It's weird though whwat some people come up with. Back in high
school, i had a teacher tell us about a shrine she wanted to visit
that supposedly had a bone from Jesus's pinky finger.
I wasn't a believer at the time but didn't go for holy bones either.
Cheers,
Doris
At 02:43 PM 3/15/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>If one believes the biblical account of Jesus' empty tomb, his
>ascension to the right Hand of the Father, one would surely know
>that Jesus took his bones with him when He left!
>
>Helen
>
>
>Earlier John Schwery wrote:
>
>> From an Archaeological and Jewish viewpoint, David Dolan nails this one.
>>
>>Text of forwarded message follows:
>>
>>
>>>Shalom from Jerusalem,
>>>
>>>Local residents and visiting tourists (of which there are many at
>>>present) are eagerly waiting to see if snow descends on the
>>>capital city in the coming hours, with forecasters warning of that
>>>possibility as temperatures dip to freezing overnight. Meanwhile,
>>>I am sending you a copy of my latest commentary for the World Net
>>>Daily web site. It concerns the recent claim that the ancient
>>>family tomb of Jesus of Nazareth has been discovered in my old
>>>Jerusalem neighborhood, East Talpiot. In fact, I note that I
>>>lived virtually next door to the supposed site for some 15 years
>>>before moving to central Jerusalem in 2001. The commentary
>>>features some news released just today concerning the controversy,
>>>emanating from a local Christian scholar who is a longtime
>>>acquaintance of mine. Read and enjoy!
>>>
>>>I recently learned that a US media interview I did via satellite
>>>from my apartment roof for the Harvest TV program, broadcast near
>>>the end of last summer's Lebanon war, had been posted on the
>>>popular YouTube web site. It was sparked by the discovery last
>>>year of an ancient book of Psalms in an Irish bog, found open to
>>>Psalm 83. I note that I've written a chapter on that prophetic
>>>psalm in my 2001 book ISRAEL IN CRISIS: WHAT LIES AHEAD? If you
>>>would like to look at the posted video, which is still quite
>>>timely, click on this link:
>>><http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-vmsXgmVA>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ-vmsXgmVA
>>>Just ignore the long summertime shadows around my eyes! The book
>>>itself is available from my web site, <http://www.ddolan.com/>www.ddolan.com
>>>
>>>Speaking of Ireland (and that's also timely since this Saturday is
>>>St. Patrick's Day), it appears that a recent intervention by some
>>>prominent Irish Christian and Jewish friends has prompted a
>>>solution to my journalist visa and Israeli press card situation,
>>>which I mentioned for prayer last July. I will not go into the
>>>details here, but I do want to thank those directly involved in
>>>this welcome intervention, and also to all of you around the world
>>>who prayed for a positive outcome.
>>>
>>>With the prospects of another war with Hizbullah forces in Lebanon
>>>again looming large before us this year, if not also with their
>>>Syrian and Iranian masters, Israel's top governmental leaders,
>>>including Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Peretz, have
>>>just been warned that they will be named in an official commission
>>>investigation into last summer's war, apparently in a negative
>>>manner. The report is scheduled to be released next
>>>month. Analysts say this could lead to the collapse of the Olmert
>>>government. I will report on that and other important developments
>>>in Israel in this month's Israel News update, to be sent out to
>>>you in less than two weeks time.
>>>
>>>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>
>>>JESUS: DEAD OR ALIVE?
>>>By David Dolan
>>>
>>>Media circuses are hardly rare occurrences here in Jerusalem.
>>>
>>>In fact, as I write this column, workers with CNN International
>>>are setting up a big blue tent (I kid you not) just across the street
>>>>from my apartment building, preparing to
>>>broadcast a report by correspondent Ben Weideman from underneath
>>>the protective canopy on a stormy March afternoon.
>>>
>>>I should mention that the view from my central Jerusalem street is
>>>usually worth filming whatever the weather, especially facing
>>>north toward Mount Zion and the biblical Temple Mount.
>>>
>>>That was not the case with my former home in the East Talpiot
>>>neighborhood. While the view
>>>>from my top floor flat was not all that bad, it
>>>was hardly noteworthy. I mainly looked out at dozens of other
>>>tall apartment buildings that dominate the southeast Jerusalem suburb.
>>>
>>>But something allegedly quite historic was lurking in the shadows
>>>of the stone-faced apartment building located just next to mine:
>>>The burial tomb of Jesus, his wife Mary Magdalene and their son
>>>Judah, not to mention his Jewish mother and other family members!
