Today on Talpiot

In The Aramaic Blog , Steve Caruso has an update on the reading of the "Jesus, son of Joseph" inscription on one of the ossuaries ...

SBL / Logos Technology Paper Awards deadline fast approaching

Michael Heiser emails to ask that I (and other bloggers) post a reminder about the SBL / Logos Technology Paper Awards. The deadline of 1 M...

In Defence of Wikipedia Response

I have enjoyed the responses to my post In Defence of Wikipedia . Jim West says that he has disdain for Wikipedia, "Disdain because W...

In Defence of Wikipedia

It is becoming fashionable among academics these days to have a go at Wikipedia . This is inevitable for a variety of reasons. Academics a...

Talpiot Tomb Various

There are several additional things that are worth mentioning on the Talpiot tomb story from recent days. Randy Ingermanson has uploaded a ...

Plumley's Coptic Grammar

Thanks to Paterson Brown for the note that the on-line edition of Plumley's Coptic Grammar has been revised. The major update is that a...

Happy Blogiversary Paleojudaica

Happy Blogiversary to Paleojudaica , four years old yesterday. Paleojudaica is why I started blogging three and a half years ago. It'...

SBL Forum: Tomb Latest

I was away during the latter part of last week so haven't blogged for a little. It's good to see on my return that François Bovon h...

Further Updates to Discovery Tomb Website

On Friday, Joe D'Mello noted changes made on the Discovery Lost Tomb of Jesus website with respect to the statistical case. The site ...

How to decipher the Yeshua` inscription

Further to my post the other day on Talpiot Tomb: Does is say Jesus? , I am grateful to James Tabor for sending over this PDF, which nicely ...

Archer and Moloney's Gospel of Judas

This story is extensively reported today, but surprisingly little touched on in the biblioblogosphere. Jeffrey Archer, the notorious Britis...

Talpiot Tomb: Does it Say Jesus?

I've had a few days off from the tomb, so now it's back to business. One of the question marks over the Talpiot tomb ossuaries rela...

Americanizing the Cricket World Cup

Normal service will be resumed here again soon. In the mean time, regular readers will know that I also write occasional posts on The Ameri...

Discovery Website Adjusts Tomb Claims

Joe D'Mello emails me with the following (see previous posts in this thread ): ----------- I just checked the Discovery Channel website ...

Talpiot Tomb Statistics Update

Jack Poirier's article, which I mentioned the other day, on the Statistics behind the "Jesus Family Tomb", is now available a...

Mariamene and Martha, Stephen Pfann

I mentioned earlier ( Talpiot Tomb Various ) Stephen Pfann's new reading of the "Mariamenou Mara" ossuary. He has published h...

Talpiot Tomb Various

I must admit that I thought interest in the Talpiot tomb would quickly die away, but I was wrong. Recent developments of interest include ...

Correction on Discovery Tomb Website

Thanks to Joe D'Mello (see previous posts in the "Jesus Family Tomb" Statistics series) for this update concerning the Discov...

Jesus Family Tomb Website: Errors and Inaccuracies

I have spent some time on the Jesus Family Tomb Website over the last week or so while blogging reactions to the documentary that aired thi...

Mariamne, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Bethany

One of the key claims made in the recent documentary on the "Jesus Family Tomb" is that the ossuary inscription "Mariamenou M...

James Charlesworth on the "Jesus Family Tomb": follow-up

It is sometimes said that there are no academics who think that the Talpiot tomb might be identified with Jesus' family tomb. I noted l...

Adjustments to Discovery Website Statistics Claims

Regular readers will remember that I have reproduced a couple of posts on the statistical claims of the Discovery documentary on the "J...

What your students are typing in class

Ever wondered what those students with laptops are actually typing in your classes? You know, the earnest looking ones who are typing away ...

The "Jesus Family Tomb": Amy-Jill Levine comments

On the Discovery: Lost Tomb of Jesus Discussion Forum , Amy-Jill Levine now responds to several of those who have posed their questions on t...

The Numbers Guy on the Talpiot Tomb Calculations

There is an article in this morning's Wall Street Journal Online on the "Jesus' Family Tomb" documentary (thanks to Steph...

Friends and Heroes latest

On Bible Films , Matt Page has the latest on the new animated Bible adventure series to begin airing on the BBC next week (March 12). It h...

Talpiot Tomb: Assorted Thoughts

In no particular order, I want to tie up some loose ends and air some niggles about the "Jesus Family Tomb" claims. On the questio...

Review of Biblical Literature latest

Latest from the SBL Review of Biblical Literature under the NT heading, combining the last two email alerts: Ian Boxall The Revelation of S...

Peer review and the tomb

I am not yet convinced by one element in the scholarly reaction to the "Jesus Family Tomb", the claim that the case should have be...

Expository Times latest

Latest issue of The Expository Times is available to subscribers; the link is below, along with articles under the NT heading: Expository T...

University of St Andrews: Professorship in New Testament

On Paleojudaica , Jim Davila encourages other bibliobloggers to publicize this important job advertisement: THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS inv...