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 A flurry of media interest in a discovery from 1980 of a tomb that, it is now claimed, houses the bones of Jesus, his 'wife' Mary and their son Judah.
The director of the film about the tomb (a certain James Cameron, of Titanic fame) is very good at publicity...
... along with the Discovery Channel that aired on Sunday but that doesn't change the fact that it's not merely Christians crying 'foul play' over the claims - historians and scientists are (to say the least) rather sceptical.
You can read the Discovery Channel's plug for it online, but if you want a piece-by-piece demolition of the claims by an eminently well-qualified academic, head for Ben Witherington's ever-reliable blog. It really is one of the less credible attempts to dismantle the foundation stone of Christian belief - the resurrection - but no doubt it'll have it's day in the sun... and no doubt you'll have people asking you about it, so better to be up to speed! Here's a taster from Witherington (from the end of his post after a point-by-point summary of the key flaws in the theory): ...my response to this is clear--- James Cameron, the producer of the movie Titantic, 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.
[This is a post from Richard's daily blog - 27th February 2007] Update 1st March 07: Witherington has a follow-up post with even more damning evidence from one of the archaeologists involved and a more in-depth critique from NT scholar Richard Bauckham. |
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