The Lost Tomb of Jesus is a documentary co-produced and first broadcast on the Discovery Channel and Vision TV in Canada on March 4, 2007, covering the discovery of the Talpiot Tomb. It was directed by Canadian documentary and film maker Simcha Jacobovici and produced by Felix Golubev and Ric Esther Bienstock, while James Cameron served as executive producer. The film was released in conjunction with a book about the same subject, The Jesus Family Tomb, The film describes the finding of the Talpiot Tomb during a housing construction project, and posits that it was the family tomb of Jesus. The film states that ten ossuaries were found in the cave, of which six are the subject of the film. Further, it claims that one of the ten ossuaries went missing years ago, presumably stolen. Six of the nine remaining ossuaries bear inscriptions. The Lost Tomb of Jesus posits that three of those carry the names of figures from the New Testament The makers of the documentary claim that four leading epigraphers have corroborated their interpretation of the inscriptions.[7] As translated in The Lost Tomb of Jesus and The Jesus Family Tomb, they read as follows: Yeshua bar Yehosef -- Aramaic for Jesus son of Joseph Maria—written in Aramaic script, but a Latin form of the Hebrew name Miriam (Mary)[8] Yose—a diminutive of Joseph mentioned (in its Greek form ιωσης Joses) as the name of one of Jesuss brothers in the New Testament (Mark 6:3) Yehuda bar Yeshua—possibly Aramaic for Judah son of Jesus Mariamene e Mara—according to the filmmakers this is Greek for Mary known as the master. The similar name Mariamne is found in the Acts of Philip. Francois Bovon, professor of the history of religion at Harvard University has said, based on his study of that work, I do not believe that Mariamne is the real name of Mary of Magdalene. Mariamne is, besides Maria or Mariam, a possible Greek equivalent, attested by Josephus, Origen, and the Acts of Philip, for the Semitic Myriam.[9] Matya—Hebrew for Matthew—not claimed to be Matthew the Evangelist but possibly a husband of one of the women in an unmarked ossuary.[7] The filmmakers claim that there is evidence that Mary mother of Jesus had many relatives named Matthew.[8] Four leading epigraphers have corroborated the ossuary inscriptions for The Lost Tomb of Jesus, according to the Discovery Channe
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