Filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici examines what he calls the “lost tomb” of Jesus for a different documentary.
Much attention has been given to Jesus’s grave, and even his tunic. But not many people have focused on the actual nails that held him to the cross. Until now.
A new film called “The Nails of the Cross” claims to have located two of the nails used in Jesus’s crucifixion in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem. But despite filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici’s claim, not everyone’s buying it.
Reuters reports:
The film follows three years of research during which Jacobovici presents his assertions — some based on empirical data, others requiring much imagination and a leap of faith.
He hails the find as historic, but most experts and scholars contacted by Reuters dismissed his case as far-fetched, some calling it a publicity stunt.
Many ancient relics, including other nails supposedly traced back to the crucifixion, have been presented over the centuries as having a connection to Jesus. Many were deemed phony, while others were embraced as holy.
Jacobovici, who sparked debate with a previous film that claimed to reveal the lost tomb of Jesus, says this find differs from others because of its historical and archaeological context.
“What we are bringing to the world is the best archaeological argument ever made that two of the nails from the crucifixion of Jesus have been found,” Jacobovici told Reuters. Still, despite a the “best” argument, he admits that he can’t say for sure they are the real deal.
“Do I know 100 percent yes, these are them? I don’t.”
Jacobovici’s other controversial film, “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” suggested his team had found Jesus’s tomb:
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It sounds like there some double talk in this short blog. On the one hand Jacobovici claims to have found two nails from the cross and on the other, it isn’t certain. It certainly has the air of sensationalism. I’ll have to wait to view the film for further comment but some of his work is fair fetched like his film about the Exodus. However some of his TV broadcasts for the Naked Archeologist series were reasonable and showed different sides of controversies. So … I’ll put my judgment on ice for now.
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