James Ossuary
The James Ossuary is a 2,000-year old limestone box used as a container for the bones of the deceased. Antiquities dealer Oded Golan is believed to have discovered the James Ossuary at some point before 2003 on the illegal Israeli antiquities market. The Aramaic inscription on the artifact reads: Ya'akov bar-Yosef akhui diYeshua, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus."
Read more about this topic: Christian Archaeology
Famous quotes containing the word james:
“Better risk loss of truth than chance of error—that is your faith-vetoer’s exact position. He is actively playing his stake as much as the believer is; he is backing the field against the religious hypothesis, just as the believer is backing the religious hypothesis against the field.”
—William James (1842–1910)