Jesus' Brother Bob

I immediately recognized the Canadian filmmaker, Simcha Jacobovici, who (alongside James Cameron) is touting the 27-year-old discovery of tombs bearing the names of Jesus and members of his family, including a son. I taped Jacobovici's 1999 documentary Quest for the Lost Tribes off CBC when it originally aired, intending to watch it in depth at a later time. I see I've taped over it or dumped it. (But I kept seasons one and two of South Park - shows you where my priorities lie sometimes.)
Anyway, the Quest documentary was fascinating but more than a little suspect. Jacobvici believes that Isreal's lost tribes are still living as Orthodox Jews in Africa, South America, Siberia, and other far-flung locales. No matter where they settled, they retained the language and customs of ancient Judaism to some extent and are enigmas to the people who surround them. Slowly, they are making their way back to the holy land, a sign of the endtimes. One group was airlifted out of Africa sometime in the '70s and dropped in Israel because although they looked 100% African, they insisted they were of Hebraic origin and needed to return to their homeland. Wild stuff. I didn't know what to think of it then and still don't. But I do know this - after all that fuss over the ridiculously bogus ossuary of "James, Brother of Jesus", I'm not making any bets that these tombs are the real McCoy. Nearly every country claims to hold the tomb of Christ, even - I kid you not - Japan. And let's not even go into the fact that about a dozen churches claim to possess the "authentic" foreskin of Christ, or the fact that if you assembled all the splinters of the True Cross you'd probably end up with something the size of the Chrysler Building...

Update: On Larry King Live, Jacobovici argued that the James ossuary is still being discussed (in a courtroom) and has not been proven a fake. Hmm.