tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post114783302019889492..comments2024-03-10T10:54:59.776-07:00Comments on Ben Witherington: Ossuary Rises from the Patina Dust-- the Latest BombshellBen Witheringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1148395575386689422006-05-23T07:46:00.000-07:002006-05-23T07:46:00.000-07:00This is fascinating. I love how folks want it bot...This is fascinating. I love how folks want it both ways. <BR/><BR/>When science is used to cast doubt on the history of the Christian faith it is lauded as the great objective truthfinder. Yet, when science starts to confirm significant historical data supporting the Christian faith it is then subject to the same doubt as the faith. Ironic, eh?<BR/><BR/>I saw a show the other night where they did DNA testing on bone fragments from the Merovingian line. They determined the DNA was without a doubt European - there was no trace of Middle Eastern descent, thus exploding yet another Da Vinci/Holy Blood Holy Grail myth. <BR/><BR/>Let's get some consistency here - if you're going to accept scientific evidence to disprove something, at least be big enough to accept it when solid scientific evidence confirms something you have doubts about.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320909085661919504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147986923280987012006-05-18T14:15:00.000-07:002006-05-18T14:15:00.000-07:00Rainsborough: Lets sort out a few things. Firstl...Rainsborough: <BR/><BR/>Lets sort out a few things. Firstly we do know where this ossuary came from--- Silwan, from the soil samples in the box itself. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, we have witnesses to the full inscription on the box in Golan's house from the 70s-- including ex-girl friends who are not friends any more. <BR/><BR/>Thirdly, the ossuary was in its container in the storage room on the roof. It was the IAA who took it out, placed it on the toilet and then took the picture, to make Golan look bad. Golan did not leave it in that condition on the toilet. <BR/><BR/>Fourthly, Golan has made replicas which are perfectly legal, but as the experts have said he has neither the skills, nor the tools to have made the inscription on this ossuary. Nor is there any evidence he has sold replicas as genuine.<BR/><BR/>Fifthly, not a single expert epigrapher has said that the last part of the inscription must be by a different or later hand. This is simply not true. There was a woman who made such a claim, in an act of self publicity. She turned out to be someone who knew nothing about ancient epigraphy. Her field was medieval illuminated manuscripts! <BR/><BR/>Having said all this, of course more tests need to be run on the ossuary. Let's hope the trial is over soon.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>BenBen Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147978874049652552006-05-18T12:01:00.000-07:002006-05-18T12:01:00.000-07:00Where is the link to this story? I don't see any i...Where is the link to this story? I don't see any internet links specified in the blog.Frank Waltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126023605395414714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147908102353882582006-05-17T16:21:00.000-07:002006-05-17T16:21:00.000-07:00Eisenman has a point however I would remind you th...Eisenman has a point however I would remind you that Andre Lemaire was and is the world's leading epigrapher. Furthermore, two then members of the IAA itself authenticated the patina. Kyle Mc Carter and Frank Moore Cross also declared it genuine. That's some heavy hitters. Hope we will be able to run more tests soon, but this report makes very clear that the IAA report is bogus, and always was.<BR/><BR/>BenBen Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147864339723808402006-05-17T04:12:00.000-07:002006-05-17T04:12:00.000-07:00There are 159 people being grilled in that trial. ...There are 159 people being grilled in that trial. Some of them have had nothing to do with the James ossuary. I imagine those two are among them.<BR/><BR/>BenBen Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147844214494996862006-05-16T22:36:00.000-07:002006-05-16T22:36:00.000-07:00It's great that truth continues to get a fair hear...It's great that truth continues to get a fair hearing in the ossuary matter! <BR/><BR/>(And the fact that critics are ripping on the Da Vinci Code movie might bring a smile as well. Allegedly, only Ian McKellen, who was awesome as Gandalf in the first Lord of the Rings movie, really shows any talent for good acting in the flick; even Hanks' performance is being jeered. Won't really know 'til I see it myself, though.)yuckabuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05286909279733012915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147839780476517902006-05-16T21:23:00.000-07:002006-05-16T21:23:00.000-07:00Professor,I am not sure how closely you are follow...Professor,<BR/><BR/>I am not sure how closely you are following the trial, but on the chance that you have more info than I, I have a question about the two defendants who have pleaded guilty. Some other bloggers have made much of that fact, but it is my understanding that those two defendants were not alleged to have been involved with the James Ossuary. Is that correct?<BR/><BR/>ThanksLaymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11761410435140602771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11840313.post-1147835809461733522006-05-16T20:16:00.000-07:002006-05-16T20:16:00.000-07:00yup....yup....Ben Witheringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017701050859255865noreply@blogger.com