[rface]

FR is very slow for me today.

Ashland, Missouri

[berned]

The inscription reads:

"James, son of Joseph, BROTHER of Jesus."

*ping*

[NYer]

Lemaire says the writing style, and the fact that Jews practiced ossuary burials only between 20 B.C. and A.D. 70, puts the inscription squarely in the time of Jesus and James, who led the early church in Jerusalem.

Archaeological Jesus bump!

[Ff--150]

ping..."the beat goes o-o-n; the beat goes on."

[dd5339]

Ping

[Mamzelle]

Very interesting, but all three names were very common. And FR was pretty slow this am for me, too, I managed to commit the sin of double-posting...

[john in missouri]

As an archaelogical find, this is well beyond "enormous."

[eastsider]

Lemaire dates the object to 63 A.D.

Rather precise. Wonder how Lemaire arrived at that date?

[Aquinasfan]

"But the big problem is, you have to show me the Jesus in this text is Jesus of Nazareth, and nobody can show that," Fitzmyer says.

One small moment of clarity.

[yendu bwam]

Here we have perhaps had the good fortune to find the tomb of a man who knew well the Son of God. How lucky we are!

[Revolting cat!]

It's impossible, however, to prove absolutely that the Jesus named on the box was Jesus of Nazareth.

Yep, my bet would be that they're referring to Jesus Rodriguez!

[Inyokern]

The inscription, in the Aramaic language, appears on an empty ossuary, or limestone burial box for bones. It reads: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus."

Here is a little better picture of it:

It appears to me to be Hebrew, not Aramaic. The reason I say that is that it appears to use the Hebrew "ben" (bet-nun) for son, rather than the Aramaic "bar" (bet-resh).

It appears to say "Yakov ben Yosev akh (possibly Yeshua)" Jacob son of Joseph brother of Yeshua. However, there seems to be too much space between the shin and the ayin at the end of Yeshua, so it could be something else. But it is extremely difficult to read in the photo.

[RightOnline]

"No physical artifact from the first century related to Jesus has been discovered and verified."

.....with the possible exception of the Shroud of Turin, which I am convinced is quite authentic.

If you want to know why, squeeze here.

[Dajjal]

"Brother of Jesus" bone-box plot thickens [Israeli Scholars: Jesus' 'Brother' Box Fraud]

[SunkenCiv]

Just adding this to the GGG homepage, not sending a general distribution.

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