Paul matches the Maccabean picture noted above. Paul, our earliest witness to testify to this in writings we possess, was a former Pharisee who held to a physical resurrection as 1 Corinthians 15 also makes clear. “To lack a bodily resurrection teaching is to teach in distinction from what the earliest church had received as a key element of the hope that Jesus left his followers, a hope that itself was rooted in Jewish precedent. If one reads 2 Maccabees 7, one will see the martyrdom of the third son of seven executed who declares that they can mutilate his tongue and hands for defending the law, because God will give them back to him one day.
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“The bodily part of this resurrection is key because in Judaism when there was a belief in resurrection it was a belief in a bodily resurrection, a redemption that redeemed the full scope of what God had created.
Darrell Bock, research professor of New Testament at Dallas Theological Seminary, asks, “How did his family have the time in the aftermath of his death to buy the tomb space, while also pulling off a stealing of the body and continue to preach that Jesus was raised BODILY, not merely spiritually?
Jesus Family Tomb Would Not Have Been in Jerusalem, but Nazarethĭr. In an effort to bring out facts which disprove the major assumptions of the film and the book, we have provided the following nine facts that disprove The Family Tomb of Jesus with the help of some of our friends who serve as professors and experts on Christianity in today's universities and graduate institutions. The truth is that several unsupportable assumptions have been made to provide maximum hype for the book and television event. But what truth can be found in this story? This is not a question of what are the chances of finding another tomb in the Jerusalem area with these same names but what are the chances of the people in this tomb not being the biblical family of Jesus? “Judah, son of Jesus,” hinting that Jesus may have had a son. They even claim that one of the caskets bears the title, These researchers argue that 10 small caskets discovered in 1980 in a Jerusalem suburb may have held the bones of Jesus and his family. A related book by Simcha and Charles Pellegrino entitled The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and the Evidence That Could Change History (Harper Collins) released the day of the press conference to coordinate with the special. On Sunday, March 4, 2007, “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” produced by Oscar-winning director James Cameron aired nationwide on the Discovery Channel. On February 26, 2007, filmmakers and researchers unveiled two ancient stone boxes they claim may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. There is multiple historical attestation that both Christians and non-Christians knew where the tomb of Jesus was, and that it was found empty on the third day. The trouble with James, the brother of Jesus, is history says he was buried alone in another tomb.ĩ. There is no historical evidence that connects Mariamne and Mary Magdalene.Ĩ. There is no historical evidence that Jesus was ever married or had a child.ħ. The DNA evidence is irrelevant and untrustworthy.Ħ.
The statistics are also distorted regarding Mary of Magdalene.ĥ.
It has been found in 98 other tombs and on 21 other ossuaries.Ĥ. The name “Jesus” was a popular name in the first century. The statistical analysis concerning Jesus is highly exaggerated. If this is the Family Tomb of Jesus, why does it contain so many non-family members?ģ. Jesus Family Tomb would not have been in Jerusalem, but Nazareth.Ģ.