This past June Dr. Margaret Barker was on Coast to Coast AM talking about the infamous Jordan Codices. Barker is a legitimate scholar in the fields of biblical studies and Second Temple Judaism. She's a favorite author of mine, not because I always (or even often)...
Jordan Lead Codices
Jordan Lead Codices Fakery Update
The BBC recently aired a short segment on the lead codices from Jordan on its Inside Out program (thanks to J. Davila, J. McGrath, and Dan McClellan for the initial heads-up on the special). The codices are allegedly early Christian texts. I've blogged about the lead...
Update on the Lead Codices from Jordan
I'm guessing the of the lead codices is off the radar of most readers by now. Jim Davila posted this notice on his PaleoJudaica blog today that provides some updating and commentary. I'm with Davila; I think they are fakes for very good reasons (as he sketches here --...
New Meta-Site for the Lead Codices Hoax
Thanks to Mark Goodacre for alerting the blogging community to the new site by Steve Caruso that aggregates all the data and evidence pertaining to the lead codices fakery. Very handy and very well done.