This still fails to explain a lot. You suggest that the talipot tomb and James Ossuary are related in the sense that the James Ossuary came from the Talpiot tomb. Well this is hardly plausible for many reasons:
1. The names given on the talpiot tomb are too common. All of the names given were common in ancient Israel. Especially Mary and Joseph. As for Jesus, Josephus mentions 10 other notable Jesus’s living during the time of Jesus. Also you claim that Mary Magdalene is in the tomb being the wife of Jesus. Well that might work expect according to historians Mary died in Turkey. Also there are other names that shouldn’t belong if this is solely the family tomb, names like Matthew. You’d have to claim that somehow Matthew was apart of this tomb which would be ad hoc since Matthew died in Italy. Also you claim Jose’s is the son of Jesus. Well this goes back to the idea of Jesus being married. Nearly all scholars agree the historical Jesus wasn’t married or had children.
The early church could have even used it to make Jesus more like David as David had multiple children. Also when Paul is arguing as to if Corthinans can marry he writes: “Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?”1 Corinthians 9:5. If Jesus was indeed married and had children it would have certainly been mentioned and modeled.
2: According to Amos Kloner, there is no way the James Ossuary and can be connected to the talpiot tomb because of the differing dimensions. Granted, there are some dissimilarity among tombs that have been found to be related. Yet Kloner notes that theses dimensions are too unrelated.
3: Scholars also note that people buried in tombs outside of Jerusalem were known by their place of origin. We know of many people in the Bible according to their origin, people such as Mary Magdalene, Saul of Tarsus even Jesus of Nazareth. If the tomb truly was the or Jesus Christ then we could expect to find a place if orgin mentioned on the tomb. But of course we don’t find that. Plus it wouldn’t make sense not to call Jesus as Jesus of Nazareth on the tomb since he is called Jesus of Nazareth dozens of times in acts, and the gospels.
4. Lastly, the talpiot tomb was known to have wealthy owners. According to the Bible and scholars the early Christians were poor and persecuted. They rarely had the funds for food and had to share liberally. The ide of buying a tomb for a dead messiah lacks explanatory power.
Regarding the Isotope correlation of the talpiot tomb and the James Ossuary. I believe other theories are more plausible. The first I would purpose is that the relation was caused by chance due to dust storms in Israel. The owner of the James Ossuary even has a photo of himself with the Ossuary before the talpiot tomb was found. Though this may seem implausible, I believe it has more explanatory power and is less ad hoc.
The second theory is the James the brother of Jesus was buried with fellow Jewish Christians in Jerusalem that shared common names. Just as I argued earlier the names in the tomb are too common and don’t match the family of Jesus.
Overall, the idea of finding the historical Jesus and his family’s tomb is unlikely. There’s too many factors that point to this not being the tomb of Jesus like common names, dissimilar dimensions, lack of orgin name, early church not mentioning Jesus son, and the early church not being wealthy. I doubt poor fisherman would fabricate a story of a rising messiah and then give
up their lives for something they knew to be wrong.
This still fails to explain a lot. You suggest that the talipot tomb and James Ossuary are related in the sense that the James Ossuary came from the Talpiot tomb. Well this is hardly plausible for many reasons:
1. The names given on the talpiot tomb are too common. All of the names given were common in ancient Israel. Especially Mary and Joseph. As for Jesus, Josephus mentions 10 other notable Jesus’s living during the time of Jesus. Also you claim that Mary Magdalene is in the tomb being the wife of Jesus. Well that might work expect according to historians Mary died in Turkey. Also there are other names that shouldn’t belong if this is solely the family tomb, names like Matthew. You’d have to claim that somehow Matthew was apart of this tomb which would be ad hoc since Matthew died in Italy. Also you claim Jose’s is the son of Jesus. Well this goes back to the idea of Jesus being married. Nearly all scholars agree the historical Jesus wasn’t married or had children.
The early church could have even used it to make Jesus more like David as David had multiple children. Also when Paul is arguing as to if Corthinans can marry he writes: “Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?”1 Corinthians 9:5. If Jesus was indeed married and had children it would have certainly been mentioned and modeled.
2: According to Amos Kloner, there is no way the James Ossuary and can be connected to the talpiot tomb because of the differing dimensions. Granted, there are some dissimilarity among tombs that have been found to be related. Yet Kloner notes that theses dimensions are too unrelated.
3: Scholars also note that people buried in tombs outside of Jerusalem were known by their place of origin. We know of many people in the Bible according to their origin, people such as Mary Magdalene, Saul of Tarsus even Jesus of Nazareth. If the tomb truly was the or Jesus Christ then we could expect to find a place if orgin mentioned on the tomb. But of course we don’t find that. Plus it wouldn’t make sense not to call Jesus as Jesus of Nazareth on the tomb since he is called Jesus of Nazareth dozens of times in acts, and the gospels.
4. Lastly, the talpiot tomb was known to have wealthy owners. According to the Bible and scholars the early Christians were poor and persecuted. They rarely had the funds for food and had to share liberally. The ide of buying a tomb for a dead messiah lacks explanatory power.
Regarding the Isotope correlation of the talpiot tomb and the James Ossuary. I believe other theories are more plausible. The first I would purpose is that the relation was caused by chance due to dust storms in Israel. The owner of the James Ossuary even has a photo of himself with the Ossuary before the talpiot tomb was found. Though this may seem implausible, I believe it has more explanatory power and is less ad hoc.
The second theory is the James the brother of Jesus was buried with fellow Jewish Christians in Jerusalem that shared common names. Just as I argued earlier the names in the tomb are too common and don’t match the family of Jesus.
Overall, the idea of finding the historical Jesus and his family’s tomb is unlikely. There’s too many factors that point to this not being the tomb of Jesus like common names, dissimilar dimensions, lack of orgin name, early church not mentioning Jesus son, and the early church not being wealthy. I doubt poor fisherman would fabricate a story of a rising messiah and then give
up their lives for something they knew to be wrong.