Israeli archeologists call ossuary writing fake: link to Jesus' brother James is forgery, they say, but other experts call finding premature. (World).(Column)

National Catholic Reporter | July 4, 2003 | Copyright

An inscription on an ancient stone burial box suggesting it held the remains of James, the brother of Jesus, is a fake, Israeli archaeological experts say.

The Aramaic inscription on the limestone box, called an ossuary, was deemed genuine last October, when scholars and scientists announced the artifact could provide a link between the Jesus of the Bible and a historical figure named Jesus. If authenticated, the ossuary would have been one of the oldest archaeological references to biblical figures.

The inscription, which reads, "James, son of Joseph, ...

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