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James ossuary determined to have been "fake"
Israel Insider ^
| 6/18/2003
| Israel Insider
Posted on 06/18/2003 5:15:18 AM PDT by Israel Insider
The Israeli Antiquities Authority announced today that an ancient stone box with the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," was a fake. The authority also determined that a stone tablet bearing the "Joash inscription," with fifteen lines of ancient Hebrew detailing improvements at the Temple, was a forgery. The inscriptions on both items were made "in the modern era." Click here for this breaking story
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: israel; jesus; middleeast; ossuary; religion
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To: Grand Old Partisan
It means nothing to my faith one way or another,
Absolutly! I'll start reconsidering my faith when then come up with an answer to what happened to Jesus's body.
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Valin
(Humor is just another defense against the universe.)
To: Canticle_of_Deborah
ping
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