<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/westmont-news/talk-investigate-validity-jesus-tomb.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>03/09/2015</pubDate><title>Talk to Investigate the Validity of Jesus' Tomb</title><excerpt>Jodi Magness, a renowned archaeologist and Kenan distinguished professor in early Judaism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, examines the validity of claims that Jesus’ burial has been found in Jerusalem during a lecture on Thursday, March 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Westmont’s Porter Theatre. The lecture, “Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James,” is part of an ongoing, joint lecture series with UC Santa Barbara and Westmont on the New Testament and early Christianity. It is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Helen Rhee, associate professor of religious studies, at (805) 565-6834.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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