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$\"\"$ Today\u2019s<\/a> round-up<\/a> on the Talpiot tombs<\/a> and the \u201cJesus discovery\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

James Tabor posted on his blog on the subject of whether the fish might be something else<\/a>, and whether there is in addition to the fish a man in its mouth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mark Goodacre continues a theme he began back when the Talpiot Tomb subject came to focus a few years ago<\/a>, an analogy with the Beatles \u2013 asking whether any of the names in the tombs is the equivalent of finding \u201cRingo\u201d alongside the more common John, Paul and George<\/a>. Mark also discussed whether there are \u201cfish scales\u201d on the ossuary other than on the fish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richard Bauckham posted on the ASOR blog about one of the ossuary inscriptions, and why it seems to him not to have anything to do with early Christianity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

April DeConick commented that the rotated image looks like a fish to her<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mike Heiser posted on the state of the question<\/a>. Tom Verenna warned of the danger of using anecdotal evidence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remnant of Giants offered satirical posts suggesting the image on the ossuary might be a\u00a0zeppelin<\/a> or the world cup<\/a> or Noddy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"