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A piece I wrote, expanding on my thoughts about the relationship between the recent claims regarding the Talpiot tombs on the one hand, and New Testament historical criticism on the other, has appeared on the ASOR blog. Click through to read it.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"