The Lost Tomb Of Jesus

ok. The Titanic movie produced by James Cameron was an epic and this time the producer and Canadian documentary + film maker Simcha Jacobovici produced a documentary under the banner of discovery channel on the findings of the lost tomb of Jesus. Well in my opinion, Hollywood and discovery is a bad mix, not to mention all the wrong hypotheses. The "documentary" will be broadcast on Channel 10, Monday at 9 30pm.

The following are just some stuffs I have put together if you are interested to explore a bit more on the issue. Cheers :-)

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Extracts from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Tomb_of_Jesus

• The Washington Post in an article of 2/28/07 cites Dever as being "widely considered the dean of biblical archaeology among U.S. scholars" and quotes him as saying, "I just think it's a shame the way this story is being hyped and manipulated" and "all of the names [contained in the tomb] are common."

• The archaeologist William Dever summed it up when he stated on Koppel's critical analysis, The Lost Tomb of Jesus—A Critical Look, that Jacobovici's and Cameron's "conclusions were already drawn in the beginning" of the inquiry and that their "argument goes far beyond any reasonable interpretation."

More comments :

Scholars Dispute Over the Discovery Channel Documentary - (from: http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/The_Lost_Tomb_of_Jesus/losttombofjesus_response.htm)

12 Major Problems for the "Jesus Tomb" Theory

1.	The Names "Joseph" and "Jesus" were very popular in the 1st century. "Jesus" appears in at least 99 tombs and on 22 ossuaries. "Joseph" appears on 45 ossuaries.
2.	"Mary" is the most common female name in the ancient Jewish world.
3.	The DNA evidence establishes no positive links in this tomb whatsoever.
4.	The statistical comparison to Jesus of Nazareth is severely flawed.
5.	There is no early historical nor tomb connection to Mary Magdalene.
6.	There is no historical evidence anywhere that Jesus ever married or had children.
7.	The "Jesus" in the tomb was known as "Son of Joseph," but the earliest followers of the New Testament Jesus didn't call him that.
8.	It is unlikely that Jesus' family tomb would be located in Jerusalem.
9.	The Talpiot tomb was costly. It apparently belonged to a wealthy family.
10.	The tenth ossuary has been accounted for without recourse to the "James" ossuary.
11.	All ancient sources agree that, very soon afterwards, the burial tomb of Jesus of Nazareth was empty.
12.	The Talpiot tomb data fail to account for Jesus' resurrection appearances.

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Our recent returnees

Best wishes to our returnees and may they have wonder new beginning as they pursue their future endeavours. Thank you for sharing apart of your life with all of us at OCF! Cheers

Returnee 1 - Melisa

Melissa's little farewell lunch on Sat 28 July. Our dear sister-in-Christ went back to Singapore on the 29 of July and back to work as teacher on the very Monday. Press on Cher.

Returnee 2 - ZhongRong aka 'Chong'

There are limited images of him. ha-ha you can spot him out in the photo posted in previous blog. Chong went back to Singapore on 30 July and he will be seeking for employment to keep him occupied for the next few months before returning in Feb 2008 for his Honors Year. Fortunately a few of the bros in-Christ managed to catch up for 2 days of FIFA gaming and an Asia Cup match in the City before he left for SG.