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I've found the coffin of Jesus, says film director
This Is London ^ | 25.02.07 | Staff

Posted on 02/26/2007 12:47:38 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182

The Lost Tomb of Jesus, made for the Discovery Channel, will be shown in the U.S. this week and later in Britain by Channel 4.

Today, Cameron is holding a press conference on what he describes as 'one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time'.

Crucially, he is not denying the resurrection - as there were no bones in the caskets.

But the £2million film still strikes at the foundation of Christianity in the same manner as the novel The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown, in claiming that Jesus married and had a family.

His theory, which has already met with derision from experts, centres on a tomb found in the Talpiot suburb in 1980. Inside, archaeologists found ten coffins, or caskets for bones, and three skulls.

Six had names etched into them, which were translated as Jesus son of Joseph, Judah son of Jesus, Maria, Mariamne (thought to be Mary Magdalene's real name), Joseph and Matthew.

At the time the inscriptions provoked little interest. The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the names were common at the time.

A connection to the holy family was not made until 15 years later, when a film crew stumbled across the collection in a storeroom.

Though the bones had long since been reburied elsewhere, as was the custom, tiny traces of DNA left in the caskets were tested.

The results for the coffins labelled Jesus and Mariamne showed the two were not related by blood, leading Cameron and his team to conclude they were married.

The film's Israeli director, Simcha Jacobovici, said: 'Either this cluster-of names represents the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth and his family.

'Or some other family, with this very same constellation of names, existed at precisely the same time in history in Jerusalem.'

The idea that Mary Magdalene had a child with Jesus was the main theme of The Da Vinci Code. The book claimed their union was kept secret in a church conspiracy.

The location of Cameron's conference is being kept secret until the last moment to stop crowds trying to see the artefacts. The cave in which they were found has also been put under armed guard.

However, the archaeologist who oversaw the work at the tomb described the theory as 'nonsense'.

Amos Kloner said the names found on the coffins had been found in tombs before, adding: 'It makes a great story for a TV film, but it's impossible.

'Jesus and his relatives were a Galilee family with no ties in Jerusalem. The Talpiot tomb belonged to a middle-class family from the first century.'


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cameron; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; jamescameron; jamesossuary; jerusalem; jesus; jesustomb; letshavejerusalem; simchajacobovici; talpiot
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To: thulldud

>> >> the wrath of the mortals he risks upsetting.

>> Ain't upsetting me. Hardly worth getting upset about

I'm sure the junk Cameron is putting out will find its way to the ears of younglings who certainly don't need another major crisis to keep them up at night.


61 posted on 02/26/2007 4:12:14 PM PST by Gene Eric
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To: Mr. Lucky

Thanks for that timely information.


62 posted on 02/26/2007 4:28:41 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: frogjerk

Same director who searched the globe for the Lost Tribes in Tunis, India, Pushtan, etc.

He also had a series called the Naked Archeologist which was way, way overproduced.


63 posted on 02/26/2007 4:31:42 PM PST by timsbella (Mark Steyn for Prime Minister of Canada! (Steve's won my vote in the meantime))
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To: Shadowstrike
Want to say this is fertilizer? Don't watch it, with low ratings it will soon disappear. Don't read it. The publisher isn't going to make oddles of re-prints if there isn't a market for something.


2 John (KJV)
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

Sounds like what you're suggesting is the proper application of this scripture.
64 posted on 02/26/2007 5:08:40 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: toddlintown

Camels?


65 posted on 02/26/2007 5:17:24 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Why yes, I do have a stupid picture for any occasion)
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To: ApplegateRanch
Cameron is a brilliant director who is also a little bit nutty. From everything I've read, his personal life is in chaos, and the reason he didn't direct Terminator III is because he lost the rights in a divorce settlement.

I have no idea if he believes this or if it's just a dog and pony show, but the premise is absurd.

66 posted on 02/26/2007 5:30:32 PM PST by Richard Kimball (Why yes, I do have a stupid picture for any occasion)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Somebody should ask Mr. Cameron "why seek the living among the dead".


67 posted on 02/26/2007 6:17:04 PM PST by txroadkill
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Oh yeah. A film crew knows a lot more about archeology than an archeologist. :::rolls eyes:::


68 posted on 02/26/2007 6:24:17 PM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: timsbella

Saw a guy on tv tonight (perhaps on Glenn Beck) who said that the James Ossuary was probably not a fake and was being reexamined. Not that I believe it, (and not that it matters a whit to my faith) but I thought it was interesting that when it was brought up, he immediately said it was probably not a fake.
susie


69 posted on 02/26/2007 6:28:34 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: cripplecreek

Also, Jesus is a form of Joshua, which must have ben a popular Jewish name.
susie


70 posted on 02/26/2007 6:29:42 PM PST by brytlea (amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
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To: cripplecreek

I can go you one better. I actually married Jesus. We have two kids. There you go. Christianity must be a farce.


71 posted on 02/26/2007 6:30:08 PM PST by spotbust1 (Gun control is when you use both hands.)
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To: Brilliant
Coffin? There was no coffin for Jesus in the Bible.

Must be because the film director hadn't found it before the New Testament went to press. LOL.

Your thought was the same as mine. This guy's so clueless he doesn't even know it.
72 posted on 02/26/2007 8:30:27 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Someone should claim to have found Jesus' cross. That would bring on a larger crowd and more hype.


73 posted on 02/26/2007 8:31:59 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife (Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.--William Goldman)
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74 posted on 02/26/2007 10:15:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Just adding this to the GGG catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks.
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75 posted on 02/26/2007 10:15:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: theDentist
Right, and I've found the virginity of Kirsten Dunst.

Right next to where I found Bill Clinton's monogamy.

76 posted on 02/26/2007 10:18:29 PM PST by zbigreddogz
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To: Anti-Bubba182

The coffins found were named common names that the guy translated into Jesus. There is a thing about Jesus name in Hebrew that is quite commonly known today, that if you pronounce it Yeshau it is a common name like George. However if you pronounce it Yeshaua it is the word Salvation. Vowels are normally not printed in Hebrew, but the U is printed. A is not.

To this day, the Orthodox Jews who deny that Jesus is the Messiah pronounce his name as Yeshau. Yesh-you. But his name was Yesh-you-ah. The priest is ignoring the commonly known issue over here and deliberately translating the name incorrectly because the teaching that Jesus was not God, but a man who fooled everyone and got married and had a son is the foundation of Masonry, and is the foundation of his faith.

His faith is not in God, but in his power gained through "secret" knowledge, which is both translate as "occult science" or in my dictionary "BS".


77 posted on 02/28/2007 12:50:23 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: JennysCool

ping


78 posted on 02/28/2007 7:32:50 PM PST by spotbust1 (Gun control is when you use both hands.)
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To: fantom

That's nothing. Jesus cuts my grass.


79 posted on 02/28/2007 7:35:53 PM PST by freedomlover (Sorry, a tagline occurred. The tagline has been logged.)
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