The Numbers Guy Carl Bialik examines the way numbers are used, and abused. March 8, 2007, 10:08 pm The Lost Tomb of Jesus? My column this week explores the controversy over an estimate of the probability that a tomb found in Jerusalem contains the remains of the family of Jesus […]
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The Chronicle: Wired Campus Blog: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em… March 8, 2007 If You Can’t Beat ‘Em… Nicola Pratt, a lecturer in international relations at the University of East Anglia, in England, tells The Guardian that she was once one of those “disgruntled” academics who berate students for using […]
Last night Bart Ehrman gave the Luther H. Harshbarger Lecture in memorium Bill Petersen. It was very nice to hear his lecture in person and I had a chance to have a drink with him after the talk. But I thought Targumistas might like a short review/commentary on the talk. […]
A student of mine just sent me this link: Genesis: Traditional with Rashi and Rashbam. David Blumenthal of Emory University (and overall GREAT guy!) has put together a nice web page with three frames of Gen. 1-2.4. It includes an English rendering of the biblical passage and then below it […]
A lot of good stuff there so be sure to read it and follow his links. Jesus/Talpiot Tomb Thursday Roundup
Ed Cook of Ralph the Sacred River has addressed an issue with the Talpiot reconstruction that I meant to comment upon but my sleep addled state precluded me from addressing. That is a good thing because Ed is smarter than I am and says it better 1. It is hard […]
Ted Koppel moderating with Simcha Jacobovici, James Tabor, William Dever, and Jonathon Reed. Koppel begins by asking why they only choose the Mariamne and Jesus ossuaries for the DNA evidence. SJ’s reply is that we just didn’t push the science that far (see also NYTimes in Feb. 27, 2007) and […]
{I did not mean to do a live blog myself, but after writing many paragraphs and it is 10:40 pm I guess I have indeed made my own. Mark’s is still better so be sure to go to his site. } I missed the first few minutes (any other parents […]
I wrote this over three years ago now but I think it is still relevant. Please bear in mind that this was written for a very general audience (Christianity Today) so some of my generalizations are, well, pretty general. Oh, and the title is not mine. What Do the Stones […]
From Ben Witherington’s blog: THE SMOKING GUN—TENTH TALPIOT OSSUARY PROVED TO BE BLANK Joe Zias is a fine archaeologist of long standing and good reputation. He is the person who catalogued the ten ossuaries from the Talpiot tomb, and personally catalogued the tenth ossuary. He worked with Amos Kloner as […]