the lost tomb of jesus

i caught on the news the upcoming debut "the lost tomb of jesus." seeing that this archaeological information has been around since the 80's, but people are only taking notice now. producing tv for it within these last two years tells me that someone is wanting to cash in on the davinci code phenom. still, it is here, what is a person to do?

luckily others are writing their formed thoughts brian russell has some quick thoughts, plus links to scott mcknight and ben witherington.

Comments

[Rebecca]

There are articles and original interview footage on the official site:
www.jesusfamilytomb.com

[Brett]

These types of documentaries nearly always coincide with Easter, rather than with some "new" discovery.

[gavin]

i hear ya brett, i know i watched more than my fair share of Jesus documentaries on history or discovery channel which inevitably would lead down the path of saying Jesus survived the resurrection and lived in france with Mary Magdalene.. all this long before davinci code made it popular.

rebecca, thanks for the link. i checked out some sites when i set up this posting, so i might have stopped there already. i used the discovery channel link as it was the show that is generating the hub-bub.

[breeze]

"since the 80's, but people are only taking notice now. producing tv for it within these last two years tells me that someone is wanting to cash in on the davinci code phenom."
As an example of how different people view history and events, I view this twenty six year delay between discovery and disclosure in another way, almost opposite of the way that you seen to be viewing it. Since different people are seeking a profit from this than Dan Brown's crew, I see this as a separate event--no connection whatsoever. I realize the profit motive is there, though. The long delay is due to the failure of many people to see the relevance of these six names existing in one tomb together. Also, the original archaeologist is a Jewish man and resident of Jerusalem who has never wished to "stir the kettle" sort of speak. The producers and writers of this documentary have no such qualms, it would appear. Jury still out on everything pending additional input from more archaeologists, religion experts and especially statisticians.