Thursday, February 14, 2008

Forgery Trial In Israel

As you may know I have an interest in Biblical archaeology. A number of years ago an ossuary (bone box) with an inscription “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," came to light. It became quite famous. Eventually the Israel Antiquities Authority declared it a forgery along with some other rather famous artifacts. It seems to some that the story is over but in fact nothing has been settled yet. A number of scholars believe that the James ossuary inscription is authentic. Read a commentary on the Forgery Trial here. http://bib-arch.org/trial/bswbTrialIntro.asp