aush wares. i didn t see anything particular. it was set for many years at my parent s apartment together with several others that they purchased at the time because they didn t put any special attention to this one. he invited a scholar to examine some items in his collection. his attention is immediately drawn to the asuary that reads james, son of joseph, brother of jesus. he found there is a very high probability that this belonged to james, the brother of jesus christ.
three names existed. it is very likely in my opinion that james of this asuary is the james who is the brother of jesus. the likelihood that this could be some other family where the father is jesus and two brothers named joseph and jesus seems very unlikely. 2,000 years ago everything changes for brothers jesus and james when joseph dies. we really don t know when joseph died but somewhere around 27 a.d., joseph is nowhere on the scene. family is the central core of
frankly i didn t even know that jesus christ had brotherors sisters. he immediately sends the asuary to the geelogical survey of israel to provide authentication. they inspect the patent encoding the box and the inscriptions. they conclude the lettering has not been made by modern tools. it s not a question of if it s authentic but if it belongs to james. the intrigue of finding james, joseph and jesus in more than one family, he asked a sta tas tigs to audit the names. we have 168 inskriped asuaries from that period. joseph on 7%, jesus on 4, and james on 2%, it s concluded that another family combining these
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