inscription was forged, the 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 is 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, luke, and john. yet the gospels were writen anywhere between 40 and 70 years after jesus died and with an eye to converting people. the gospels weren t meant to be historically accurate accounts in the way we would think of. they weren t written according to our standards of biographical accuracy. they were meant to proclaim the good news of jesus life, death
and i suspect the most accurate response to the question who was jesus at the time would be a mixture of all of these different identifications. the startling discovery of what some claim to be the burial box of jesus brother james reopened the biggest detective story of all time. the mystery of jesus the man. the plane limestone container called an asuary, is inscribed with a tantalizing clue in aramaic, the language jesus spoke. james son of joseph, brother of jesus. the public was enthralled. from people who flocked to see the display to biblical scholars around the world. could this be the first physical evidence that jesus walked the earth? so when the israeli authorities alleged eight months after its discovery that the ossuary s inscription was forged, the quest for the historical jesus
charismatic figure. and i suspect the most accurate response to the question who was jesus at the time would be a mixture of all of these different identifications. the startling discovery of what some claim to be the burial box of jesus brother james reopened the biggest detective story of all time. the mystery of jesus the man. the plane limestone container called an asuary, is inscribed with a tantalizing clue in aramaic, the language jesus spoke. james son of joseph, brother of jesus. the public was enthralled. from people who flocked to see the display to biblical scholars around the world. could this be the first physical evidence that jesus walked the earth? so when the israeli authorities alleged eight months after its discovery that the ossuary s
could this be the first physical evidence that jesus walked the earth? so when the israeli authorities alleged eight months after its discovery that the ossuary s inscription was forged, the quest for the historical jesus became ever more urgent. did they 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 is 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, luke and john. yet the gospels were written anywhere from 40 to 70 years after jesus died. and with an eye to converting people. the gospels weren t meant to be historically accurate accounts in the way we would