to the time of christ. on its side an inscription in ancient aramaic which reads james, son of joseph, brother of jesus . it came just as we d crossed the millennium threshold. we d already had the y2k bug, we had the pope s my lineal visit to the holy land, and this seemed to be one of the other millennial happenings. it s claimed that this box, measuring 10 inches by 20 is no less than the burial casket of james, the brother of jesus christ. ossuary is so important, not just for the fact that it says the brother of jesus, but you have to understand that there s
that another family combining these three names existed. it is very likely, in my opinion, that the james on this ossuary is the james who is the brother of jesus. the likelihood that this could be some other family with those three names where the father is joseph and the two brothers are james and jesus seems very unlikely. 2,000 years ago everything changes for the brothers jesus and james when joseph dies. we really don t know when joseph died. but somewhere around 27 a.d.
to the time of christ. on its side an inscription in ancient aramaic which reads james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. it came just as we d crossed the millennium threshold. we d already had the y2k bug, we d had the pope s millennial visits to the holy land. and this seemed to be another one of those millennial happenings. it s claimed that this box, measuring 10 inches by 20 is no less than the burial casket of james, the brother of jesus christ. the ossuary is so important not just for the fact that it says the brother of jesus, but you have to understand that
joseph is nowhere on the scene. family is the central core for century jewish society. they had lost somebody who could be providing for this family, who were essentially living in a subsistence level. the family would really have relied on jesus to pick up the slack, to provide for the family. they would have needed his income. but aged around 30, jesus makes a life-changing choice. jesus leaves the family and goes walk about in galilee and judea. according to the gospels, jesus seeks out john the baptist on the banks of the river jordan.
joseph is nowhere on the scene. family is the central core for jewish society. they had lost somebody who could be providing for this family, who were essentially living in a subsistence level. the family would really have relied on jesus to pick up the slack, to provide for the family. they would have needed his income. but aged around 30, jesus makes a life-changing choice. jesus leaves the family and goes walk about in galilee and judea. according to the gospels, jesus seeks out john the baptist on the banks of the river jordan. jesus baptism by john the baptist really galvanized him,