Scholars, clergy slam Jesus documentary

Scholars, clergy slam Jesus documentary

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists and clergymen in the Holy Land derided claims in a new documentary produced by the Oscar-winning director James Cameron that contradict major Christian tenets. "The Lost Tomb of Christ," which the Discovery Channel will run on March 4, argues that 10 ancient ossuaries — small caskets used to store bones — discovered in a suburb of Jerusalem in 1980 may have contained the bones of Jesus and his family, according to a press release issued by the Discovery Channel

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The biggest detractor in all this is that the infamous ossuary "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" supposedly came from
NewsWeek This ossuary was one of the major artifacts used to uncover the antiquities fraud Oded Golan back in 2002.
Although I am a proponent in the beleif that Jesus had siblings as well as children of his own, What this "documentary" and book are trying to do is the same as von Danken with his "Chariots of the Gods"
We shall see how this all plays out.