Posted on 02/23/2007 5:50:36 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0
The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried has been found in Jerusalem, claim the makers of a new documentary film.
If it proves true, the discovery, which will be revealed at a press conference in New York Monday, could shake up the Christian world as one of the most significant archeological finds in history.
The coffins which, according to the filmmakers held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene will be displayed for the first time on Monday in New York.
Jointly produced by Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici and Oscar winning director James Cameron, the film tells the exciting and tortuous story of the archaeological discovery.
The story starts in 1980 in Jerusalem’s Talpiyot neighborhood, with the discovery of a 2,000 year old cave containing ten coffins. Six of the ten coffins were carved with inscriptions reading the names: Jesua son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Matthew, Jofa (Joseph, identified as Jesus’ brother), Judah son of Jesua (Jesus’ son - the filmmakers claim).
Decades of research
The findings in the cave, including the decipherment of the inscriptions, were first revealed about ten years ago by internationally renowned Israeli archeologist Professor Amos Kloner.
Since their discovery, the caskets were kept in the Israeli Antiquities Authority archive in Beit Shemesh, but now two have been sent to New York for their first public exhibition.
Although the cave was discovered nearly 30 years ago and the casket inscriptions decoded ten years ago, the filmmakers are the first to establish that the cave was in fact the burial site of Jesus and his family.
The film, which documents the stages of the discovery, is the result of three years labor and research. It will be broadcast on the international Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada’s Vision and Israel’s Channel 8, which also took part in the film's production.
According to the filmmakers, the film’s claim is based on close work with world-famous scientists, archeologists, statisticians, DNA specialists and antiquities experts.
What else has James Cameron done?
LOL!
As I posted, this could be a treasure trove of information about life in Biblical times. Unfortunately, some people want to put their own spin on it and use it to 'disprove' the Bible. Fools. They appear to have the burial site belonging to a family who have some names in common with Jesus's family and some NOT in common.
Coffin? I don't think so.
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign
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A friend who believed the Da Vinci code said to me.."Just look at the Last Supper....it's a GIRl next to Jesus"!!! Like it was a PHOTOGRAPH!! I had to burst her baloon when I said it was a DRAWING done 1400 years later, he could have drawn them ALL as women if he wanted to!
Titanic, True Lies, Point Break, Terminator 1, 2 and 3, Abyss.
All fiction, save the setting of Titanic.
Jesus running a fish sandwich restaurant and wine bar in Paducah, Kentucky --- Psychic claims.
Please see my other posts on this thread, notably #123. I think we have an interesting archaelogical find that could provide some good information about life in Biblical times, no more. I was not as clear as I should have been in my initial post.
Lets see, so they find a cave with bones that THEY SAY is tracable to Jesus's family and therefore we just have to take them on their word that it would therefore contain the bones of Jesus. Hmmm.......... I wonder if they have a baseline sample of Jesus' bones to distinguish that it was him and not the rest of his family using the tomb he merely rented for 3 days.
Excellent. Well said! Christ's death and resurrection is the best documented, historically proven, fact of history.
My pet theory (about contamination with woodsmoke or finger grease) doesn't appear to be supported by the scientific papers. It is as you say - the threads that were C14 tested were chemically different from the rest of the shroud - the result of "invisible" mending.
Was the name "Jesus" common back then?
What writings of Paul's point to a "philosophical Jesus"? Is it writings like 1 Corinthians 15:17- " and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins". Or Romans 4:25-"He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification."?
If you want to read books on sacred mushrooms and believe them, that is fine by me. But if the author of that book seriously thinks Paul's writings point to a "philosophical Jesus", then it is obvious he has not read any of them (unless he was on some really good mushrooms at the time).
Moo-sake! I lived in Japan in the early 60's, and my wife and I climbed (hiked all night) to the top of Fuji-San (to see the sunrise from the summit). There was only a trace of snow in shaded crevices in the crater.
The only reason almost all pictures of Fuji show it snow-covered is that the only time Fuji-san is visible from any distance is immediately following cold fronts in the winter. The rest of the time it is shrouded by haze.
And that has been true for centuries.
And kangeroos too
I honestly do not know.
LOL. Good rebuttal.
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