The Tomb of Jesus and His Family?

<DIV><I>Addresses a much-contested archaeological discovery</I><BR /><BR /> In 1980 archaeologists unearthed a tomb near Jerusalem that contained a family's ossuaries inscribed with some familiar New Testament names including Mary Joseph and Jesus. In 2007 the Discovery Channel produced and broadcast a documentary called <I>The Lost Tomb of Jesus</I> raising interest -- and controversy -- among the public and specialists alike. Could this actually be the tomb of Jesus and his family?<BR /><BR /> In January of 2008 a group of internationally renowned scholars from a broad range of disciplines met in Jerusalem to discuss that very question. Covering the archaeological facts about the discovery Jewish burial customs during the late Second Temple period first-century inscriptions the Talpiot tomb the James ossuary the Holy Sepulcher and morethis volume presents their expert perspectives on a much-publicized topic.<BR /><BR /><B>Contributors</B>:Mordechai Aviam Wolfgang E. Krumbein <BR />James H. Charlesworth André Lemaire <BR />Claude Cohen-Matlofsky Lee Martin McDonald <BR />April D. DeConick Charles Pellegrino <BR />Casey D. Elledge Stephen Pfann <BR />Mark Elliott Petr Pokorný <BR />Howard R. Feldman Jonathan J. Price <BR />Joseph A. Fitzmyer Christopher A. Rollston <BR />Camil Fuchs Amnon Rosenfeld <BR />Shimon Gibson Jane Schaberg <BR />Rachel Hachlili Andrew V. Sills <BR />Eldad Keynan Mark Spigelman <BR />Kevin Kilty James D. Tabor <BR />Amos Kloner Konstantinos Th. Zarras <BR />  <BR />Watch an interview with James H. Charlesworth below: <BR /><BR /><BR /></DIV><BR />