tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post5437467074128405686..comments2024-03-21T14:59:20.729-04:00Comments on NT Blog: Talpiot Tomb VariousMark Goodacrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05115370166754797529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-869453285301709312007-03-31T19:47:00.000-04:002007-03-31T19:47:00.000-04:00If the masculinity of MRYH is as obvious as Gordon...If the masculinity of MRYH is as obvious as Gordon makes it seem, then this entire fiasco started with an obvious error made by the original 1980 researchers. How could this happen? We know they weren't unscrupulous hucksters; they never tried to monetize their find with an archaeopornumentary.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the story of the Nativity is so deeply ingrained in everyone's subconscious that it's nearly impossible to see a Joseph and a Jesus without also trying to see a Mary-- like a nearly irresistible optical illusion.<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of the hapless NASA analyst who in 1976 found and published a photo of a Martian mountain that's shaped like a human face. He never imagined that hucksters would still be using his mountain as a basis for conspiracy theories and caelestioporn, three full decades later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-83584338004551884722007-03-28T09:28:00.000-04:002007-03-28T09:28:00.000-04:00How about the possibility that instead of having a...How about the possibility that instead of having a woman named 'Marya' in one of the ossuaries we have a man named 'Merayah' (as per Nehemiah Gordon)? The two are both spelled exactly the same in Hebrew, MRYH, and it would make sense of the other Hebrew name we have, Matya. If this reading is even half-plausible it's Adios muchachos for the whole Jesus tomb theory.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5759844.post-41550376936729832962007-03-28T08:55:00.000-04:002007-03-28T08:55:00.000-04:00That Bagatti excavation is pretty interesting. If...That Bagatti excavation is pretty interesting. If we're looking at an unusual cluttering of names, we also have it here. So it looks like that the odds of the Talpiot tomb identification just went from, ahem, 600:1 to no better than 1:1 (and, for other reasons, probably a lot worse).Stephen C. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239379955876245197noreply@blogger.com