Sauron

Shh.

It's a secret.

Ted Hoffman

<whispers> Okay

Haran

Haran is back. I regretably played the obnoxious role of King Arthur, though I always presented what I considered to be good and accurate data. I only faked my personality in an effort to get people to look harder at data I was presenting. It didn't work as I thought and I very much regret doing it.

Secret? No. I just hope that others can get over it and realize that I had a brief lapse in good judgement, considering my previous reputation as Ish and Haran.

If there are going to be more complaints about me being back, then even though I was told that it would be ok to come back as Haran, if the moderators ask me to leave, I will.

I have always told the truth elsewhere and will continue to do so. Sorry for being obnoxious as King Arthur. It was frustration...

Haran

Steven, have you read the following link? There is an excellent discussion of the Aramaic wording. It is rare but has been found in other sources, even another ossuary or two. The wording does not mean that the inscription is necessarily inauthentic.

James was not a midget!

Steven Carr

I know such a wording is not unknown, but its very rareness makes the James ossuary more unlikely.

Find rare things is less common than finding common things.

If the wording was very common for that period, that would be a point in its favour. People would say - Look, it is typical for that period -, while now they have to say that it is atypical for that period.

Ted Hoffman

Haran,
Your "cover" dropped badly, but it was very intriguing when it lasted. All that ruckus with greek stuff and all...

Of course when the veil was scratched and they beheld who lurked beneath, they came at you with hammer and tongs...everything they had...it was fireworks...they ensured it was made clear you had made a HUGE mistake... and ensured you regretted it...an indelible print in your memory.

Sorry to bring it up, I was at the sidelines you see. Saw it all. I think I was priveledged to be there at the sidelines. One day I will tell my son the story of King Arthur at infidels.

Now let the thread proceed in its correct course...

Ted Hoffman

I was expecting a whole thread would be opened titled "Haran/King Arthur is Baaackkk!!!".
I mean, for one that made such a loud, rancorous, dramatic, - um - bloody exit - to come back quietly...seems a bit - um - sneaky.

But thats just me. If you just came back (less than two weeks ago) I can open the thread myself. So when did you come back?

Ted Hoffman

After you have answered, the thread can of course, proceed in its course.
By all means.

Haran

Please don't. I've made a few posts over the past few weeks. I thought that a quiet re-entry would be best for everyone, all considered. My time has become very limited lately, so I will not be posting too often anyway.

I had hoped that King Arthur was interesting and funny, but who knew... I loved the dancing bannana, though, I don't care what anyone thinks...

Haran

While I can see how you might think that way, rareness does not necessarily make something more unlikely. Consider "hapax legomena". I think many scholars would argue that this makes it less likely to be any kind of forgery and possibly more likely to be real.

Besides, the fact that I have seen it on one other ossuary and have heard that it might be on another and that it is found in a Dead Sea Scroll which I now have a photocopy of, lends credibility to it, in my opinion.