Amazon is now advertising Simcha’s book, described as follows-
The Jesus Discovery shows how a recent major archeological discovery in Jerusalem is revolutionizing our understanding of Jesus and the earliest years of Christianity.
More overblown claims about some discovery that will explode Christianity… again.
Tabor and Jacobovici have examined a sealed first-century tomb in Jerusalem, where they have found the earliest evidence for a belief in the resurrection of Jesus, based on what appears to be the oldest Christian iconography ever discovered. This major new find will be the subject of a primetime National Geographic Society television documentary.
Book + documentary = nothing more than a quest for a buck. ‘Scholarship’ for the fast dollar.
The discovery affirms a belief in the resurrection of Jesus that pre-dates the Gospels. It is possible, perhaps even likely, that whoever was buried in this tomb heard Jesus preach.
Oh sure it is. Pure speculation. Maybe whoever’s buried there also ate a peanut butter sandwich with Jesus…
The stunning discovery also reopens the historical discussion of a nearby tomb previously identified by the authors as the family tomb of Jesus. That tomb contained ossuaries that may be those of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and members of the family of Jesus. Was Jesus married, and did he father a child who was buried in this tomb?
A colleague tells me that two of the book’s chapters are devoted to Mary Magdalene and suggests that she was a boozer because they found high levels of lead in her dna (yes, remember, they found her bones buried next to Jesus…’). Lead was used in ancient times to stop the fermentation process. So, speculation piled on top of speculation.
The new discovery will be the subject of an early November press conference. Publication of the book will coincide with the press conference.
Just in time to be the subject of banter at SBL too I imagine. To stir up purchases. To pimp archaeology once more. And that’s the tragic part. All this pimping of archaeology just casts the whole field in a bad light.
Shame on them. And shame on Simon and Schuster for publishing this nonsense. And you think self-published books can be pure nonsense? Think again.
Zwinglius Redivivus 
Well written and as more information comes out, you will see it here. thanks for informing the public and there will be more surprises.
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my pleasure. i think its VERY IMPORTANT that the truth win out over the publicity machine.
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What isn’t pimped these days? Jacobovici is the Jewish Ron Wyatt.
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