Breaking News: The Tomb of Billy-Bob bar Jonah found!
It has just been revealed that the ancestor of all rednecks, and the pioneering inventor of the Kentucky waterfall (known then as the Nazarene rat-tail), was recently unearthed near Jerusalem. Indeed, his mullet was found fully intact and will be on display at Talladega race-track for NASCAR fans.
But seriously the Jesus Tomb thingy can be demolished with just two verses and a little knowledge of Second Temple Judaism:
This is of course assuming the demythologized- re-gnosticized version going around. That Our Lord was just an errant Rabbi who was killed dead and stayed that way. As Saint Paul saith: if Christ is not risen then Our Faith is in vain.
But before this new Jesus got the ax he supposedly had a good a go with Mary of Magdala. This is of course an ingenious distortion based on an association of ideas. Using our vague background knowledge of the devotional history of St. Mary Magdalene as a repentant sinner and possible prostitute proponents then ground this idea in the pan-sexualism that pervades our culture resulting in a spurious son. The richest part of course is that this new mythical Mary of Magdala is seen as the teacher in a perceived correction of chauvinistic Chrisitianity. When Christ is who made the very idea of womenhood as a good in itself possible at all. Sure it's there in Genesis and throughout but the commandment no to covet your neighbour's wife is still within the framework of a woman seen as property. With the yes of the Virgin as the New Eve and the female followers of Our Lord it is hard to fathom that one would take this step for granted. That woman is equal in dignity to man but yet distinct.
The worst of it is I don't think the people promoting this "old" find really believe it. They're just in it for the promotional value and the money. I'm just concerned that many will be lead astray to believe very shaky conjectures that show a very tenuous connection with reality. Much less 1st century Judaism.
But seriously the Jesus Tomb thingy can be demolished with just two verses and a little knowledge of Second Temple Judaism:
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- 7 "If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and his corpse hung on a tree,
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- 8 it shall not remain on the tree overnight. You shall bury it the same day; otherwise, since God's curse rests on him who hangs on a tree, you will defile the land which the LORD, your God, is giving you as an inheritance.
This is of course assuming the demythologized- re-gnosticized version going around. That Our Lord was just an errant Rabbi who was killed dead and stayed that way. As Saint Paul saith: if Christ is not risen then Our Faith is in vain.
But before this new Jesus got the ax he supposedly had a good a go with Mary of Magdala. This is of course an ingenious distortion based on an association of ideas. Using our vague background knowledge of the devotional history of St. Mary Magdalene as a repentant sinner and possible prostitute proponents then ground this idea in the pan-sexualism that pervades our culture resulting in a spurious son. The richest part of course is that this new mythical Mary of Magdala is seen as the teacher in a perceived correction of chauvinistic Chrisitianity. When Christ is who made the very idea of womenhood as a good in itself possible at all. Sure it's there in Genesis and throughout but the commandment no to covet your neighbour's wife is still within the framework of a woman seen as property. With the yes of the Virgin as the New Eve and the female followers of Our Lord it is hard to fathom that one would take this step for granted. That woman is equal in dignity to man but yet distinct.
The worst of it is I don't think the people promoting this "old" find really believe it. They're just in it for the promotional value and the money. I'm just concerned that many will be lead astray to believe very shaky conjectures that show a very tenuous connection with reality. Much less 1st century Judaism.
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