The blogosphere is already heating up with responses from scholars to the new "discoveries" of $imcha Jacobovici and James Tabor. Those interested can keep up with the responses of professional scholars via the ASOR blog, which seems poised to become a clearing house...
Jesus bloodline mythology
Just in Time for Easter Cash Flow: The Tomb of Jesus’ Disciples
$imcha Jacobovici has busy. And amazingly, Easter is just around the corner (again). Oh, the irony. The man who brought us the error-plagued Jesus family tomb, then the nails from the cross, now claims that he has found a tomb which held the remains of at least some...
More Evidence that So-Called Gospel of Jesus’ Wife was Forged
Hat tip to Mark Goodacre via Twitter for this update on the forgery. The post is by Coptologist Christian Askeland.
Templar and Talpiot Twaddle: It Must be Easter
Ah, it's that time of year again. Readers will be thrilled to know that Simcha Jacobovici is keeping his "just so you know that Easter is really about me and my ideas" streak alive. In the past, Simcha has partnered with James Tabor to bunny hop all over the Christian...
The “Wife of Jesus” Fragment Forgery: How It Was Done
Mark Goodacre has posted links to Andrew Bernhard's research on the fragment in regard to how the fraud was accomplished. One is a complete analysis and is well worth a look.
The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy and the Talpiot Tomb
That's the title of Mark Goodacre's recent post on the Talpiot tomb debate. I highly recommend the post, as it illustrates this logical fallacy very clearly and applies it to the Talpiot tomb material.
State of the Question for “Jesus Family Tomb” and Talpiot B
I was prodded to write this summary post by Mark Goodacre’s most recent post on Simcha Jacobovici’s apparent obliviousness to the academic criticisms of his work by Mark and others. In a video dated to last year, Jacobovici pretends to be unaware of any mistakes in...
Thoughts on the New “Talpiot B” Tomb
Just wanted to check in regarding the new Talpiot tomb discovery (referred to most often it seems as Talpiot B). I'm caught up with all the reading available online, beginning with James Tabor's description of the discovery and sketch-analysis ("A Preliminary Report...
Dan Brown and the Grail That Never Was
That's part of the title of this 2004 scholarly article that examines Brown's Jesus bloodline mythology. I don't believe I've posted it before (going through the archives this weekend). The author is apparently a medievalist. It's a succinct, readable dismantling of...
The Story Behind the Jesus’ Wife Fragment Fraud
Update: 6/16/2016 - Karen King does the right thing in her response to the essay below, owns her mistake.] Jim West directs our attention to (in his words) "this damning essay" in The Atlantic that "sheds light on the fraud perpetrated on segments of the gullible...
The “Jesus Wife” Fragment is a Fake: The Smoking Gun
Coptic scholar Christian Askeland deserves credit for demonstrating conclusively that the so-called "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" is a fake. Here's a link that illustrates the fakery. What Askeland found makes it very obvious.
Talpiot B Fish – With Handles?
Those of you who have been following the discussion over the Talpiot B "fish symbol" will find this of interest. Kudos to Mark Goodacre for posting Amos Kloner's 1980 photograph inside this tomb before it was sealed (see Tabor's report) that is available on the "Jesus...
Richard Bauckham on the Talpiot B Inscription
I just read the lengthy essay by Richard Bauckham entitled, "The Four Line Ossuary Inscription from Talpiyot Tomb B: An Interpretation" posted on the ASOR blog today. It's fascinating, and exactly what I was hoping would follow the Rollston article. Bauckham comes up...
Talpiot Tomb Makes Another Round in the Blogosphere
Thanks go to Mark Goodacre of Duke University for this short post linking us to a recent paper about the alleged Jesus family tomb. As is typical, Mark clearly and succinctly summarizes the two primary points of weakness in the tomb argument -- weaknesses that were...
The Talpiot Jesus Tomb
An emailer asked me about this today, and I was quite surprised that I had never posted this paper I wrote on the so-called Jesus tomb. I blogged about the tomb back in 2008, but I never posted this link (at least that I could find quickly). So, here it is.