The Jesus Discovery

The Resurrection Tomb that Reveals the Birth of Christianity

James D. Tabor, Simcha Jacobovici

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781451651539
• eBook ISBN:
  9781451650525
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Ancient History

The Jesus Discovery shows how a recent major archeological discovery in Jerusalem is revolutionizing our understanding of Jesus and the earliest years of Christianity. The Jesus Discovery is the story of a stunning new discovery that provides the first physical evidence of Christians in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus and his apostles. In 2010, using a specialized robotic camera, authors Tabor and Jacobovici explored a previously unexcavated tomb in Jerusalem from around the time of Jesus. They made a remarkable discovery—two ossuaries, or bone boxes, one carved with the earliest known image of Jonah; the other displaying a reference to resurrection. Since the newly discovered ossuaries can be reliably dated to before 70 AD, it is possible that whoever was buried in this tomb knew Jesus and heard him preach. In addition, the newly examined tomb is in close proximity to the so-called Jesus Family Tomb, and its discovery increases the likelihood that the "Jesus Family Tomb" is, indeed, the real tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Map: Jerusalem in the Time of Jesus
• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Discovery
• Chapter 2: Two Talpiot Tombs
• Chapter 3: Decoding the Mysterious Sign of Jonah
• Chapter 4: Returning to the Jesus Family Tomb
• Chapter 5: Jesus and Mary Magdalene
• Chapter 6: The Mystery of the James Ossuary
• Chapter 7: Resurrection, Lost Bones, and Jesus’ DNA
• Conclusion: The First Christians and Christianity Today
• Acknowledgments
• About James D. Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici
• Notes
• Index
• Copyright