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At the invitation of Hershel Shanks, editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici has issued a formal statement in reply to the various stories that appeared in the press, and in particularly to the Meyers/Magness declaration that he had manipulated the media covering the Princeton Talpiot tomb conference. His reply is now archived on [...]

There was a very informative and balanced interview with Princeton Theological Seminar Professor, James Charlesworth, in the Jerusalem Post yesterday. Charlesworth sits down with editor David Horovitz and talks about the aftermath of the Jewish Burial/Talpiot Tomb conference held in Jerusalem, January 13-16th, as well as potential ideas for the future.

On Monday, January 21, 2008, Eric Meyers of Duke University and Jodi Magness of UNC-Chapel Hill issued a public statement signed by eleven other scholars who had attended the recent Princeton Theological Seminary Symposium on “Jewish Views of the Afterlife and Burial Practices in Second Temple Judaism: Evaluating the Talpiot Tomb in Context,” held in [...]

Language is as tricky and misleading as it is vital and essential. This is so much more the case when it comes to controversial topics such as evaluating the Talpiot tomb with regard to its possible identification as the family tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. As pointed out at the Princeton Jerusalem Symposium last week, [...]

Having just returned from Jerusalem I have only now had opportunity to work through the various media reports and Blogs on the Internet regarding the results of the Princeton Symposium discussion of the Talpiot tomb. Here are a few reflections in an effort to shed some “light” on the “heat.”
1. There was no official [...]

The Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins that focused on the Talpiot “Jesus Tomb” in the context of Jewish Burial in late 2nd Temple times has concluded with a flurry of news stories, heated charges and counter-charges, and a few concrete results–truly a mixture of heat and light. I was able to attend every [...]

The Jerusalem conference on the Talpiot “Jesus” Tomb is fully underway this week. We are meeting just outside the Old City at the beautiful and historic Mishkenot Sha’ananim. I intend to write a series of extensive reports on the various papers, ideas, issues, and information that emerges when I return to the States. So far [...]

Prof. Aren Maeir, chair of the Dept. of Archaeology/Land of Israel Studies at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel has recently expressed his views on “Biblical Archaeology,” in a widely circulated news story “Caution Replaces Rash Claims to Prove Bible.” He argues that there is no reason to shy away from comparing scientific findings [...]

I just returned from the thickly packed cluster of academic conferences held in San Diego, November 16th-20th–this included the annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Schools of Oriental Research (ancient Near Eastern/Mediterranean archaeology), and the Biblical Archeology Society. Besides seeing many friends, hearing some interesting papers, [...]

Dr. April DeConick of Rice University has posted more details on her popular Blog, Forbidden Gospels, regarding the upcoming international conference in Jerusalem dealing with the Talpiot Tomb in historical and archaeological context. She is obviously impressed with both the agenda and the participants. This conference, organized by Prof. James Charlesworth, of Princeton Theological Seminary, [...]