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The Gospels Aren't Going to Put Anyone in Any Danger
The gospels may seem restrained, but they are in no way restrained. The juridical procedure that we see playing out in the gospels is exactly what we find in Jewish burial traditions of the time. Around 900 rock cut tombs have been discovered in and around Jerusalem dating to about the first century. Jody Magnus, an atheist archaeologist from the University of North Carolina who I footnote in a book says yes, the gospels get it right.