The tomb of Jesus and his family? : exploring ancient Jewish tombs near Jerusalem's walls : the fourth Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins, Sponsored by the Foundation on Judaism and Christian Origins
Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, 2013
Physical Details
xx, 585 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBNs
9780802867452, 0802867456
OCLC
ocn853313545
Includes bibliographical references (pages 576-585).
Preface : contextualizing the search for Herod's and Jesus' tomb / James H. Charlesworth -- Introduction : Jerusalem's tombs during the time of Jesus -- Part I. Ossuaries and Jewish burial customs in Judea and Galilee -- The Talpiot Tomb reconsidered : the archaeological facts / Amos Kloner and Shimon Gibson -- The imperfect "tomb of Jesus and family" / Claude Cohen-Matlofsky -- Burial customs in Judea and Galilee in the late second temple period : an important component in the discussion about "Jesus' family tomb" / Mordechai Aviam -- The ossuary of Simon and Alexander / Andre Lamaire -- Part II. Inscriptions and prosopography -- What's in a name? / Rachel Hachlili -- Identifying inscriptional names in the century before 70 : problems and methodology / Andre Lemaire -- Demythologizing the Talpiot Tomb : the tomb of another Jesus, Mary, and Joseph / Stephen Pfann -- Prosopography, mitochondrial DNA, statistics and the "Yeshua' family tomb" : pensees of an epigrapher / Christopher A. Rollston -- Part III. DNA and Patina : improving methodologies -- A review of the significance of the DNA findings from the Talpiot Tomb / Mark Spigelman -- The potential role of Patina history in discerning the removal of specific artifacts from specific toms / Charles Pellegrino -- Part IV. Talpiot, a Jesus family, and Mary Magdalene -- The Talpiot "Jesus" Tomb : a historical analysis / James D. Tabor -- The memorial Mary meets the historical Mary : the many faces of the Magdalene in ancient Christianity / April D. DeConick -- Mary Magdalene as Mara, honorable teacher / Jane Schaberg -- The Mariam ossuary in Greek / Jonathan J. price -- Part V. The James ossuary -- The James ossuary and its implications / Joseph A. Fitzmyer, S.J. -- On the authenticity of the James ossuary and its possible link to "the Jesus family tomb" / Amnon Rosenfeld, Howard R. Feldman, and Wolfgang E. Krumbein -- Part VI. Talpiot, statistics, the holy sepulcher and the apostles -- Who is in the Talpiot Tomb? a statistical approach / Mark Elliott and Kegvin Kelty -- Names, statistics, and the "Jesus family" tomb site / Camil Fuchs -- A critical evaluation of the occurrences of common names, rare names, and nicknames : The name Yose from the Talpiot Tomb as a test case / Eldad Keynan -- The holy sepulcher, court tombs, and Talpiot Tomb in light of Jewish contemporary law / Eldad Keynan -- The apostles and brothers of Jesus / Andrew V. Sills -- Part VII. Beliefs in second temple Judaism about burial and the afterlife -- The burial of Jesus in light of Jewish burial practices and Roman crucifixions / Lee Martin McDonald -- Understanding the afterlife : evidence from the writings of Josephus / Casey D. Elledge -- Death and burial customs in earliest Christianity / Konstantinos Th. Zarras -- Burial practices and faith in resurrection / Petr Pokory -- Part VIII. Summary and Conclusion -- Polemics, irenics, and the science of biblical research / James H. Charlesworth -- Part IX. Postscript -- What is the message of "the patio tomb" in Talpiot, Jerusalem? / James H. Charlesworth