The Jesus Discovery
The Resurrection Tomb that Reveals the Birth of Christianity

"The Jesus Discovery" is a follow-up to "The Jesus Family Tomb" (Jacobovici and Pellegrino). The current book is by James Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici -- different authors, but still receiving a similar treatment, since Tabor was involved in the investigations in the earlier book. "The Jesus Discover......more

This book, as far as I can tell, is a follow-up of sorts, to The Jesus Family Tomb book. In that book, they detailed the finding of a tomb in Jerusalem, in which there were a series of ossuaries, which had names inscribed on them, including Jesus, son of Joseph; Mary; and Mariamene Mara (interpreted......more

There've been claims of actual physical evidence of the existence of members of Jesus' family since three ossuary tombs to the south of Jerusalem were exposed by construction workers in 1980. This, the third and most recent of the books I've read on the subject, goes so far as to link the three, the......more

‘Good history is never the enemy of informed faith.’ Seems true enough to me but for many Christians the physical resurrection of Jesus is an essential principle of their religion. ‘The Jesus Discovery’ would be a difficult read for these followers as it suggests that if such a resurrection did take......more

I approached this book backwards, starting with the scholarly debate that followed the book and Tabor's and Jacobovici's claims. The various articles, blog posts, and rich commentary from the various scholars who have investigated the claims are interesting and generally unsupportive of T's & J's cl......more