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Originally Posted by crich70
The problem with that (aside from conflict with scripture which is more fitted for the religion forum) is that Jesus is the Greek for what we would call Joshua and the name was probably pretty common around that part of the world at the time. So just finding a grave with the name Jesus on it in that part of the world isn't that odd. My middle name is Richard and I wager there are a good many men with the name Richard on their tombstones.
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Frankly, I am not familiar with all of the proofs that Jacobvici/Tabor advance in favor of their view. I have to feel that there's far more than just an ossuary (box that bones of a person were put in after the flesh was gone--the general practice was to do it about a year's time after the person's death, if I remember correctly) with the name "Yeshua" (Jesus) on it that causes them to believe the way that they do. I actually have had the book that Difflugia posted about the Talpiot tomb, for quite some time, but haven't read it. I guess that I would find out if I bothered to read the book . . . .