Jesus….. a radical statement… http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/ Yeah D.G. is not your normal human. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:55:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: DGH http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1146 DGH Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:52:00 +0000 http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1146 Thanks john.... i let everyone else know, heh. Thanks again! and yes... I could eat in 10 mins. not sure about you though, heh. Thanks john…. i let everyone else know, heh. Thanks again! and yes… I could eat in 10 mins. not sure about you though, heh.

]]> By: John http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1145 John Tue, 27 Feb 2007 23:52:00 +0000 http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1145 Oops...sorry, that was me with the deleted comment. <br/>Discovery Channel's web site has two original articles that should lay the whole thing to rest - first is a catalog of first century ossuaries; second is the original excavation report. <br/><br/>http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tomb/explore/media/tomb_evidence.pdf<br/><br/>I haven't looked at much of what others are saying, but the critiques are generally weak. NT Wright is great, of course, but his argument work only if one shares his perspective on the issue. Otherwise, it just adds more fuel to the conspiracy.<br/><br/>So here are a couple of significant factors:<br/>1) the names are common, and I think that both the ossuary catalog and Kloner's article touch on those issues. A Jewish guy named Yehudah? That's like an Scottish guy names Scott, a French guy named Francois, you get the point. <br/><br/>2) the reading of the name is "Jesus" (Yeshua) is highly questionable. Kloner reconstructs the name on the basis of another ossuary that identifies a Yeshua as the father of Yehuda, but there is no empirical evidence that the ossuaries are related in any way. <br/><br/>3) the whole bit about the cross being etched into the stone in front of Jesus' name...it's barely a cross, and can be easily explained as scratches, or erasures, cracks or...<br/><br/>So yeah, another great example of why archaeology, whether it's used for or against christianity, is more art than science. And, a fantastic reminder that a little knowledge (emphasis on the little) is more dangerous than ignorance. <br/><br/>(and before you remind me...I only took about ten minutes to look at this...so...yeah...) Oops…sorry, that was me with the deleted comment.
Discovery Channel’s web site has two original articles that should lay the whole thing to rest - first is a catalog of first century ossuaries; second is the original excavation report.

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/tomb/explore/media/tomb_evidence.pdf

I haven’t looked at much of what others are saying, but the critiques are generally weak. NT Wright is great, of course, but his argument work only if one shares his perspective on the issue. Otherwise, it just adds more fuel to the conspiracy.

So here are a couple of significant factors:
1) the names are common, and I think that both the ossuary catalog and Kloner’s article touch on those issues. A Jewish guy named Yehudah? That’s like an Scottish guy names Scott, a French guy named Francois, you get the point.

2) the reading of the name is “Jesus” (Yeshua) is highly questionable. Kloner reconstructs the name on the basis of another ossuary that identifies a Yeshua as the father of Yehuda, but there is no empirical evidence that the ossuaries are related in any way.

3) the whole bit about the cross being etched into the stone in front of Jesus’ name…it’s barely a cross, and can be easily explained as scratches, or erasures, cracks or…

So yeah, another great example of why archaeology, whether it’s used for or against christianity, is more art than science. And, a fantastic reminder that a little knowledge (emphasis on the little) is more dangerous than ignorance.

(and before you remind me…I only took about ten minutes to look at this…so…yeah…)

]]> By: Russell Smith http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1143 Russell Smith Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:21:00 +0000 http://dg.hollums.com/2007/02/26/the-lost-family-tomb-of-jesus-a-radical-statement/#comment-1143 DG -- thanks for the link and the added info on the NT Wright commentary. What I find so interesting is that within a day or two from the press conference, almost a full refutation has been worked up among various exegetes and thinkers all over the web. Likely, this will become a non-issue entirely. DG — thanks for the link and the added info on the NT Wright commentary. What I find so interesting is that within a day or two from the press conference, almost a full refutation has been worked up among various exegetes and thinkers all over the web. Likely, this will become a non-issue entirely.

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