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Bone box of Jesus' brother discovered in Israel
https://www.msn.com ^ | Unknown | Stacy Liberatore

Posted on 04/13/2025 10:10:29 PM PDT by Beowulf9

A 2,000-year-old bone box etched with the name of Jesus' brother discovered in Israel is now on display in the US.

The limestone box, or ossuary, features the inscription 'James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus,' written in ancient Aramaic.

Because the names correspond to those of Jesus of Nazareth's brother and father, many speculate that the box once held the remains of James the Just, the first leader of Christians in Jerusalem after the crucifixion.

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To: Beowulf9
No, it isn't.
2 posted on 04/13/2025 10:11:49 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

There were probably thousands of Jesus and James in Israel.


3 posted on 04/13/2025 10:26:50 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I can promise I can land any plane that is in the air, because gravity only moves in one direction.)
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To: Beowulf9

very common names. it’s like in China— Wing, son of Wu


4 posted on 04/13/2025 10:26:59 PM PDT by Strict9
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

And your authority for this opinion is . . . ?


5 posted on 04/13/2025 10:30:44 PM PDT by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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To: Beowulf9

Wait. What?!


6 posted on 04/13/2025 10:44:00 PM PDT by rexthecat
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To: Beowulf9

I feel sorry for poor James. Imagine what he had to deal with from the rest of his family. “James! Why cant you be more like Jesus? What...you’re not gonna turn any water into wine?” Poor James probably almost drowned once trying to be more like his brother.


7 posted on 04/13/2025 10:50:19 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Beowulf9

First question I’d want to ask is this: was it common to also list the name of a brother on such a box?


8 posted on 04/13/2025 10:50:48 PM PDT by alancarp (George Orwell was an optimist.)
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To: Beowulf9

Sold on Ebay last week for $50M.


9 posted on 04/13/2025 10:52:58 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Beowulf9

Or... Jesus was just a popular name?


10 posted on 04/13/2025 10:53:44 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: imardmd1

That they are extremely common names and if people are so weak in faith that they need to see a box of bones to believe (not sure how that would make them believe) then they are already in a lot of trouble :)


11 posted on 04/13/2025 10:57:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: Jonty30
There were probably thousands of Jesus and James in Israel.

But, then add "Son Of Joseph" to that mix, and you've narrowed the field down immensely.

12 posted on 04/13/2025 11:04:49 PM PDT by eastexsteve
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To: Beowulf9
The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus was an only child.

Biblical references to his "brothers" uses a word that can also be translated as "cousins."

13 posted on 04/13/2025 11:05:01 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Jonty30
There were probably thousands of Jesus and James in Israel.

I thought of that too. But while it is probably normal to mention the father's name on an inscription like this, how common would it be to mention a brother?

It's intriguing, and an interesting find at any rate.

14 posted on 04/13/2025 11:22:03 PM PDT by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Beowulf9
For Realz

 


15 posted on 04/13/2025 11:22:58 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: Jonty30

Exactly. These were very common names for the place and era. It’d be like finding that said something like “John Smith, son of Jim Smith, brother of Joe Smith,” and thinking, “Oh my gosh, I know a Joe Smith! This must be his brother!!”


16 posted on 04/13/2025 11:26:33 PM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: alancarp

They only have one other incidence of it and they think it was die to the brother in that case being very important.

“Professor Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University stated that, other than the James Ossuary, there has so far only been one found, amongst thousands of ossuaries, that contains a reference to a brother, concluding that “there is little doubt that this [naming a brother or son] was done only when there was a very meaningful reason to refer to a family member of the deceased, usually due to his importance and fame.” He produced a statistical analysis of the occurrence of these three names in ancient Jerusalem and projected that there would only have been 1.71 people named James, with a father named Joseph and a brother named Jesus, expected to be living in Jerusalem around the time at which the ossuary was produced”.


17 posted on 04/13/2025 11:37:19 PM PDT by Beowulf9 ( )
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In Aramaic, the word brothers can also mean cousins.

The Catholic Church teaches there were no other biological children of Mary.


18 posted on 04/13/2025 11:39:55 PM PDT by Liz (This then is how we should pray...."Our Father, who art in heaven......" )
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To: Strict9

“Professor Camil Fuchs of Tel Aviv University stated that, other than the James Ossuary, there has so far only been one found, amongst thousands of ossuaries, that contains a reference to a brother, concluding that “there is little doubt that this [naming a brother or son] was done only when there was a very meaningful reason to refer to a family member of the deceased, usually due to his importance and fame.” He produced a statistical analysis of the occurrence of these three names in ancient Jerusalem and projected that there would only have been 1.71 people named James, with a father named Joseph and a brother named Jesus, expected to be living in Jerusalem around the time at which the ossuary was produced.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ossuary


19 posted on 04/13/2025 11:41:39 PM PDT by Beowulf9 ( )
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To: know.your.why

😆


20 posted on 04/13/2025 11:42:16 PM PDT by Beowulf9 ( )
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