Posted by
EFuller on Monday, February 26, 2007 8:34:09 PM
A film maker claims his new documentary will show that Jesus and Mary Magdalene had a son and were all buried in a tomb discovered over 25 years ago. Publicity stunt? Likely. Archeaologists doubt the tale. Comments of one:
The archeologist, Amos Kloner, said the 2,000-year-old cave contained coffins belonging to a
Jewish family whose names were similar to those of Jesus and his relatives.
"I can say positively that I don't accept the identification (as) ... belonging to the family of Jesus in
Jerusalem," Kloner told Reuters. "I don't accept that the family of Miriam and Yosef (Mary and
Joseph), the parents of Jesus, had a family tomb in Jerusalem."
"They were a very poor family. They resided in Nazareth, they came to Bethlehem in order to have
the birth done there -- so I don't accept it, not historically, not archeologically," said Kloner, a
professor in the Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archeology at Bar-Ilan University
near Tel Aviv.
The Jerusalem Post also has a detailed article.