>>>
>>>Ben Weideman was among hundreds of Israeli and international
>>>journalists that recently filmed stirring reports near an
>>>innocuous cement slab located in East Talpiot. The unpretentious
>>>slab lies in the corner of a small fenced in rose patch planted
>>>along a narrow foot path just below the apartment building that I
>>>lived next to for 15 years.
>>>
>>>The media was reporting on the "historic discovery," announced in
>>>New York by Titanic film producer James Cameroon and Israeli
>>>born-Canadian documentary maker Simcha Jacobovici, that the slab
>>>probably covered the entrance to the Jesus Family Tomb! The
>>>stunning late February proclamation was intentionally timed to
>>>promote their television program on that riveting theme, broadcast
>>>one week later on the US Discovery Channel, and also in Great
>>>Britain and here in Israel.
>>>
>>>I first got wind of the contention that the bones of Jesus and
>>>family were unearthed in my humble neighborhood when the BBC
>>>broadcast that momentous claim in a1996 television
>>>documentary. As I walked past the site in the months and years
>>>after the screening, usually on my way to the nearby East Talpiot
>>>supermarket and post office, I often recalled the relatively short
>>>controversy that the British documentary sparked off.
>>>
>>>But this time, the dustup seems destined to linger much longer in
>>>the air, coming as it does in the titanic wake of Dan Brown's best
>>>selling Da Vinci Code and producer Ron Howard's subsequent blockbuster film.
>>>
>>>There is just one tiny problem with the super-hyped Jesus Tomb
>>>claim: Nearly all archeological experts dismiss it out of hand, or
>>>at least note it is both highly improbable and entirely
>>>unprovable, and therefore hardly worth mentioning.
>>>
>>>By now, most everyone has heard the main reason why. The Hebrew
>>>names Yeshua (Jesus), Miriam (Mary), Judah, and Yoseph—all found
>>>inscribed on stone burial ossuaries situated inside the ancient
>>>tomb when it was discovered by Israeli construction workers in
>>>1980—were extremely common monikers in the time of Jesus. To
>>>allege that they point to the family tomb of Christianity's
>>>revered redeemer is a giant stretch, to say the least.
>>>
>>>But Cameroon and Jacobovici claim another name was found inside
>>>the tomb that nearly seals their case—Mary Magdalene! It is
>>>almost statistically impossible that her unique second name would
>>>be found with the others if we were not talking about the tomb of
>>>the world renowned Jesus of Nazareth and his relatives, they maintain.
>>>
>>>American scholar Stephen Pfann, who serves as a locally trained
>>>textual scholar and paleographer at Jerusalem's Holy Land
>>>University, has just conducted an intensive examination of the
>>>ossuary that supposedly held the bones of the Messiah's alleged
>>>bride. He insists that the burial box is inscribed with two
>>>apparently unrelated names, the second of them Mara, the Greek
>>>version of Martha, not Magdalene. He discerned that the two names
>>>were etched in distinctive styles on the stone ossuary by clearly
>>>different hands. Scholars have long known that such burial
>>>receptacles often housed the bones of more than one person, mainly
>>>for economic reasons.
>>>
>>>Professor Pfann, who I've known for many years, along with his
>>>scholarly wife Claire, noted that neither Cameroon nor Jacobovici
>>>are even remotely qualified to put forth such gargantuan
>>>contentions, especially given the far reaching implications for
>>>the historic Christian faith. The Israeli filmmaker, who starred
>>>in the ratings-rich TV program, shot back that scholars and
>>>archeologists are simply upset that he and other modern
>>>journalists and documentary makers are "breaking their monopoly"
>>>on deciphering ancient artifacts.
>>>
>>>Although a professional journalist myself, I am quite happy to
>>>have trained electricians fix my broken power lines in my stead,
>>>experienced plumbers determine what is wrong with my kitchen
>>>pipes, skilled physicians operate on my body, certified dentists
>>>fill cavities in my teeth, knowledgeable mechanics work on my car, etc.
>>>
>>>As for my personal spiritual beliefs, I don't expect them to be
>>>determined by colorful filmmakers working out of Hollywood or
>>>Toronto, no matter how much mammon they procure from their sensational claims.
>>>
>>>
>>>----------
>>>DAVID DOLAN is a Jerusalem-based author and journalist who has
>>>lived and worked in Israel since 1980.
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> "Most people walk in and out of your life....but Friends leave
> footprints in your heart.""
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