Re: Scholars Urge More Study of Inscription Purportedly Naming Jesus

"David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "David Christainsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Friends,
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> > By LOUISE CHU
> >
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http://www.newsday.com/news/science/wire/sns-ap-jesus-inscription,0,3332549.story?coll=sns-ap-science-headlines
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> > "I don't know for sure whether this is a forged inscription, and I'm
> > sort of cast as a defender of the inscription. I'm not," said
> > moderator Hershel Shanks, editor of the Biblical Archeology Review,
> > which published the initial findings. "What I do know is, Israeli
> > authorities have badly managed the affair."
> >
> > Best,
> > David Christainsen
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> And of course the Biblical Archeology Review and its editor has no stake
whatsoever in
> this matter.
>
> As I recall he was out in front of the pack of those acclaiming the
inscription as
> authentic and continuing to claim it as such long after it had been proven
a forgery.
> He wants it to be authentic and just has a hard time accepting the fact
that he made a
> fool of himself.
>
>

You recall incorrectly. The BAR position has all along been one of wait
until the evidence is in. Shanks has criticized sloppy "proofs" that the
inscription is a fake; but I've never seen a claim from him that is
authentic.

Joe