Rushing to Press on Ruth Gat

On the last night of the Talpiot Tomb Symposium, the statement by Joseph Gath’s widow Ruth had the archaeological community mystified. She provided the assembled scholars and media with the dramatic story of a conversation with her husband where he expressed his...

Jane Schaberg’s Statement

“My contribution: In my judgement, the tomb is not the tomb of the family or dynasty of Jesus, but perhaps of important members of the movement. Various readings of the possible Mary Magdalene inscription were proposed: including mariam he kai mara, mariamne kai...

Fair Representation

In case our readership is wondering why these recent statements from symposium members have made their way into this web site, here is the letter that prompted them: “Dear fellow participants, Since the last night of the symposium, you undoubtedly heard of a...

Christopher Rollston’s Statement

“I have argued in print (in the journal Near Eastern Archaeology) and at the Princeton Symposium that because (a) the names attested on the inscribed Talpiyot ossuaries are all quite common and because (b) just two of the six inscribed ossuaries have...