Publication

2009 - HarperCollins Publishers

Language

English

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Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780061941283
  • ISBN-10006194128X
  • Better World Books9780061941283
  • Open LibraryOL37359826M

Classifications

  • DDC225.9/2
  • LCCBS2454.J3 S53 2003

Description

The first definitive account of what scholars and the media are calling 'the most important archaeological discovery' about Jesus and his family. This is the definitive story of the recent discovery of the first–century ossuary (limestone bone box) with the legend 'James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus', and its implications for understanding Jesus, his family (mother, father, brothers), his followers, the first Christians and the Jewish Christian movement in Jerusalem that James led. This ossuary is the first ever archaeological discovery directly confirming the existence of Jesus, and his relationship to his father, Joseph, and brother, James, who became the leader of the important Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem. No one is as qualified and well connected to recount the discovery and its authentication as Hershel Shanks, whose magazine first broke the story.

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  • Brother of JesusHarperCollins Publishers2009-01-01
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