Notes:

Notes:

1. For details of this scholarly outcry, see Appendix 1.

2. Christopher Mims, “Special Report: Has James Cameron Found Jesus's Tomb or Is It Just a Statistical Error?” Scientific American, March 2, 2007, 3.

3. Stephen Pfann, “The Improper Application of Statistics in ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ ” (University of the Holy Land, 1–2).

4. Richard Bauckham, “The Alleged Jesus Family Tomb,’ ” March 1, 2007,2; found at http://www.christilling.de/blog/ctblog.html, downloaded on March 1, 2007); Bauckham's ossuary statistics are also listed in Ben Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,” February 26, 2007 (http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/, downloaded on February 26, 2007). See also Joe Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2–3; found at http://www.joezias.com/tomb.html, downloaded on March 6, 2007.

5. “Dominus Flevit,” 2 (downloaded on March 22, 2007); email from Michael S. Heiser, March 13, 2007.

6. James H. Charlesworth, “Reflections on the So-called ‘Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ ” February 7, 2007, 1.

7. Karen Matthews, “Documentary Shows Possible Jesus Tomb,” Associated Press, February 26, 20007, 2.

8. “The Aramaic Blog,” February 29, 2007, 3; also listed on “NT Gateway” site of Mark Goodacre of Duke University.

9. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty, 23.

10. Bauckham, “The Alleged ‘Jesus Family Tomb,’” 3–4; Pfann, “The Improper Application of Statistics in ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’” 3; Ben Witherington, “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” February 28, 2007, 2 (http://benwitherington.blogspot.com/, downloaded on February 28, 2007).

11. James Tabor, “The Talpiot Jesus Tomb: An Overview,” The Jesus Dynasty Blog, March 24, 2007, 3.

12. Joseph Fitzmyer, book review of Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino, The Jesus Family Tomb in America: The National Catholic Weekly, date?, 3 (downloaded on April 2, 2007); Witherington, “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” 2.

13. Ben Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb Show—Biblical Archaeologists Reject Discovery Channel Show's Claims,” March 5, 2007, 3.

14. Fitzmyer, book review, 2–3.

15. Fitzmyer, book review, 2; Witherington, “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” 2.

16. Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,” 4.

17. Bauckham, “The Alleged ‘Jesus Family Tomb,’” 5.

18. Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,” 3; “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” 3–4, 6–7.

19. Stephen Pfann, “Mary Magdalene is Now Missing: A Corrected Reading of Rahmani Ossuary 701,” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, March, 2007, 7.

20. James Tabor, “Tabor Responds to Phann,” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, March, 2007, 1.

21. Bauckham, “The Alleged ‘Jesus Family Tomb,’” 5.

22. Francois Bovon, “The Tomb of Jesus,” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, March, 2007, 1.

23. Mark Goodacre, “The Statistical Case for the Identity of the “Jesus Family Tomb,” NT Gateway, March 1, 2007, 1.

24. Michael Licona, “First Person: Has the Family Tomb of Jesus Been Found?” BP News, February 27, 2007, 1–3.

25. Mark Goodacre, “The Statistical Case for the Identity of the “Jesus Family Tomb,” March 1, 2007, 2.

26. Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2.

27. For examples of those who mention this, see Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2–3; Chris Rosebrough, “Archaeological Identity Theft: The Lost Tomb of Jesus Fails to Make the Grade,” Extreme Theology, 3; http://www.extremetheology.com/, downloaded on February 27, 2007.

28. Stuart Laidlaw, “Christ's Tomb Found? Canadian Filmmaker Claims Burial Boxes Belonged to Christ's Family,” Toronto Star, February 25, 2007, 3.

29. Ibid., 3.

30. Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,” 5.

31. Witherington, “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” 5.

32. Wifherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,” 5; Licona, “First Person: Has the Family Tomb of Jesus Been Found?” 1).

33. Kloner, “A Tomb with Inscribed Ossuaries in East Talpiot,” 15–22; David Horovitz, Question and Answer interview with Amos Kloner, “Kloner: A Great Story, but Nonsense,” Jerusalem Post, February 27, 2007, 1; Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2–4); personal emails from Joe Zias, March 1, 2007 and from Amos Kloner, March 3, 2007.

34. Kloner, “A Tomb with Inscribed Ossuaries in East Talpiot,” 21.

35. Goranson as quoted by Mark Goodacre, NT Gateway Weblog, February 27, 2007, 1–2.

36. Tabor comment from February 27, 2007 as quoted in Christopher Heard, “They're Baaaa-aaaack,” February 25, 2007, 2–3. (http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=539, downloaded on February 28, 2007.

37. Mark Goodacre, NT Gateway Weblog, February 27, 2007, 2.

38. Jonathan Reed, Discovery Channel Interview with Ted Koppel, “The Lost Tomb of Jesus: A Critical Look,” March 4, 2007.

39. Ben Witherington, “The Smoking Gun---Tenth Talpiot Ossuary Proved to be Blank,” March 1, 2007, 1–2.

40. Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2.

41. Witherington, “Problems Multiply for Jesus Tomb Theory,” 4.

42. Ted Koppel, Discovery Channel Interview, “The Lost Tomb of Jesus: A Critical Look.”

43. Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2–3.

44. Amos Kloner, “A Tomb with Inscribed Ossuaries in East Talpiyot [sic], Jerusalem,” 'Antiqot, Vol 29 (1996), especially note 2, 22.

45. Tabor, “The Talpiot Jesus Tomb: An Overview,” The Jesus Dynasty Blog, March 24, 2007, 2.

46. Christopher A. Rollston, “Prosopography and the Talpiyot [sic] Yeshua Family Tomb: Pensees of a Paleographer,” Society of Biblical Literature Forum, March, 2007, endnote 29, 6. Pfann agrees, “The Improper Application of Statistics in ‘The Lost Tomb of Jesus,’ ” 1–2.

47. Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” 2.

48. Witherington, “The Jesus Tomb? ‘Titanic’ Talpiot Tomb Theory Sunk from the Start,”, 4.

49. Tabor, The Jesus Dynasty, 26; repeated on 27.

50. Quoted by Christopher Mims, “Says Scholar Whose Work Was Used in the Upcoming Jesus Tomb Documentary: ‘I think it's completely mishandled. I am angry.’ ” Scientific American.com, March 2, 2007, 3. Zias concurs in this evaluation regarding the DNA testing (Zias, “Deconstructing the Second and Hopefully Last Coming of Simcha and the BAR Crowd,” March 7, 2007, 2).

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