Welcome back, Jim!
From Jim West this afternoon: "colleagues- as most of you know my blog was hacked and deleted. i had decided to just drop it and instead i've gotten such a deluge of email that i feel compelled by the pressure…
Dr. Jim West, be resurrected!
Typical Jim West: Dr. Jim West's Web log has been hacked and deleted through an unconscionable action of a party as yet unknown. To Jim West from View from Jerusalem: Yikes, what an awful event. We hope your web material…
Don’t Fight, You’re Both Right!
That also means, "Get along, you're both wrong!" A new article has been published on the UHL web site which reassesses the sources of the manuscripts found in the Judean Desert Caves and Masada. This reassessment includes taking a new…
“What good thing can come out of Nazareth?” (updated)
Last century's excavations of Nazareth by the Franciscans led to a rather remarkable reconstructed picture of the domiciles and government of this New Testament town. After having uncovered a little more than an acre of rocky surface with little or…
“Jose (or is it Jehoseph?) and his Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat”
The Varied Faces, Names and Shades of Color of the Josephs of History. (Just to name a few) Throughout the history of Israel and the Jewish people there have been many Josephs, starting with Joseph the son of Jacob.…
“Yoseh, can you see?”: checking the sources (updated)
Throughout the year there has been an emphasis by supporters of the "Jesus Family Tomb" hypothesis as to how very rare the name "Yoseh" was during the Second Temple Period, based on the following assumptions. 1) The name "Yehosef" is…
“Do you know the way to San Jose?”
With the ossuary of Mary Magdalene generally accepted as a pipe dream of only a few, certain of the remaining Jesus Tomb theorists are willing to place their bets on this ossuary inscription,"Yoseh/Joseh". "Statistical: Even without any a priori inclusion…
Resealing the Ossuary Lid: The Straight and the Narrow (according to additional diagnostic features)
Forensic handwriting analysts look for distinct diagnostic features to identify or distinguish various individuals, including slant, size, overall form and shape of letters; the consistency of space and slope between adjacent letters and words on a line; the apparent fluidity…