Since you're a bit OT, STR and this thread focuses a great deal on exposing frauds and deliberate misrepresentations of the past, you may find the following interesting in light of the documentary you've seen.
First, Jesus (or Yeshua) was a common name at the time. The name "Jesus" is famous only because of the actions of one person with that name. It is the New Testament connotation of the name Jesus as connected with Jesus Christ that is being exploited, at the expense of you and other viewers.
There were other people named Yeshua before THE Yeshua, so to speak. Some of those Yeshuas lived in Jerusalem, even had a direct Biblical connection, and did so before a certain very famous Yeshua did. I'm referring to author Yeshua Ben Sira.
It may surprise you to know that the Biblical Barrabas (the murderer released by Pilate instead of Jesus Christ) was also named in some texts, you guessed it, Jesus.
A tomb belonging to a man named Yeshua doesn't prove it's the tomb of the Yeshua (or Jesus) described in the Gospels. The name alone in no way proves it is the tomb of THE "Yeshua".
The same is true of the other names, as well. Mary? There were two Marys in the Gospels alone: Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalen! How many others were in Jerusalem at the time? If actress Mary Carey married Spanish baseball player Jesús Alou, she would be Mary the wife of Jesus. Mary, too, was a common Jewish woman's name. How many Marys are alive today?
How about James, then? Which one?
There were at least three James' surrounding Jesus Christ: James: son of Alphaeus, James: son of Zebedee, and James the Just: possibly the brother of Jesus. So we can say with certainty James (or more correctly its Hebrew equivalent) was a common Jewish name, just by looking at the New Testament alone.
Jonah is no different. There was another Biblical author named Jonah, one referred to by Jesus Christ, who also lived near Nazareth long before Jesus did.
How about Joseph? Again, there's a couple in the Bible both Old and New Testament because it, too, was a common Jewish name. There's the Old Testament Joseph, sold by his brothers into slavery, there's Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus, and Joseph of Arimathea in whose tomb Jesus Christ was buried. We can rule out anything unique about Joseph as a Biblical name, even in the time of Jesus. What this documentary is doing is deliberately playing up the religious connotation selected names evoke and, naturally, taking advantage of most viewers' ignorance of the Bible.
It's also possible that the IAA decided the study was being conducted with a deliberately sensationalistic bias and a predetermined outcome which is the worst sort of scientific dishonesty.
There's another aspect that weighs very heavily against a Christian "conspiracy" to suppress the truth. The IAA is the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Israel is a Jewish state and Jews do not recognize Jesus Christ as either the Messiah or the Son of God. If there was credible evidence that the actual tomb of THE "Jesus" mentioned in the Gospels had been discovered, it would be in an Israeli group's best interest, both professional and religious, to debunk the supposed Divinity of that particular "Jesus".
Anything else implies an even bigger even more far-fetched conspiracy theory, some wild tale worthy of fiction writer Dan Brown whose rubbish I blame entirely for encouraging this sort of deliberate misrepresentation.
The following article on the subject written by a scholar intimately familiar with the subject refutes in much further detail both the "facts" cited in the documentary and Cameron's upcoming movie.
The short version is you (and many other viewers) are being misled and lied to by people who have a very specific agenda. Given the focus of this thread, I hope a correction of those falsehoods isn't too off-topic.
First, Jesus (or Yeshua) was a common name at the time. The name "Jesus" is famous only because of the actions of one person with that name. It is the New Testament connotation of the name Jesus as connected with Jesus Christ that is being exploited, at the expense of you and other viewers.
There were other people named Yeshua before THE Yeshua, so to speak. Some of those Yeshuas lived in Jerusalem, even had a direct Biblical connection, and did so before a certain very famous Yeshua did. I'm referring to author Yeshua Ben Sira.
It may surprise you to know that the Biblical Barrabas (the murderer released by Pilate instead of Jesus Christ) was also named in some texts, you guessed it, Jesus.
A tomb belonging to a man named Yeshua doesn't prove it's the tomb of the Yeshua (or Jesus) described in the Gospels. The name alone in no way proves it is the tomb of THE "Yeshua".
The same is true of the other names, as well. Mary? There were two Marys in the Gospels alone: Mary the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalen! How many others were in Jerusalem at the time? If actress Mary Carey married Spanish baseball player Jesús Alou, she would be Mary the wife of Jesus. Mary, too, was a common Jewish woman's name. How many Marys are alive today?
How about James, then? Which one?
There were at least three James' surrounding Jesus Christ: James: son of Alphaeus, James: son of Zebedee, and James the Just: possibly the brother of Jesus. So we can say with certainty James (or more correctly its Hebrew equivalent) was a common Jewish name, just by looking at the New Testament alone.
Jonah is no different. There was another Biblical author named Jonah, one referred to by Jesus Christ, who also lived near Nazareth long before Jesus did.
How about Joseph? Again, there's a couple in the Bible both Old and New Testament because it, too, was a common Jewish name. There's the Old Testament Joseph, sold by his brothers into slavery, there's Joseph, the stepfather of Jesus, and Joseph of Arimathea in whose tomb Jesus Christ was buried. We can rule out anything unique about Joseph as a Biblical name, even in the time of Jesus. What this documentary is doing is deliberately playing up the religious connotation selected names evoke and, naturally, taking advantage of most viewers' ignorance of the Bible.
It's also possible that the IAA decided the study was being conducted with a deliberately sensationalistic bias and a predetermined outcome which is the worst sort of scientific dishonesty.
There's another aspect that weighs very heavily against a Christian "conspiracy" to suppress the truth. The IAA is the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Israel is a Jewish state and Jews do not recognize Jesus Christ as either the Messiah or the Son of God. If there was credible evidence that the actual tomb of THE "Jesus" mentioned in the Gospels had been discovered, it would be in an Israeli group's best interest, both professional and religious, to debunk the supposed Divinity of that particular "Jesus".
Anything else implies an even bigger even more far-fetched conspiracy theory, some wild tale worthy of fiction writer Dan Brown whose rubbish I blame entirely for encouraging this sort of deliberate misrepresentation.
The following article on the subject written by a scholar intimately familiar with the subject refutes in much further detail both the "facts" cited in the documentary and Cameron's upcoming movie.
The short version is you (and many other viewers) are being misled and lied to by people who have a very specific agenda. Given the focus of this thread, I hope a correction of those falsehoods isn't too off-topic.
Kinda like the whole Strider mess, huh?:barf: This just shows that as long as one can claim 'spiders are in my head' they can present themselves as having done it all, and have it all. Oh, I DIDN'T purchase anything, or serve in combat, or whatever...it's the SPIDERS!:foot:
