January 18, 2008

Talpiot Tomb and Jerusalem Conference

Evaluation of Conference provided by Houston Professor

Professor April DeConick of Rice University provides an overview of the Conference and some of the dynamics that caused problems. Like so many things in history, it depends on how you process information. If you want to believe that this is the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, you will find ways to justify same. If you don't, you will process the same information in a different manner.

The critical point appears to be the reading of Mariamenou kai Mara, which the film makers and those who want this to be the tomb of Jesus read as Mary Magdalene. See April's point 2. Interestingly, if the name of Mary Magdalene can't be drawn from the Greek, then all the numbers "are not statistically meaningful," i.e., they don't support the case.

April is to be commended for providing such a balanced summary of the event.

Topic Tags: Archaeology, Jesus Tomb, Mary Magdalene, Talpiot, Third Princeton Seminar

Social Tagging Bookmarklets:

by Peter Nathan

↑top

link to this

Post a Comment

Title:

Summary:

Comment:

Links:

Your info:

Name:		Required; will be displayed with comment.
E-mail:		Required (in case we need to contact you); will NOT be displayed with comment.
Web:		Optional; will use to hyperlink your name in the comment.
Twitter:		Optional; allows visitors to follow you on Twitter.
Save this in my browser

Verification:

Type the characters you see in the picture above.

Letters are case sensitive.

Notice: Your thoughtful opinions are valued and encouraged, but all comments are moderated so there will be a delay between the time you post your comment and when it appears in this site. Please don't be offended if your comment is edited for clarity or to avoid questionable matters. Offensive or off-topic comments will be deleted.