Talpiot
Talpiot tomb discussion shows need for knowledge of cultural background
By Hall Harris - Posted on January 18th, 2008
Today the vast distance between the cultural context of the 21st
century and that of first century Judea got emphasized all over again
as Time Magazine reported yesterday that the controversy from last
spring over the "Lost Tomb of Jesus" has been reopened again as Prof.
James Charlesworth of Princeton Theological Seminary convened the
"Third Princeton Symnposium on Judaism and Christian Origins: Jewish
Views of the After Life and Burial Practices in Second Temple Judaism:
Evaluating the Talpiot Tomb in Context" which met in Jerusalem earlier
For thirty years W. Hall Harris III has taught on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary in the New Testament Studies Department. Since 1995 he has served as Project Director and Managing Editor for the NET Bible at bible.org passionately steering this revolutionary Bible from inception to global impact. Dr. Harris has traveled extensively in Western Europe, especially in Germany and Italy. And as an ordained minister he has served over the years as pastor of single adults, elder, and adult Sunday school teacher.
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