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 […]
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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 […]
UPDATE: Feuererger responds here. Mark Goodacre of the NT Gateway Weblog posts a letter from Dr. D’Mello clarifying (and problematizing) the odds calculated by Dr. Feuerverger regarding the Talpiot Tomb. I have added a few snippets of it here, but be sure to read it all at Mark’s site and […]
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 […]
Thank you CH for a job very well done! Biblical Studies Carnival XV, in Memory of Bruce Manning Metzger Welcome to the fifteenth Biblical Studies Carnival. I am pleased to host the carnival on such an auspicious numeration (too bad it couldn’t be a multiple of 6, then I’d be […]
The SBL Call for Papers deadline is still March 1 (midnight tonight!), and I encourage all Aramaists out there to propose a paper for our session! But AAR has extended their deadline to March 7th. Call for Papers Deadline Extended to March 7! The 2007 AAR Call for Papers deadline […]
NPR’s Morning Edition just did a fairly balanced piece on the announcement of the Tomb movie and book. Only a summary is up at the moment, but the audio will go up shortly after the program ends and a transcript by tomorrow.
In keeping with my laziness of merely pointing to other bloggers who have done more work on this, I will point readers to Tyler Williams’ excellent round up of the latest and greatest biblioblog discussions regarding the Talpiut tomb. The Jesus/Talpiot Tomb: Around the Blogosphere The hype surrounding the forthcoming […]
I have been following this story, but I have not been blogging since I do not yet have anything to say. Jim has a number of good links below and like him I will wait until I can review all the evidence before commenting in any detail. The Talpiot Tomb […]