The Jesus Family Tomb: The Discovery, the Investigation, and th
Written by Simcha Jacobovici and Charles Pellegrino
Narrated by Michael Ciulla
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About this audiobook
The Jesus Family Tomb tells the story of what may be the greatest archaeological find of all time—the discovery of the family tomb of Jesus of Nazareth
The Jesus Family Tomb includes:
- A gripping real-life detective story that combines history, archaeology and cutting-edge science, and reveals the truth behind 2,000 years of mystery
- Scientific details about the Jesus family tomb ossuaries
- Results from DNA tests performed on human residue taken out of the Jesus ossuary and the Mary Magdalene ossuary
Simcha Jacobovici
Simcha Jacobovici is an Emmy-winning documentary director and producer and a widely published writer and lecturer. His articles have appeared around the globe in publications such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Currently the host of The Naked Archaeologist on the History Channel, Simcha Jacobovici lives in Toronto.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Highly entertaining... informative... and no less probable than any other history of Jesus.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought that this was quite interesting, but I'm not entirely convinced. Some of the arguments were very good, others very weak. I may have to take a math or statistics course: I'm sure that the statistics were not done correctly, but I don't know exactly how they should be done, even if they had the data. The clustering of male names, for example, should have taken into account the tendency of names to run in families (as the authors imply they did), which might have made this statistically more likely. On the other hand, there is no accounting for the way that specific relationships narrow the odds. The odds that a man named Joseph would have two sons Jesus and James is less than the odds that three men of unspecified relationship would be in the same family.As the authors point out, there are a lot of people who simply don't want to hear this. Since I don't have anly stake one way or the other, it is rather amusing to me that this is such a hot potato.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There are dozens of investigative books on Jesus-Jesus as a myth who never lived, Jesus who disappeared for a number of years before he came back, speculations on his whereabouts during his `disappearance', and his emergence and possible impact. For the faithful, none of this matter; they believe they know him. For the thinker, it matters, especially because of the contradicting stories and the discovery of later evidences. Clearly, there is an interest in Jesus from lay people as well as scholars.This is a compelling book that cannot be dismissed. It is written after painstaking investigation. It reads like a detective work, a treat for any interested reader. The brilliant Forward by James Cameron must be read first. While the authors' conclusions may not be the ultimate proofs (it is not possible to `prove' anything that happened thousands of years ago `conclusively') their research work of stunning proportion is remarkable. The reader can come to his/her own conclusions.It is worth noting that there are books on the discovery of Jesus' and his family members' tombs in and near Kashmir, India. The tomb of Moses is also in the same area, according to these sources.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Jesus Family Tomb reads well, as one would expect from a host of a History Channel show. However, just as one would expect from the host of History Channel show, the book is short on analysis, fact, or believability. Some claims made in the book are outright lies, others distortions, and, not surprisingly, some are true. It is by the careful weaving of these claims that the authors keep from making themselves sound absurd. The worst part of the book is the statistical "analysis" of the names on the tomb. Unfortunately for the authors, this is also one of the main pieces of evidence for their claims. Have the authors even made a prima facia case that this is the tomb of Jesus and his family? No. Is this the tomb of Jesus? Who knows. Does it matter? Not to anyone with even a tenuous grip on rationality.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Has to be the crappiest book purporting to be 'scientific' that I have ever read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thought that this was quite interesting, but I'm not entirely convinced. Some of the arguments were very good, others very weak. I may have to take a math or statistics course: I'm sure that the statistics were not done correctly, but I don't know exactly how they should be done, even if they had the data. The clustering of male names, for example, should have taken into account the tendency of names to run in families (as the authors imply they did), which might have made this statistically more likely. On the other hand, there is no accounting for the way that specific relationships narrow the odds. The odds that a man named Joseph would have two sons Jesus and James is less than the odds that three men of unspecified relationship would be in the same family.As the authors point out, there are a lot of people who simply don't want to hear this. Since I don't have anly stake one way or the other, it is rather amusing to me that this is such a hot potato.