Well-known New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham recently completed his lengthy review of the latest “Jesus revisionism” book by Jacobovici and Wilson that I’ve blogged about previously. Bauckham published his review in seven online installments,...
Simcha Jacobovici
New Jesus Revisionist Hokum Book Getting Trashed by Scholars
By now most readers will have heard about the new book by Simcha Jacobivici (not a typo) and his academic co-author Dr. Barrie Wilson. In short, it’s an embarrassment. And that’s saying something given what Simcha (whom I and others have affectionately...
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...
Simcha Jacobovici Sues Archaeologist Joe Zias
You can read the story here. In a nutshell, Jacobovici is torqued that Zias’ criticisms of the former’s archaeological claims as erroneous and goofy have cost him money. Since Zias (unlike me) is a professional archaeologist, his criticisms about...
Simcha Jacobovici’s Conspiracy Fantasy
I recommend readers have a look at this recent post by Dr. Larry Hurtado. It begins this way: If you want to see a good example of what be-devils any scholarly analysis of practically anything to do with Jesus and early Christianity, have a read of the postings of the...
Another Reason Why Biblical Studies and Archaeology Should Not Be Done Via the Mainstream Popular Media
Ah, the paleobabbling media now gives us proof that it is also clueless with respect to intellectual discourse. Mark Goodacre reports that Nicole Austin, the Associate Producer on The Resurrection Tomb Mystery documentary (The Jesus Discovery in Canada) has accused...
Richard Bauckham on the Flimsy Evidence for Talpiot B as the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea
I hope you all read the short but clear-headed guest post on Mark Goodacre’s NT Blog by guest blogger Richard Bauckham. Professor Bauckham does a nice job of succinctly demonstrating the tenuous nature of what seems to be the only data point approximating...
Is “Jesus Archaeology” Becoming Like Professional Wrestling?
That was the thought that hit me after reading “Scientists say Turin Shroud is Supernatural.” Now, you all know that I’m interested in the Shroud of Turin. (How could I not be when I write a blog like this?) Despite my ambivalence toward the object...
Update on the Talpiot B Tomb Inscription
For those of you interested in epigraphy, especially that of the Talpiot B “disciples’ tomb,” here are two follow-up posts in response to the recent offering of Richard Bauckham. One of the major points of contention in the inscription is whether or...
Something Fishy in Talpiot Tomb B
[UPDATE 3/16/2012: Click here for Prof. James Tabor’s response to Robert Cargill’s expose, the subject of the original post.] A busy day for Talpiot-related news! Not only did we have the verdict of the James ossuary trial , but yesterday Prof. Robert...
Responses to the James Ossuary Forgery Trial Verdict
A “not guilty” verdict in the seven-year trial of antiquities dealer Oded Golan was announced today. The trial was significant in that it involved the James ossuary (and so, naturally, its inscription, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”)....
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...
More on the New Talpiot Tomb
Lots of material being generated pretty quickly. Here is a worthwhile overview from Mark Goodacre’s NT blog. The post that Mark directs us to by Tom Verenna that serves as a collection of response is here (just in case you don’t click through to the...
Keeping Up with the Jacobovicis
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...
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...