announce that had the inscription was forged, the centuries old quest for the historical jesus became ever more urgent. did he have a real brother? was mary really a virgin? how did jesus live? and why did he have to die? who was jesus the man? why has the greatest story ever told also the greatest mystery never solved? almost all we know about jesus life comes to us from the four books of the gospels called mark, matthew, like and john. yet the gospels were written anywhere between 40 and 70 years after jesus died. and with an eye to converting people. the gomss weren t meant to be historically accurate accounts in the way we would think of. they were not written according to our standards of biographical
no one even thought to record his death. the story of jesus has transcended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet from that unlikely beginning a great faith was born. today some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. but even as billions of people pledge themselves to follow jesus s teachings we know nothing about the man. no other great figure from moses to mohamed is shrouded in mystery. it s very difficult to classify jesus in a single category. the most accurate response to the question of who was jesus at the time is a mixture of all of these different identifications. the startling discovery of what some claim to be the burial box of jesus s brother james reopened the biggest detectivive story of all time. the mystery of jesus the man. the plain limestone container is inscribed with a clue in aramaic, the language jesus spoke. james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. the public was enthralled. cou
the third man s crime was marked by the sign on the cross, jesus of nazareth. no one even thought to record his death. the story of jesus has transcended generations and cultures. the tale of a routine execution that gave birth to a new religion. yet from that unlikely beginning a great faith was born. today some 2 billion people believe jesus was the son of god. but even as billions of people pledge themselves to follow jesus s teachings we know nothing about the man. no other great figure from moses to mohamed is shrouded in mystery. it s very difficult to classify jesus in a single category. the most accurate response to the question of who was jesus at the time is a mixture of all of these different identifications. the startling discovery of what some claim to be the burial box of jesus s brother james reopened the biggest detectivive story of all time. the mystery of jesus the man. the plain limestone container is inscribed with a clue in aramaic, the language jesus