archaeology. This is why Jodi Magness, a Jewish archaeologist who serves on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is able to say that the “Gospel accounts of Jesus’ burial are largely consistent with the archaeological evidence. Although archaeology does not prove there was a follower of Jesus named Joseph of Arimathea or that Pontius Pilate granted his request for Jesus’ body, the Gospel accounts describing Jesus’ removal from the cross and burial are consistent with archaeological evidence and with Jewish law.”
