The "Tomb" of Jesus

~ fundyreformed

It should be fairly obvious to any and all that the buzz concerning the supposed discovery of the tomb of Jesus is merely a publicity stunt. In the wake of The DaVinci Code, anything which purports to advance the theory that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, is sure to generate excitement and draw a crowd. Both of those results are what movie makers desire, so it is no wonder that a documentary has been made attempting to prove that a tomb found in Jerusalem over 20 years ago is actually the tomb of Jesus and his family.

I probably wouldn’t have devoted too much space to this, but I have already had one reader email me to ask what I thought. About the same time, I was made aware of a post on this issue over at my friend John Chitty’s blog: The Misadventures of Captain Headknowledge. In his post, he linked to  Pulpit Magazine’s  compilation of online resources concerning this claim.

I read the first one, an article written by Darrell Bock. I’d encourage you all to read that article too. He is thorough and fair. Basically, this is all just a case of extremely wishful thinking. If you buy in to all the documentary’s assumptions and surmisals, then you will agree with their statistical analysis.

The Christian faith rests on the empty tomb. And we have the witness of numerous eyewitnesses who went to their death perpetuating the story of Jesus’ resurrection. How many do you know who’d die for a fraud?

The evidence is in the eye of the beholder. Our faith is ultimately in Jesus Christ and the Scripture. And God’s Word is sure.  

[Update for faithful readers: I just wanted to let you all know that later this evening I hope to have my next post on “The Bible & the KJV Only Debate” finished.]

5 thoughts on “The "Tomb" of Jesus”

  1. Sidenote: Sorry! That post will be delayed till tomorrow morning. Events came up outside of my control. There is some discussion over at jackhammr.org if you’re interested in the KJV debate.

  2. Among Pulpit Magazine’s links include James White’s play by play of Cameron and others up against Al Mohler on Larry King. In his comments, White pointed out how the way this material is being released basically violates all the canons of scholarship, and otherwise, generally had a good time ripping the theories to shreds, while Bock’s presentation came off far more dispassionately, considering he was privileged to have seen the documentary last March, so he’s had time to regather his wits and come off less caustically and more prepared with substantive responses. And Paul Maier’s open letter to his readers is simply maaavelous, even if he does show his Lutherlikeness by his own visceral, yet utterly persuasive responses! It’s all great reading!

  3. Here here on the “maaavelous” Lutherlikeness of Paul Maier. Great Post- there is a bunch of shoddy scholarship out there. I missed most of Larry King- does anyone have a report? Is it out there in the youtube world? Does anyone know where to get it?

    Gage Browning
    Post Tenebras Lux

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