The Lost Tomb of Jesus

[Churchwork]

12 Major Problems for the"Jesus Tomb" Theory
Leading Scholars Dispute Discovery Channel Documentary




1.
The Names "Joseph" and "Jesus" were very popular in the 1st century. "Jesus" appears in at least 99 tombs and on 22 ossuaries. "Joseph" appears on 45 ossuaries.



2.
"Mary" is the most common female name in the ancient Jewish world.



3.
The DNA evidence establishes no positive links in this tomb whatsoever.



4.
The statistical comparison to Jesus of Nazareth is severely flawed.



5.
There is no early historical nor tomb connection to Mary Magdalene.



6.
There is no historical evidence anywhere that Jesus ever married or had children.



7.
The "Jesus" in the tomb was known as "Son of Joseph," but the earliest followers of the New Testament Jesus didn't call him that.



8.
It is unlikely that Jesus' family tomb would be located in Jerusalem.



9.
The Talpiot tomb was costly. It apparently belonged to a wealthy family.



10.
The tenth ossuary has been accounted for without recourse to the "James" ossuary.



11.
All ancient sources agree that, very soon afterwards, the burial tomb of Jesus of Nazareth was empty.



12.
The Talpiot tomb data fail to account for Jesus' resurrection appearances.

http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/The_Lost_Tomb_of_Jesus/losttombofjesus_response.htm

[Churchwork]

The guy who said he had James' ossuary was charged, convicted and sentenced for forgery. This was not his first instance of forgery.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ossuary

I also read somewhere that the name of Jesus on the tomb doesn't read the name Jesus at all, but you have to read into it.

There is no DNA evidence linking anyone in the tomb with the DNA in the Jesus' ossuary. This is a must!

So you have a few of the most popular names near Jerusalem at the time in a tomb with other names in the tomb that have no relationship to Jesus.

Not convincing.

So it remains nobody is able to find a naturalistic explanation to account for the eyewitness testimony of the Apostles, including James the brother of Jesus and Paul.

[Churchwork]

Colin Aitken, a professor of forensic statistics at Edinburgh University, stated that the study is based on a number of assumptions, and that, "even if we accept the assumptions, 600 to one is certainly not the odds in favour of this tomb being Jesus,"[57] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_Tomb#cite_note-57) meaning that even if it were true that to find this cluster of names is very unlikely it does not follow that therefore this is probably the tomb of the family of Jesus. Peter Lampe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lampe), professor of New Testament Studies at the University of Heidelberg and working in archaeology, pointed out that in the 120s/130s C.E. in the port town of Maoza at the southern end of the Dead Sea one Jewish household comprised the following names: Jesus, Simon, Mariame, Jacobus and Judah (Papyri Babatha 17 from 128 C.E.; 25-26 and 34 from 131 C.E.). These people had nothing to do with the New Testament or the Talpiyot tomb. "According to the rationale of the filmmakers, these people should not have existed."[58] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_Tomb#cite_note-58)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talpiot_Tomb

[Churchwork]

The matter is solved simply by taking DNA evidence to determine if there is a relation in the other ossuaries. There was no relation.

Also, Judah son of Jesus shows this was another family since Jesus was celibate.

[Churchwork]

There were 9 ossuaries so what's the names on those other ossuaries? There were only 6 names given.

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Why hasn't anyone tried to get the DNA of the others?

[pastorjagan]

I believe the Bible rather any theory which is supposed and some time guessed!!!!!!!