The Lost Tomb of Jesus in Retrospect

The controversial documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, aired last night on the Discovery Channel. Here are some of the responses so far.

Nathan Busenitz put together a very helpful compilation of quotations from scholars covering a variety of issues.

Ben Witherington weighs in again with his reflections.

Andreas Köstenberger does a good job picking it apart and showing the unaddressed problems and gaps in logic.

James White shares some thoughts and tells how he plans to write a book in response.

As most of you know, today I launch into a high-speed book writing project to attempt to collect, collate, and present in a clear and understandable fashion the main arguments and facts regarding the Talpiot Tomb, DNA, patina, statistics, gnostic writings and the like. But at best, that book will not be out until Easter. So how about today? Rather than hope no one will ask you what you think, I believe we should be on the offensive—without being offensive. As I suggested with The Passion and with The Da Vinci Code, let’s use this situation to God’s glory and for the proclamation of the truth.

See also our overview post.

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