ossuaries

Ancient Christian Burial Practices: A Request for Help

September 3, 2012 By James F. McGrath 6 Comments

I have a friend who has an interest in following the development of early Christian burial practices, and in particular those of Jewish Christians. Among non-Jewish Christians, we can pick up the threads of development in some other places, like Rome. And it has been suggested that some part of the necropolis on the Mount [...]

Filed Under: Christianity, Judaism Tagged With: burial, Christian, Christianity, Dominus Flevit, Jewish, Mount of Olives, ossuaries, ossuary, Rome 6 Comments

Names in the Talpiot Tombs

April 24, 2012 By James F. McGrath Leave a Comment

Kevin Kilty and Mark Elliot have an article in The Bible and Interpretation about the names in Talpiot Tomb A. Jim West also linked to it. Among other things, it asks whether it is implausible that Jesus could have had a son named Judah. Bob Cargill opined that each new photo from the Talpiot tombs [...]

Filed Under: historical Jesus, New Testament Tagged With: Bob Cargill, Craig Evans, inscription, James Tabor, Jesus, Jonah, Judah, ossuaries, patio, Simcha Jacobovici, Talpiot tomb, Yoseh, Yosi Leave a Comment

“The Resurrection Tomb” Documentary: Live Blogged to Death

April 13, 2012 By James F. McGrath 1 Comment

Steve Caruso offered a “post mortem” on the “live blogging” about the documentary which aired last night, and the incongruity of a post mortem about live blogging seemed oddly appropriate. He also offered an analogy to the “there’s no consensus about what kind of vase it is, therefore it is a fish” argument. Bob Cargill, [...]

Filed Under: Christianity, historical Jesus Tagged With: archaeology, blogging, documentary, inscription, James Tabor, ossuaries, resurrection, Simcha Jacobovici, The Resurrection Tomb, tomb 1 Comment

Talpiot Tombs, the “Jesus Discovery” and the “Jonah Ossuary” in the News

April 11, 2012 By James F. McGrath 2 Comments

Here’s the latest on the Talpiot tombs and the ossuary which should presumably cease being referred to as the “Jonah ossuary”: Bob Cargill has made another video about the image on the “Jonah ossuary”: The ASOR blog draws attention to a publication discussing that same ossuary, and the image on it, way back in 1981. [...]

Filed Under: Christianity, historical Jesus, New Testament Tagged With: archaeology, Christianity, documentary, fish, James Tabor, Jesus, Jonah, Mark Goodacre, ossuaries, ossuary, Simcha Jacobovici, Talpiot tomb 2 Comments

Talpiot Tomb, Jesus Mythicism, and Related Round-Up

April 4, 2012 By James F. McGrath 1 Comment

Mark Goodacre had a busier blogging day than we’ve seen from him in a long time, discussing both the evidence that ossuaries in Talpiot tomb B (the “patio tomb”) had been moved around, and seeming discrepancies between information from James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici on the one hand, and James Charlesworth on the other. Bob [...]

Filed Under: historical Jesus, mythicism Tagged With: archaeology, Bart Ehrman, Jesus, mythicism, omnipresence, ossuaries, Talpiot, tomb 1 Comment

Anything but a Fish with Love Handles Talpiot Round-Up

March 28, 2012 By James F. McGrath 1 Comment

Here’s a round-up of the latest on the Talpiot tombs and related matters. James Tabor blogged that some seem inclined to say that the image on the ossuary is “anything but a fish.” Bob Cargill agrees. Bob also commented on Nina Burleigh’s article (the article itself is here). Antonio Lombatti has an article in The [...]

Filed Under: historical Jesus, New Testament Tagged With: archaeology, history, Jesus, ossuaries, Talpiot tomb 1 Comment

The Talpiot Tomb Jumps the Tropical Fish

March 21, 2012 By James F. McGrath 7 Comments

Here’s the latest round-up on the Talpiot tomb discussion in the blogosphere. The title of this post comes from a post by Bob Cargill which responds to the suggestion that the “fish” on one of the Talpiot ossuaries is inspired by a tropical fish. It includes this image which treats the logic of that claim [...]