Craig Evans on the Chevron – March 21
This post is thanks to a tip from Danny Zecharias and his blog that has a response from Craig Evans (http://www.deinde.org/story/2007/3/2/203419/9162). This URL has the entire article.
In this part of the blog, Evans discusses the Chevron, reinforcing our earlier post today.
It goes:
"And finally, there are no Christian markings or inscriptions in the Talpiot Tomb. Moreover, there is no indication that this tomb was ever venerated or visited by pilgrims (e.g., in contrast to the "House of Peter" in Capernaum). Absence of such evidence argues against identifying the Talpiot Tomb as the Tomb of the Family of Jesus. In the documentary much is made over the chevron (or upside down V), beneath which appears a circle. It is suggested that this is an early Jewish Christian symbol. However, this design appears to reflect the circles (probably handles) that appear on the ends of several ossuaries. Many of these ossuaries have gabled lids. When viewed from the end one sees a chevron above a circle (see Rahmani, nos. 251, 408, 473, 596, 597 especially; there are other examples). R. Kirk Kilpatrick has called our attention to the chevron-circle pattern and the Jerusalem temple, depicted on coinage, as in the example below [Place URL in your browser for image of the coin]:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_O3dXyVqV9Mo/Rex5TL_PrtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/-nB-u9EHWTw/s320/coin_philip_bm.jpg"
This post is thanks to a tip from Danny Zecharias and his blog that has a response from Craig Evans (http://www.deinde.org/story/2007/3/2/203419/9162). This URL has the entire article.
In this part of the blog, Evans discusses the Chevron, reinforcing our earlier post today.
It goes:
"And finally, there are no Christian markings or inscriptions in the Talpiot Tomb. Moreover, there is no indication that this tomb was ever venerated or visited by pilgrims (e.g., in contrast to the "House of Peter" in Capernaum). Absence of such evidence argues against identifying the Talpiot Tomb as the Tomb of the Family of Jesus. In the documentary much is made over the chevron (or upside down V), beneath which appears a circle. It is suggested that this is an early Jewish Christian symbol. However, this design appears to reflect the circles (probably handles) that appear on the ends of several ossuaries. Many of these ossuaries have gabled lids. When viewed from the end one sees a chevron above a circle (see Rahmani, nos. 251, 408, 473, 596, 597 especially; there are other examples). R. Kirk Kilpatrick has called our attention to the chevron-circle pattern and the Jerusalem temple, depicted on coinage, as in the example below [Place URL in your browser for image of the coin]:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_O3dXyVqV9Mo/Rex5TL_PrtI/AAAAAAAAAAk/-nB-u9EHWTw/s320/coin_philip_bm.jpg"
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My Comments:
This might well indicate this tomb shows respect for the temple and is Jewish in nature. Thanks, Danny.
