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A big problem with this one. First, as any Matthew-like name only appears 2 - 3 or more generations before Mary (actually, probably Mary's interpretation of Joseph's lineage), he couldn't be in the tomb. In the post Kloner paper Jews of the era only did this sort of internment for 3 - 4 generations, ended around 80 AD. Thus, if Mary through Judah is three generations, going three or more generations prior to Mary would put out of the realm of possibility for being interned there.
Secondly, If an early male ancestor was buried in there, it would more realistically be Matthew' family tomb, and, if so, why would so many of only his great-granddaughter's family be in there. Likely only if this is a Jesus family tomb, it would be Joseph and his wife, and their male children, their wives, and their children that would be buried in there, which by the way L.Y. Rahmani had posed, i.e. that Jose was Joseph, the father of Yeshua, and that Maria was his wife and the mother of Yeshua, and Judah was their grandson. Do you dispute Rahmani?
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