Question

Why do the villains always have a better publicist?
Incidentally, there seems to be even less direct evidence that they have actually discovered the tomb of Herod the Great than there was that the tomb of Jesus had been found.
Also incidentally, it is extremely unlikely that the Slaughter of the Innocents ever took place.

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 5

Finally, we return to Miriamne e Mara, as Jacobovici characterized it. It’s astonishing how much misinformation has spread around the internet about these inscriptions. You really have to look at the original:

This one is in Greek, more carefilly inscribed, and reads left to right, so it’s a lot easier to make out to our Western […]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 4

Just to give you some idea of what we’re dealing with, here is a picture of the actual “Jesus” inscription:

As a result of the crudeness of the inscription, there has been more than one reading of it. In my opinion, the following is the most reasonable interpretation:

To my eye, the area where the question mark […]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 3

Before we come back to Miriamne e mara, let’s talk about some of the arguments against Jacobovici’s conclusion, other than the ones that I have already raised, and that I think are valid.
Some of these are:

Jesus was a poor man, and this is clearly the tomb of a wealthy middle class family. Therefore, this could […]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 2

None of the criticisms of Jacobovici’s work actually demonstrate that his hypothesis is wrong. There is a real chance that he is right, and right for the right reasons.
Let me be clear. The probability used by Jacobovici was 599 in 600 chances that this was the tomb of the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth. This […]

The Lost Tomb of Jesus

Did James Cameron really find the tomb of Jesus?
Or, more accurately, did Simcha Jacobovici find it?
Now, I rather like Jacobovici. He’s an entertaining television presenter, although I wonder what his academic qualifications are (I’ve googled, and can’t find them).
I looked forward to watching the television special (on VisionTV in Canada - I believe it was […]