THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS

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THE LOST TOMB OF JESUS
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Relatively Old and Insignificant

• 1980 Yosef Gat in Talpiot
• 10 limestone bone boxes
• Six had inscriptions with very common names
  (Jesus Joseph Matthew two Marys)
• Archeologists thought the find was nothing out of
  the ordinary.
• 2005 Simcha Jacobovici (Investigative
  Journalist) and James Cameron (Titanic)

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It now seems clear that the tomb of Jesus, son of
Joseph and five members of his family, including
his wife and son, has been discovered. (The
Jesus Family Tomb, p.211)
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What would this mean to Christianity?

• Jesus Just a Man
• We would be without hope

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1 Corinthians 1514, 17, 19

• If Christ not raised
• Preaching is vain
• Faith is vain
• Still in our sins
• Of all men most miserable

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Romans 14

• Jesus
• is not
• the
• Son of God

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The findings

• 10 ossuaries (6 with names)
• Jesus, son of Joseph
• Maria
• Matthew
• Yose/Joses
• Judah, son of Jesus
• Mariamene e Mara

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The claims
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• The bones of Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph
  were placed there.
• DNA Jesus Mary (Mary Magdalene) were married,
  with a son named Judah.
• 600 to 1 odds that this was Jesus family tomb.

• Jesus name 6th most common, found 121 times!
  Joseph, 2nd most 219 times.
• At least 3 times Jesus, son of Joseph has been
  found
• Mariamene e Mara is not Mary Magdelene.
• Mary (most common name 1 in 4) could be
  adopted, brothers spouse, or servant
• Based on many false assumptions, so are not real
  statistics.

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How Likely?

• Was Jesus Wealthy?
• Joseph?
• Honorable burial by followers?
• Jesus of Nazareth?
• Mary of Migdal?

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MOST CRITICAL TO THEIR CASE

• Mariamne Mary Magdalene?

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Proof for their Case

• They claim Modern Biblical Scholarship has
  found out that Mary Magdalene real name was
  Mariamne
• They claim the Acts of Philip states that Mary
  Magdalene was named Mariamne
• 14th Century Gnostic document (dated to 4th
  Century)

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Credibility of their Case

• Philip, Bartholomew, Mariamne (Philips sister)
  sent out to preach
• Text never says or refers to Mariamne as Mary
  Magdalene
• Scholars speculate that she could have been
• Conversion of talking leopard and goat
• e maragreat teacher

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More Assumptions

• Matthew and Mary
• Jesus Married to Mariamne
• They had son Judah
• James Ossuary

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Joe Zias

• Simcha has no credibility whatsoever. He got
  this guy Cameron, who made Titanic or something
  like thatwhat does this guy know about
  archeology? I am an archeologist, but if I were
  to write a book about brain surgery, you would
  say, Who is this guy?Projects like this make a
  mockery of the archeological profession.

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Paul Maier

• Alas, this whole affair is just the latest in the
  long-running media attack on the historical
  Jesus, which we thought had culminated in
  that book of lies, The Da Vinci Code. But no the
  caricatures of Christ continue. Please, lose no
  sleep over the Talpiot discoveries.

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Has the tomb of Jesus the Christ been found?Will
the tomb of Jesus the Christ ever be found?What
is the biblical answer?1 Corinthians 154-7