The Jesus Discovery: The Resurrection Tomb that Reveals the Birth of Christianity

Written by James D. Tabor and Simcha Jacobovici

Narrated by Jason Culp

The Jesus Discovery shows how a recent major archeological discovery in Jerusalem is revolutionizing our understanding of Jesus and the earliest years of Christianity.

The Jesus Discovery is the story of a stunning new discovery that provides the first physical evidence of Christians in Jerusalem during the time of Jesus and his apostles.

In 2010, using a specialized robotic camera, authors Tabor and Jacobovici explored a previously unexcavated tomb in Jerusalem from around the time of Jesus. They made a remarkable discovery—two ossuaries, or bone boxes, one carved with the earliest known image of Jonah; the other displaying a reference to resurrection. Since the newly discovered ossuaries can be reliably dated to before 70 AD, it is possible that whoever was buried in this tomb knew Jesus and heard him preach. In addition, the newly examined tomb is in close proximity to the so-called Jesus Family Tomb, and its discovery increases the likelihood that the “Jesus Family Tomb” is, indeed, the real tomb of Jesus of Nazareth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Feb 28, 2012
• ISBN: 9781442346475

James D. Tabor

James D. Tabor is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and the coauthor of A Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom in Antiquity (1992). Eugene V. Gallagher is Professor of Religious Studies at Connecticut College and the author of Expectation and Experience: Explaining Religious Conversion (1990).

Reviews for The Jesus Discovery

[dragonimp · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A compelling look at the archeological evidence surrounding the historical Jesus and a fascinating discussion of the religion in the context of first century Jerusalem. It gets a little dry at times but not without purpose, and other times it's like reading a mystery novel.