The evidence that Jesus lived in flesh and blood is the proof that Christians have been waiting for to counter the Sceptics’ view that Jesus was a figment of imagination.
At the same time it will be shocking to note that Jesus did not resurrect himself as believed by the Faithful.
It does not really matter whether he was resurrected or not.
It is his message that is relevant.
Hope the Church is not carried by over enthusiasm and dub this evidence as inadmissible.
“The story of a stunning new discovery that provides the first physical evidence of Christians in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus and his apostles
In 2010, using a specialized robotic camera, authors Tabor and Jacobovici, working with archaeologists, geologists, and forensic anthropologists, explored a previously unexcavated tomb in Jerusalem from around the time of Jesus. They made a remarkable discovery. The tomb contained several ossuaries, or bone boxes, two of which were carved with an iconic image and a Greek inscription. Taken together, the image and the inscription constitute the earliest archaeological evidence of faith in Jesus’ resurrection.
Since the newly discovered ossuaries can be reliably dated to before 70 AD, when Jerusalem was destroyed by the Romans, they also provide the first evidence in Jerusalem of the people who would later be called “Christians.” In fact, it is possible, maybe even likely, that whoever was buried in this tomb knew Jesus and heard him preach.
“The newly examined tomb is only 200 feet away from the so-called Jesus Family Tomb. This controversial tomb, excavated in 1980 and recently brought to international attention, contained ossuaries inscribed with names associated with Jesus and his immediate family. Critics dismissed the synchronicity of names as mere coincidence. But the new discovery increases the likelihood that the “Jesus Family Tomb” is, indeed, the real tomb of Jesus of Nazareth. Tabor and Jacobovici discuss the evidence in support of this interpretation and describe how both tombs appear to have been part of the property of a wealthy individual, possibly Joseph of Arimathea, the man who, according to the gospels, buried Jesus.
http://books.simonandschuster.com/Jesus-Discovery/Simcha-Jacobovici/9781451650402
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Most provocatively, they pointed to one box that was said to contain the remains of Jesus, and another containing the remains of “Judah, son of Jesus.” These claims ran counter to the mainstream Christian view that Jesus made a bodily resurrection after his crucifixion and death, and that he did not marry or have children. To explain the seeming discrepancy with the Gospels, Tabor and his colleagues suggested that early Christians did not necessarily believe in a bodily resurrection, but rather a spiritual resurrection in which Jesus left behind the “old clothes” of the flesh.
The first book (“The Jesus Family Tomb“) and TV documentary (“The Lost Tomb of Jesus”) set off a wave of protests, with skeptics saying that Tabor and Jacobovici were sensationalizing an unprovable assertion. Despite the criticism, the team continued their work, focusing on the other tomb. This tomb was only briefly examined in 1981 before protests by Orthodox Jews, concerned about the disturbance of a gravesite, forced an end to the archaeological study. The tomb was sealed back up, and a condominium was built over it. Tabor and his colleagues refer to this tomb as the “Patio Tomb,” because a patio sits almost directly above the tomb.
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/28/10521007-new-find-revives-jesus-tomb-flap
Anything based on a lie is a lie.The Holy blood Holy grail pretend that Jesus escaped death on the cross and married Mary Magdalene.Then Da Vinci code pretend a secret marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene and the real blood of the grail is inside Mary based on the painting of the last supper by Leonardo Da Vinci.Recently some persons pretend finding Jesus tomb and bones and their discoveries correspond the above fake stories.So we have two dangerous lies:The real blood and the marriage of Jesus with Mary Magdalene.For the first one the real and Holy blood of Jesus is on His forehead and not in the womb of Mary.This is revealed in the true story The Coin Of The Temple by Souheil Bayoud.For the second which is the impossibility of marriage of Jesus with Mary Mary Magdalene will be revealed to those persons when God replace the hairs of their heads with feathers.