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Two cleared of faking Jesus-era box
Telegraph ^

Posted on 03/15/2012 3:52:46 AM PDT by nuconvert

Seven years of trial, evidence from dozens of experts and a 475-page verdict has come no nearer to discovering whether the purported burial box of Jesus' brother James is authentic or a fake.

A Jerusalem judge, citing reasonable doubt, acquitted Israeli collector Oded Golan, who was charged with forging the inscription on the box once hailed as the first physical link to Christ.

(Excerpt) Read more at belfasttelegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Religion; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: aharonfarkash; antiquities; bar; biblicalarchaeology; burialbox; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; hershelshanks; israel; jamescameron; jamesossuary; jehoashtablet; letshavejerusalem; odedgolan; simchajacobovici; talpiot

1 posted on 03/15/2012 3:52:50 AM PDT by nuconvert
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To: nuconvert

My name is Christ. James Christ. Q sent me.

Idiot court.


2 posted on 03/15/2012 4:11:07 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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To: nuconvert

None of the experts can agree, that box is quite a mystery.


3 posted on 03/15/2012 5:13:17 AM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: Hardraade

‘My name is Christ. James Christ. Q sent me.’

That brought me to life this morn. Thanks. LOL


4 posted on 03/15/2012 5:25:47 AM PDT by taterjay
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To: nuconvert

Even if it’s real, it doesn’t mean it hasn’t any connection with Christ.


5 posted on 03/15/2012 6:03:08 AM PDT by bgill (Romney & Obama are both ineligible. A non-NBC GOP prez shuts down all ?s on Obama's admin)
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To: BlackVeil

No more of a mystery than all the muslims who claim that “Abraham wished he’d been muslim”. Can you spell “insanity”?


6 posted on 03/15/2012 6:46:13 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
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 GGG managers are SunkenCiv, StayAt HomeMother & Ernest_at_the_Beach
Thanks nuconvert. Additional: Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution.

To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.


7 posted on 03/20/2012 7:38:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him)
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