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Scholars Criticize Jesus Documentary

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:56:09 AM
By KAREN MATTHEWS

Investigative journalist, director, producer and writer Simcha Jacobovici, left, points to an ossurary - a small casket to store bones -- he and others say may have once held the remains of Mary Magdalene, beside another that may have held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, right, during a news conference in New York, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007.  James Cameron, second from left, who produced a new documentary on 10 ancient ossuaries -- discovered in a suburb of Jerusalem in 1980 that may have contained the bones of Jesus and his family, stands with Charles Pellegrino and Andrey Feuerverger, far right.(AP Photo/Kathy Willens)NEW YORK (AP) - To resolve the question of whether the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene may have rested in two limestone boxes discovered in a Jerusalem suburb, the filmmakers of a new documentary took novel approaches — including turning to statisticians.

Some religious scholars and archaeologists, however, have not been convinced by the numbers.

Filmmakers showed the two boxes on Monday while promoting their documentary, "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," produced by Oscar-winning director James Cameron and airing on the Discovery Channel on March 4.


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