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.
One is a place immersed in darkness, a dead end, void of any positive stimuli. The other is a hole in the ground.
"Where did the DNA come from??????"
Why the great-great-great-grandkids of course!
Another attack on Christianity by the King of Lies.
Move on, folks, nothing to see here.
I'd rather hear them talk about the presence of coffins themselves. My understanding of Jewish burial customs of the time is that coffins weren't used; certainly not in a "cave" type of interment.
This claim has more holes than Cincinnati's interstates.
Jesus' son???
Coffins?
Mary Magdalene?
So, the Jewish and Christian people sat idly by while incredible claims were being made about folks who were living right there in their midst?
The stupidity of the whole argument is beyond comment.
About 200 people have already written this novel. The chances of finding a given common Jew from 2000 years ago is too small to measure.
But maybe this will shake the trees in the Christian world.
As though the names Joshua, Joseph, Judah, and Miriam were anything but common in the Middle East? Those are all OT patriarchal names - sort of like John, Joe, or Jim today.
Luke 21
7"Teacher," they asked, "when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?"
8He replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them. 9When you hear of wars and revolutions, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away."
The filmmakers conceeded off camera if the coffins didn't contain the remains of Jesus and Mary they might have found Jimmy Hoffa and Whitey Bolger !!!
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Open the coffin, live, on TV?
Regards, Ivan
LOL!!!....
Are they implying that the cave appeared two thousand years ago? Someone dug it then? Someone started using it then?
Yeah. I always thought that Jesus was wrapped in a shroud before placed in the tomb. (Shroud of Turin)
Just a question. Has the snow/ice started to recede from Mt. Ararat? I hear that Mt. Kilimanjaro, Fuji and a whole host of other peaks are going to be bare in the near future; I was wondering if we will finally be able to Noah’s ark without the ice problems.
Jesus' family wasn't wealthy. How did they afford such an elaborate set up with engravings, etc?
Oh, I'd like to see them try to prove that. I really would.
Actually I think they were buried in the Bahamas.
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