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James Ossuary Returned to Oded Golan

Non-Technical - Nov 14, 2013 - by Henry B. Smith Jr. MA

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Excerpt The Israel Antiquities Authority has returned the “Jesus' Brother” bone box to its owner. Continue reading

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The bone box, or ossuary, inscribed “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus,” marking the culmination of a ten-year unsuccessful effort by the Israel Antiquities Authority to prove the inscription is a forgery, has been returned to its owner. For more, see: Biblical Archaeology Review (off site link).

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