Biblical Archeology Filmmaker Blasts Jesus Book Author Reza Aslan for Suggesting Jesus Called

The Blaze ^ | 8/13/13 | Sharona Schwartz

[Nachum]

Simcha Jacobovici is a Canadian-Israeli adjunct religion professor and filmmaker known for his biblical archaeology History Channel series “The Naked Archaeologist.” In an op-ed in the Times of Israel, Jacobovici takes Reza Aslan, author of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” to task for referring to the land of Jesus as “Palestine,” when a review of historical sources shows the place was known as “Judea,” a word that in Hebrew is synonymous with the word “Jew.”

Jacobovici writes (emphasis added throughout), “in all his interviews, Aslan goes out of his way to refer to Jesus’ Judea i.e., the land of the Jews, as ‘Palestine.’ For all I care, he can call it ‘Nebraska,’ as long as he doesn’t give the impression that this is really what it was called by the inhabitants of Judea in Jesus’ time.”

“If you write a book about Jesus and you call his country by the name that he called it i.e., ‘Judea’, the politically correct armies of anti-Israel activists may get upset with you. So Aslan calls ancient Judea ‘Palestine’ and hides behind the reference to the ‘Roman designation’ for the province,” Jacobovici writes.

[Nachum]

Full title: Biblical Archeology Filmmaker Blasts Jesus Book Author Reza Aslan for Suggesting Jesus Called His Country ‘Palestine’

Reza: Just another sleazoid Muslim revisionist.

[Nachum]

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[massgopguy]

It was called Palestine by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 100 AD. this was done to infuriate the Jews by alluding to the Philistines.

[Red Badger]

The Romans did not designate it as ‘Palestine’ until after the diaspora.............

[fishtank]

EVERY Christian should refuse to use the word “Palestine” when they are referring to any Biblical event.

It’s inappropriate, wrong, unscriptural and it’s pandering to the enemies of Israel.

[wally_bert]

I always liked his show on the old HI channel.

[RedStateGuyTrappedinCT]

It was called Palestine by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in 100 AD. this was done to infuriate the Jews by alluding to the Philistines.

Good catch. So in Jesus' time it was Judea. I knew Palestine was a Roman designation, but I wasn't sure when it started.

[mbarker12474]

I always liked his show on the old HI channel.

Yep. Me too. Wonderful show and host. Wish I could find it on DVD or reruns.

I looked it up just this week at my local Barnes & Noble, and they found no DVDs or books when searching for "Naked Archeologist."

[Noamie]

I don’t remember, but that muslim author has a degree in philosophy and marketing, or something..... he says he’s a professor, but it’s not in religion. Definitely not in Western Christianity.

The news media, however, ate him up. Pretty much status quo.

[Lera]

This guy has been going around to all the leftist churches preaching that Jesus was a revolutionary from Palestine and that the Palestinians of today are the children of his original followers . He’s gaining a lot of support too in these churches were people are completely ignorant of anything written in the New and Old Testament .

We have a lot of churches in this country now that are only social clubs , we have a lot of people in this country now that say they are Christians who don’t have any idea that Jesus was a Jew born in Bethlehem, Judea (they don’t open their bibles at all)

[Nachum]

Yeah. More Islamic propaganda.

[onedoug]

There is no so-called “palestine”, nor any so-called “palestinians” but for conglomerations of islamist arabs which Israel, for whatever God-forsaken reason, has decided to put-up with.

[Ben Ficklin]

Timeline of the name Palestine

[GOPJ]

EVERY Christian should refuse to use the word “Palestine” when they are referring to any Biblical event. It’s inappropriate, wrong, unscriptural and it’s pandering to the enemies of Israel.

Amen.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***EVERY Christian should refuse to use the word “Palestine” when they are referring to any Biblical event.***

It is kind of hard to do as the ancient HEBREWS had lots of trouble with the Philistines. Ever hear an Arab pronounce Palestine? It comes out “falistine” or Philistine.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Subject doubtless near and dear to those close to the land. I’d personally not be surprised if Jesus used various terms, as well as speaking in Greek, Aramaic or Hebrew as His Father’s mission for Him needed. But we can only nail down what’s actually in the Bible, and even then questions arise as to whether He is being translated from other tongues into the Greek (though in a Holy Spirit inspired way, so as to keep the intended sense).

[thesearethetimes...]

BookMark

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum. There have been a number of topics about the muzzie agitprop piece "Zealot", but this one is about an op-ed by 'The Naked Archaeologist', so, pingin' it.

Simcha Jacobovici is a Canadian-Israeli adjunct religion professor and filmmaker known for his biblical archaeology History Channel series "The Naked Archaeologist." In an op-ed in the Times of Israel, Jacobovici takes Reza Aslan, author of "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth" to task for referring to the land of Jesus as "Palestine," when a review of historical sources shows the place was known as "Judea," a word that in Hebrew is synonymous with the word "Jew."

[Altariel]

Thanks for the ping.

[ApplegateRanch]

So in Jesus' time it was Judea. I knew Palestine was a Roman designation, but I wasn't sure when it started.

Same here, so I started checking. Quite interesting; and fishtank is right:
EVERY Christian should refuse to use the word “Palestine” when they are referring to any Biblical event.

It’s inappropriate, wrong, unscriptural and it’s pandering to the enemies of Israel.

From Fausset's:

Pompey's lieutenant, M. Aemilius Scaurus, 64 B.C., interfered in the contest between Aristobulus and Aretas king of Arabia Petraea, who supported Hyrcanus, whom Aristobulus had driven from the high priesthood. Next year Pompey himself took Jerusalem (Josephus, Ant. 14:2-4: B. J. 1:6, section 7). Thenceforward, Judea was under Rome. Hyrcanus was titular sovereign and high priest, subject to his minister Antipater, the partisan of Rome. Antipater's son, Herod the Great, was made king by Antony, 40 B.C., and confirmed by Augustus 30 B.C. (Josephus, Ant. 14:14; 15:6). Roman soldiers were quartered at Jerusalem in Herod's time to maintain his authority (Ant. 15:3, section 7). Rome exacted tribute and an oath of allegiance to the emperor as well as to Herod (Ant. 17:2, section 2). On Archelaus' banishment, A.D. 6, Judaea became an appendage of Syria, governed by a Roman procurator residing at Caesarea. Galilee was still under the Herod's and other princes whose dominions and titles successive emperors changed from time to time.

And from Wikipedia:

Judea province was the scene of unrest at its founding during the Census of Quirinius and several wars were fought in its history, known as the Jewish-Roman wars. The Temple was destroyed in 70 as part of the Great Jewish Revolt resulting in the institution of the Fiscus Judaicus, and after Bar Kokhba's revolt (132–135 CE), the Roman Emperor Hadrian changed the name of the province to Syria Palaestina and Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina, which certain scholars conclude was done in an attempt to remove the relationship of the Jewish people to the region.[2][3]