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Jesus’ burial site found - film claims
YNET NEWS ^ | 02.23.07 | Ariella Ringel-Hoffman

Posted on 02/23/2007 10:54:39 AM PST by John Philoponus

Jesus’ burial site found - film claims

New film documents discovery of Jerusalem cave containing ten caskets believed to hold remains of Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene and others

Ariella Ringel-Hoffman Published: 02.23.07, 10:26 / Israel Culture

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 timeon 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 archeological 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.


TOPICS: Current Events; History; Skeptics/Seekers; Theology
KEYWORDS: amoskloner; antichristian; archeology; cameron; christianity; christians; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; history; jacobovici; jamescameron; jerusalem; jesus; jesusson; jesustomb; kloner; letshavejerusalem; simchajacobovici; talpiot; whereisyourgodnow
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Well it's on! Hollywood smelled blood when The DaVinci Crap (I mean Code) did over 700 million dollars worldwide. Now they are going right for the jugular. Wonder how many more will go apostate after this garbage.
1 posted on 02/23/2007 10:54:43 AM PST by John Philoponus
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The coffins which, according to the filmmakers held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth...

Not likely...

2 posted on 02/23/2007 11:06:33 AM PST by Onelifetogive (After extensive research by a team of researchers, the criminal's party could not be determined...)
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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.

"Where is your god now???"

Wonder when they'll find the smelly remains of Mohammed, warlord.

3 posted on 02/23/2007 11:08:09 AM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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"Jesus Burial Site Found -- film claims"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Someone else read "A Skeleton in God's Closet", a novel by Paul L. Maier, I see.


4 posted on 02/23/2007 11:08:32 AM PST by Humal
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To: John Philoponus

The seventh casket said "Floyd" but the historians figured it must have been a typo.


5 posted on 02/23/2007 11:09:49 AM PST by ZGuy
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To: John Philoponus

Some people will believe anything.


6 posted on 02/23/2007 11:11:21 AM PST by Sue Perkick (...what I was born to do, don't have to think it through.....)
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To: John Philoponus

See:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789769/posts

( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;s=Jesus )


7 posted on 02/23/2007 11:11:22 AM PST by xcamel (Press to Test, Release to Detonate)
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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.

Has Geraldo been notified?

8 posted on 02/23/2007 11:11:48 AM PST by Publius6961 (MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
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To: xcamel

Mods, I'm sorry. I swear, I even used the search feature and found nothing that's the only reason I posted this. Sorry again.


9 posted on 02/23/2007 11:13:35 AM PST by John Philoponus
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I doubt the use of Coffins at Jesus' time. Would they happen to be bone boxes similar to the one discovered sometimes ago that allegedly contained the bones of James.


10 posted on 02/23/2007 11:20:34 AM PST by darkwing104 (Let's get dangerous)
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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.


Yes, this is the same Amos Kloner who gave us the box allegedly containing the bones of James, the "brother of Jesus". The inscription on the box was found to be a forgery.

So they're at it again. Same old story, with a different twist.
11 posted on 02/23/2007 11:31:12 AM PST by Deo volente
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Well there was a woman's remains found. What would Greta do?


12 posted on 02/23/2007 11:33:31 AM PST by Republicus2001
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Well it's on! Hollywood smelled blood when The DaVinci Crap (I mean Code) did over 700 million dollars worldwide. Now they are going right for the jugular. Wonder how many more will go apostate after this garbage.

Those sneaky Hollywood types... They even arranged for these coffins to be found years before the book was written, so they can deny planting the evidence!

13 posted on 02/23/2007 11:35:07 AM PST by cryptical (Wretched excess is just barely enough.)
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According to the filmmakers, the film’s claim is based on close work with world-famous scientists, archeologists, statisticians, DNA specialists and antiquities experts.

Let me guess: The DNA specialists claimed have matched DNA from the burial site to that of a known descendant of Jesus. Right?

14 posted on 02/23/2007 11:40:02 AM PST by Logophile
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To: John Philoponus

if holocaust denial is ilegal why the hell isn't rssurection denial ilegal too????


15 posted on 02/23/2007 11:44:13 AM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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evidence?

forgeries run amok in the holy land


16 posted on 02/23/2007 11:45:29 AM PST by kawaii (Orthodox Christianity -- Proclaiming the Truth Since 33 A.D.)
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alas...

Jesus’ burial site found - film claims
http://www.ynetnews.com | 2/23/07 | Ariella Ringel-Hoffman
Posted on 02/23/2007 8:50:36 AM EST by Rb ver. 2.0
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789769/posts


17 posted on 02/23/2007 11:47:03 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

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18 posted on 02/23/2007 11:47:24 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Coffins? They found stone coffins that supposedly contained the remains of poor peasants in an economically depressed corner of the Roman Empire?

Does anyone realize how expensive it was to be interred in a stone coffin? In that time and place, people (who could afford it) placed dead bodies in caves until they decomposed. A year later, the bones were collected and burined in a small bone-box called an ossuary. Poor Jewish peasants were not buried in stone sarcophogi.


19 posted on 02/23/2007 11:55:47 AM PST by bobjam
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The inscriptions seem a bit thin for evidence to positively identify the individuals.


20 posted on 02/23/2007 1:02:48 PM PST by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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