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okasha

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1. I think the measure of this book and series

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 12:16 AM

Mar 2015

is going to be how they treat the James ossuary. The trial of Oded Golan backfired big time on the Israel Antiquities Authority and firmly established that the inscription "James son of Joseph brother of Jesus" is ancient, not a modern forgery. There's no conspiracy or cover-up here, though. Just a physical link, that, if it refers to the Jesus son of Joseph brother of James, unquestionably puts paid to the mythecists and hucksters like "S. Acharya."

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I think the measure of this book and series okasha Mar 2015 #1