3 June 2009
Was Jesus’ Father a Roman Soldier?
Posted by MSH under: Jesus; Jesus Tomb; Wacky Bible Interpretation .
In case you haven’t heard of the “Pantera/Panthera” tradition of Jesus’ lineage, here’s a moderately lengthy but readable discussion of it on Ben Witherington’s blog. The post is a couple years old and was originally posted in response to James Tabor’s book, The Jesus Dynasty. As Prof. Witherington details, there ain’t much evidence for this.
