Fascinating!

[azurelunatic]

Tomb with interesting names.

Comments

[myrrhianna.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

[azurelunatic]

This is definitely going to have interesting implications, at least in people's reactions.

[juuro.livejournal.com]

One thing they don't mention is that "Jeshu" (which can be rendered also as "Joshua") is not at all an uncommon name in the region or in the period.

[azurelunatic]

And same with the variants on Mary, I believe. They'd probably have a stronger case if they presented the reasons why people could have doubt, and then say why they still think it's so.

[moniqueleigh]

Actually, they do. Check page 2 of the article: "A possible argument against the Talpiot Tomb being the Jesus Family Tomb is that the collection of names on the ossuary inscriptions could be coincidental. [P] But Andrey Feuerverger, professor of statistics and mathematics at the University of Toronto, recently conducted a study addressing the probabilities that will soon be published in a leading statistical journal. ... The study concludes that the odds are at least 600 to 1 in favor of the Talpiot Tomb being the Jesus Family Tomb. In other words, the conclusion works 599 times out of 600."

[juuro.livejournal.com]

My bad. On a printed publication, I can understand "continued on page xx". On web pages, I still don't expect it, and thus, don't notice it.

[fitted-sheets.livejournal.com]

Wonder why they don't give a "son of" for the Matia one...

[azurelunatic]

Your guess is as good as mine! `