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To: Polycarp
part of the writing on this ossuary is a hoax.

There is more than one possibility here. The second part of the inscription could have been added by a pilgrim in the first centuries for whatever reason if the ossuary were a recognized relic then; the inscription could have been added by the finder of the piece or by the dealer he sold it to in order to get a higher price for it.In the first instance could we call it a hoax? If the second supposition is true then analysis will surely show that. I will wait for the articles and controversy that are sure to come in the next few issues of BAR. Alone, "Jacob son of Joseph" proves nothing as there were many Jacobs and Josephs and Joshua was one of the most common names of the time.

297 posted on 11/01/2002 6:14:14 PM PST by arthurus
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To: arthurus
Would a pilgrim have even understood the Aramaic inscription, still less have been able to add to it?
301 posted on 11/01/2002 6:29:28 PM PST by aristeides
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