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 Educational Reference Series | The James Ossuary |
Hershel Shanks of the Biblical Archaeological Society (publisher of Biblical Archaeological Review) brought the James Ossuary to Toronto in November of 2002 to display at the Royal Ontario Museum. Many scholars attending the annual Society of Biblical Literature meeting, got a first-hand close-up look at the ossuary.   The James Ossuary Inscription. You can see the crack running through the letter dalet (the "of" in "brother of Jesus"). The inscription reads (from right to left): Jesus of brother Joseph son of Jacob (James)   The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story & Significance of the Fir by Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III |
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