Scholars say Jesus box may be genuine

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A purported first-century inscription naming Jesus may or may not be the real thing, but Israel's labeling of the find as a fake is premature, scientists and scholars said at a panel discussion.

At issue is a limestone burial box, or ossuary, with the inscription "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus," that emerged on Israel's antiquities market last year.

from www.cnn.com...


So, what are your opinions on this being real or fake ?

Being raised christian - pentacostal... I'd like to think that it's real.. but I just don't know.

I thought that you might like to see it without using he link to the article.

Things like that quickly go beyond being historical, or archeological to become political.

I don't know the answer to the truth of it or not. It really just depends on who you read.

That's really interesting, I remember watching a program disproving the authenticity of this box, but now that it's come back to light, I'd like to see the outcome of the authenticity of the box now.

first I've heard of...looks like I have some reading to do

This has been debunked... I just read an article in Archeology magazine, and it also named one other artifact that was also faked by the owner... The forgeries did fool some experts, but the evidence of the forgery was pretty convincing. Contrary to what many may think, I support the idea of Jesus existing as a historical figure...and would have liked to see this be real...but alas, it is not.

Weird, I just read the article yesterday in the doc's office, and it is not a magazine I even knew existed. (I have since subscribed to it though) You guys are psychic or something, hehe....

Thanks for adding that, Gazrock, I would have been left wondering. It is indeed a pity it's fake, it's such a nice concept.

gazrok, you say this has been debunked,

was it that its not really related to Jesus in history, or the age of it... or both ?

even if it's not related to Jesus in some way, I'd like to think that the age of it is correct, facinating that something can be around from that time...

haha that reminds of some skit or something i saw about like how it would be to be jesus's brother, haha it was funny, yeh...