The Jesus Tomb
Ben Witherington: THE JESUS TOMB? ‘TITANIC’ TALPIOT TOMB THEORY SUNK FROM THE START
On this subject of 1st century significance, I will gladly defer to the experts. Dr. Witherington is one of the foremost authorities on this subject and in the above post lays out the facts for all to view.
One comment that I will make. These wild goose chases usually end up engaging the Christian base in powerful ways. We come out of the woodworks and want to know more about our faith when we feel it is being threatened. In a weird way, this type of news is GREAT FOR THE BUSINESS OF KINGDOM BUILDING!
Read up on the events. Become knowledgeable and ready to share with people you may see in Wal-mart or the Barber shop about what you believe. DO NOT be condescending toward anyone with a differing opinion. CONGRATULATE them on wanting to know more and being informed enough to have an opinion. THEN PRAY for them that the Holy Spirit will show them the truth.
Friends. Jesus' grave was found about 2,000 years ago. And it was found empty. This "new" data will be proved inaccurate you can rest assured. But until then, let's take this opportunity to engage our culture in a fact finding journey that ends at Jesus' feet.
posted by Todd Nelson at 2/26/2007 09:02:00 PM
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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.
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