In this video Gabriel Barkay, world-renowned archaeologist of the Bar Ilan University, discusses burial customs in the first century, and what archaeology can tell us about the burial site of Jesus.
In this video, excerpted from his lecture entitled “Was Jesus Buried in the Garden Tomb? First-Century Jewish Burial in Jerusalem,” delivered at the 2006 Jerusalem Perspective Conference, “Insights into Jesus of Nazareth: His Words, His Wisdom, His World,” Gabriel Barkay, world-renowned archaeologist of the Bar Ilan University, discusses burial customs in the first century, and what archaeology can tell us about the burial site of Jesus.
Gabriel (“Gabby”) Barkay is one of Israel’s most famous archeologists. One of Barkay's best-known discoveries was made in 1979. In an archaeological excavation he conducted at Ketef Hinnom in Jerusalem he discovered two silver Iron Age amulets inscribed in ancient Hebrew, one of them containing… [Read more about author]