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Kevin Kilty and Mark Elliot have an article in The Bible and Interpretation<\/em> about the names in Talpiot Tomb A<\/a>. Jim West also linked to it<\/a>. Among other things, it asks whether it is implausible that Jesus could have had a son named Judah.<\/p>\n

Bob Cargill opined that each new photo from the Talpiot tombs raises problems for recent claims about them<\/a>, and he satirically offered a \u201cJonah Ossuary Corporate Logo\u201d<\/a>:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

Jim Davila<\/a>, Jim West<\/a>, and Ben Witherington<\/a> linked to a piece by Craig Evans in the Huffington Post<\/em> about the patio tomb<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mike Heiser discussed what Bob Cargill wrote<\/a>, and Jim West asked what James Charlesworth really thinks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And of course, this post is just my latest round-up of discussion that is continuing in the blogosphere<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"