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Neil Godfrey<\/a>, on his blog Vridar<\/a>, has engaged some of what I\u2019ve written about Joseph of Arimathea in The Burial of Jesus<\/a><\/em>. I may try to continue the interaction at some point (particularly having just discussed a book that challenges the classic criteria of authenticity), but for the moment, I just wanted to draw attention to his post and invite readers to pay a visit over there!<\/p>\n

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Neil Godfrey, on his blog Vridar, has engaged some of what I\u2019ve written about Joseph of Arimathea in The Burial of Jesus. I may try to continue the interaction at some point (particularly having just discussed a book that challenges the classic criteria of authenticity), but for the moment, I just wanted to draw attention […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nJoseph of Arimathea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Neil Godfrey, on his blog Vridar, has engaged some of what I've written about Joseph of Arimathea in The Burial of Jesus. 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