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Article: Was James' stone authentic?(ENTERTAINMENT)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2007
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Byline: Pamela H. Sacks
The existence of a spectacular archaeological artifact was announced to the world four years ago: a small stone box called an ossuary and inscribed with the name of James, the brother of Jesus. Since then, controversy has swirled around the ossuary, with scientific analyses indicating that at least part of the inscription is a modern forgery.
As a guest of the Worcester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America, Dr. Jodi Magness, a professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a specialist on Biblical and Near Eastern archaeology, will discuss the ossuary as it relates to ancient Jewish tombs and ...