Further information is coming out on this Jesus tomb documentary. I'm beginning to wonder if it's 100% empty hype.
From This Is London:
Crucially, he is not denying the resurrection - as there were no bones in the caskets.
Well then, this really proves or disproves nothing. If I remember the purported "facts" surrounding this film, that would only leave the assertion that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married and had a son as the only remaining controversial piece.
Interestingly, the archaeologist who oversaw the work at the tomb doesn't put a lot of stock in the film makers' theories:
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.'
It's true that in those days, the names Jesus and Mary were as common as Bob and Karen are today. The confluence of all the names listed is noteworthy, but as Kloner points out, Jesus and his family weren't even Jerusalem residents.
From a piece on Breitbart.com quoting Stephen Pfann, a biblical scholar at the University of the Holy Land in Jerusalem:
Pfann is even unsure that the name "Jesus" on the caskets was read correctly. He thinks it's more likely the name "Hanun."
I'm beginning to strongly suspect that it isn't merely the subject of this film that's the hoax, but the film itself is a hoax...a hoax full of empty innuendo and strained speculation.
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