From the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, is scheduled to appear tonight on CNN’s Larry King Live. Mohler will discuss the alleged discovery of the “tomb” of Jesus and his family by archaeologists and genetic scientists. A documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” which is said to present the evidence, is scheduled to air next week on the Discovery Channel. Scheduled to appear with Mohler are James Cameron, executive producer of the documentary; Simcha Jacobovici, the director; and James Tabor, chair of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Larry King Live airs at 9:00 Eastern Time on CNN. The segment on the “Lost Tomb of Jesus” is scheduled to air tonight following an interview with First Lady Laura Bush.
Comments (10) »
1. B. Minich
February 26, 2007
4:29 PM
Wow. That’s quite a cast for Mohler to be invited on with.
This is one of the few times I wish I had cable, so I could see this. Its bound to be good. Mohler is undoubtedly going to be addressing this on his site at some point as well - I look forward to that.
2. Andrew Gilmore
February 26, 2007
5:55 PM
If you want to see some good commentary and links to more information about the so-called “Jesus Tomb” from a conservative Christian professor who lives in Israel, go to http://blog.bibleplaces.com/
3. John K
February 27, 2007
12:34 AM
Ben Witherington gives an excellent response on his blog. Read the comments as well. There is an interesting “alternate” statistical analysis by “Jay.”
Take Care
4. Joe
February 27, 2007
12:44 AM
Yes, I, too, wish I had cable. I shall read the transcript as soon as they post it on the CNN website.
5. francisco
February 27, 2007
4:27 AM
The transcript is here:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/26/lkl.01.html
From it, a memorable line…
CAMERON: … This is a $2 million documentary. If we had had a little more money, we could have done a lot more research. So that’s…
A little more money? This is bizarre…
6. Frank Rollberg
February 27, 2007
9:03 AM
He is RISEN!!!!!!!!
7. Matthew
February 27, 2007
9:10 AM
It sure feels good to have a gentleman as gracious and as cerebral as Dr. Mohler representing “Conservative Evangelicalism” - as opposed to wingnuts like Robertson, Falwell, et al.
As much as a secular liberal as Larry King no doubt is, he seems to have (at the very least) an intellectual respect for Mohler.
8. Josh
February 27, 2007
9:28 AM
Two million, I guess isn’t a lot in terms of movie making I guess. But Cameron did Titanic, come on…if he was serious about this he would have put some serious cash behind it.
Josh
“…the word of God is not bound.”
—2 Timothy 2:9
9. Courtney Tarter
February 27, 2007
9:48 AM
I watched Dr. Mohler on Larry King last night. He didn’t miss a beat and he really posed some good questions that James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici, and even Dr. Tabor for that matter, were not able to really answer.
Hopefully it will surface on Youtube for people who missed it!
10. David A
March 1, 2007
12:43 AM
There is a pretty fine take on all this from Canada’s REX MURPHY on CBC TV:
I have one or two minor questions… Do you think we’ll see any documentaries of like attempt and equal impertinence from James Cameron on Muhammad or Islam?
To ask the question is to answer it. Hollywood is only daring with Christianity, and why does Hollywood, which worships only itself and money, feel so blithely free to mock, degrade, toy with, and abuse the sacred story of billions of people and offer to Gospels no more respect than they would the script for “Showgirls?”
Probably the answer to that question is that the minds which produced “Showgirls” are so radically vulgar and stimulated at core only by greed and the lust for cheap fame. That frame of mind will prostitute anything… the life of Christ … for a stale press conference and a fresh buck.
http://www.cbc.ca/national/rex/rex_070227.html