Jesus Documentary Jerusalem

Christian Jew muslim, what do you think?

Here is an article about a documentary that will be opening soon. According to the article several small caskets were found in Jerusalem and inscribed Jesus son of joseph and Mariam. they concluded that these are the remains of Jesus. Click the link below to read the article

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/070226/world/jesus_burial_cda

It was actually discovered over 20 years ago,it’s only now that people are paying attention to it.
The main scholar who is the source for the story does not think it is Jesus’ tomb.
Mary, Joseph, & Jesus are among the four most popular names in the ancient world,much like Jane,Matthew,and Margaret are today.They weren’t unusual names in the slightest.Says Bar-Ilan University Professor Amos Kloner,”..those were the most common names found among Jews in the first centuries BCE and CE”
DNA cannot prove the identity of a person if they do not have another sample.
Jesus’ family isn’t even from Jerusalem.Why would they be buried there?
Prof. Amos Kloner, the Jerusalem District archeologist who officially oversaw the work at the tomb in 1980 and has published detailed findings on its contents, on Saturday night dismissed the claims. “It makes a great story for a TV film,” he told The Jerusalem Post. “But it’s impossible. It’s nonsense.”
Kloner, who said he was interviewed for the new film but has not seen it, said the names found on the ossuaries were common, and the fact that such apparently resonant names had been found together was of no significance. He added that “Jesus son of Joseph” inscriptions had been found on several other ossuaries over the years.
“There is no likelihood that Jesus and his relatives had a family tomb,” Kloner said. “They were a Galilee family with no ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a middle-class family from the 1st century CE.”
Archeological evidence shows that chances of these being the actual burials of the Holy Family are almost nil,” said Motti Neiger, a spokesman for theAntiquities Authority.
Prof. Kloner said there was no way the tomb housed the Holy Family.
The senior Israeli archaeologist who thoroughly researched the tombs after their discovery, and at the time deciphered the inscriptions, cast serious doubt on it.
“It is just not possible that a family who came from Galilee, as the New Testament tells us of Joseph and Mary, would be buried over several generations in Jerusalem.”
“Simcha has no credibility whatsoever,” says Joe Zias, who was the curator for anthropology and archeology at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem from 1972 to 1997 and personally numbered the Talpiot ossuaries. “He’s pimping off the Bible … He got this guy Cameron, who made ‘Titanic’ or something like that—what does this guy know about archeology? I am an archeologist, but if I were to write a book about brain surgery, you would say, ‘Who is this guy?’ People want signs and wonders. Projects like these make a mockery of the archeological profession.”
The official report written by the archeologist Amos Kloner found nothing remarkable in the discovery. The cave, it said, was probably in use by three or four generations of Jews from the beginning of the Common Era. It was disturbed in
antiquity, and vandalized.
So no,nobody,except a few off the wallers,have concluded that the tomb contains the remains of Jesus.The archaeological world is laughing at them.

http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/

An Archaeological Search for Jesus

Israel, A Journey Through Time: From Abraham to Jesus (Vol 1) $1.99 …

Israel, A Journey Through Time: From Abraham to Jesus (Vol 1) $9.99 …

Ready to Rebuild ; Christian Bible Prophecy ; Israel Jewish Temple $14.95 VHS…

National Geographic – Secrets of Jerusalem’s Holiest Sites $10.99 With stunning photography and compelling insights, this National Geographic program takes you far beyond the “picture postcard” treatment of Jerusalem. Discover fascinating new information about the sacred city and its most revered locations, including the Noble Sanctuary, the Western Wall, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. 52 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stere…

The Lost Tomb of Jesus $2.46 Was the most explosive find in archeological history uncovered in 1980 at the site of a Jerusalem apartment complex? “Ghosts of the Abyss” director/co-producer James Cameron and the Discovery Channel stir speculation and controversy with this documentary chronicling the story of the Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries, which some assert could have been the final resting place of Jesus–as well as that of hi…

Lost Worlds (History Channel) $22.88 Blending exhaustive research and the magic of computer-generated imagery, this spectacular documentary series re-creates the splendor of lost worlds and civilizations, both real and fabled, from around the globe. From the mythical city of Atlantis to Castle Dracula, to the streets of Jerusalem in Jesus’ time and Braveheart’s Scotland, distant history lives once again. All 13 episodes are collected…