informant38
.

-
...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


-

11.11.02

My main objection to the ossuary, however, is the
nature of the inscription itself. I say this as someone
who would like this artifact to be true, someone willing
to be convinced. I would like the burial place of James
to be found. But this box is just too pat, too perfect.
In issues of antiquities verification, this is always
a warning sign.

... Then there is "the brother of Jesus" -- almost no
ancient source calls James this. This is what we moderns
call him.

... Finally, the numerous contemporary sources I have
already referred to know the location of James' burial
site.

Hegesippus, a Palestinian native who lived perhaps 50
years after the events in question, tells us that James
was buried where he was stoned beneath the pinnacle of
the Temple in Jerusalem.
Eusebius in the 4th century
and Jerome in the 5th say the burial site with its
marker was still there in their times.

Blog Archive