As McCane, Roll Back the Stone, pp. 100-101 notes, contrary to Crossan. Also see Tzaferis, Crucifixionthe Archaeological Evidence; Rahmani, Ancient Jerusalems Funerary Customs, p. 51; Rahmani, A Catalog of Jewish Ossuaries in the Collections of the State of Israel (Jerusalem: Israel Antiquities Authority, 1994), p. 131, no. 218. As McCane, Roll Back the Stone, p. 99, notes: Dishonorable burial was reserved for those who had been condemned by the people of Israel (McCanes emphasis). Despite this, McCane concurs that Jesus was buried in shame. The prominence of Yohanans family is indicated by the fact that another ossuary from this tomb was inscribed Simon, the builder of the Temple, apparently someone who had participated in the reconstruction of the Temple under Herod; see Tzaferis, Crucifixionthe Archaeological Evidence, pp. 47, 50; Brown, The Death of the Messiah from Gethsemane to the Grave, p. 1210.
Already a library member? Log in here.
Institution user? Log in with your IP address.