January 18, 2008

Talpiot Tomb and Jerusalem Conference # 2

Insights into different skills applied to the claim of Talpiot being Jesus' Family Tomb

Jim West hosts a guest posting from Christopher Rollston on his blog today. Christopher's speciality is prosopography and epigraphy which is the study of ancient inscriptions and writing, such as those found on the ossuaries in the Talpiot Tomb.

In his guest post, Christopher shows not only the dynamics of the debate in Jerusalem, but how he and others approached their aspect of the task.

Like the earlier post today from April DeConick, Christopher Rollston rejects the idea of the Talpiot Tomb being that of Jesus of Nazareth. He has already published an article on the subject in Near Eastern Archaeology, a publication of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

Christopher's analysis of the conference, tomb and details is worth a read. Christopher is Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Studies at Emmanuel School of Religion, Tennessee.

Topic Tags: Archaeology, ASOR, Christopher Rollston, Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, NEA, Talpiot Tomb, Third Princeton Seminar

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