Title: The brother of Jesus
First published: 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.
Subjects: Origin, Family, Christianity, Antiques, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Christianisme, Origines, Ossuaries, Jesus christ, biography, sources, Bible, antiquities, Bible, history of contemporary events, n. t., Brethren
People: James Brother of the Lord, Saint, Jesus Christ
LC classification: BS2454.J3 S53 2003