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RE: Jesus Family Tombs??
simple question here -- why should anyone think that these would be THE
Jesus (Jeshua), Mary (Miram) and Joseph (Yeshu???), having been buried in
Jerusalem area when the trio under discussion were Galileans?
Big deal anyway -- just another object to worship another icon
On Wed, 3 Apr 1996 netzarim@netvision.net.il wrote:
>
> ---------------Original Message---------------
> I [am] sure many of you have seen the AP and Reuters stories that circulated
> today.... It is also interesting to see all the clerics rushing to assure
> everyone that this could not be that family.... Any comments in the
> meantime?
>
> James Tabor
> UNC-Charlotte
>
> Copyright 1996 Associated Press
> AP Online
>
> April 02, 1996; Tuesday 21:30 Eastern Time
>
> SECTION: International news
>
> LENGTH: 667 words
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> HEADLINE: 'Jesus' Casket Found In Israel AP-Jesus-Tomb
>
> DATELINE: JERUSALEM
>
> BODY:
> Deep in the warehouse of the Israel Antiquities Authority, on a dusty
> crowded shelf, is a box that is empty except for a great question that it
> holds.
>
> The limestone box, catalogue No. 80.503, once contained human bones and
> is engraved in barely legible Hebrew: ''Jesus, son of Joseph.'' Officials
> allowed reporters to see it Tuesday, after researchers for the BBC stumbled
> on the ossuaries last month and speculated they may have been the caskets of
> Jesus Christ and his family....
>
> Biblical scholar Father Jerome Murphy O'Connor of Jerusalem's Ecole
> Biblique said ... if such proof could be made, ''the consequences for the
> faith would be disastrous.''
> ----End of Original Message----------
>
> Shalom again Jim,
>
> It may be "disastrous" for Christianity, but truth poses no threat to the
> N'tzarim. Bring on the facts and let's see what the truth is.
>
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