James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus

 What we will read next is the information that circulates all around of the planet on a very valued discovery, we want that you investigates it, in order that you see by your own eyes, that every day the events written in the Bible are corroborated by the Science, and for the Archaeology.

 The Famous magazine " Biblical Archeology Review " gave to know the discovery of an ossuary of limestone of the first century of our age with an inscription in Arameic language that was saying the following thing:

 “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”

 The new gave the turn to the world. Was  found an archaeological rest that was referring to James, the Brother of the Lord Jesus Christ? By the moment to find there was no doubt that these were the remains of this Apostle, but in June, 2003 the Direction of Israel's Antiquities announced that the ossuary was not authentic. Nevertheless, several experts assembled in Atlanta in November, 2003 have supported the genuineness of the ossuary, and, also, the number of the magazine " Biblical Archeology Review " correspondent to January - February, 2004 has returned to publish a favorable article also to the genuineness of this relic, that confirm once again what the Bible already had recognized like real. 

The opposing box, an ossuary, of 50 centimeters of length and approximately 27,5 of width, show in one of it's faces the following text in Aramaic corresponded with a form of cursive used, according to the experts, only between the 10s and 70s of the century I:

'Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua'

 (James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus)

 This text made reference to Joseph (husband of Mary, earthly father of Jesus), to James (Son of Mary and Joseph, brother of Jesus) and beside confirms the existence of a "Jesus" who had relationship with these persons, the same Jesus, that Divide the time and change the History of the humanity.

 There are varied the references that we have of the Apostle James, the Brother of the Lord, these are in the Sacred Writings. To him refers Paul (The Apostle) in the letter to the Galatians (1,18-19), when  says " I did not see any other apostle, except to James, the brother of the Lord ". This James would be the same that Luke refers in the chapter 15 verse 13 of the Acts of the Apostles. And James is one of the brothers of Jesus who arranges an appointment in Matthew Gospel (13, 55-56).

 Josefo, Jude historian, refers to James like this:

 " This way, having thought this class of person, Anano, who was having a favorable occasion because Festo had died and Albino was of way, summoned a judge meeting  and took before him to the brother of Jesus, who is called A Messiah, of name James, and some others. Accused them of having transgressed the law and delivered them in order that they were stoned ".

James, the brother of Jesus, who would be a leader of the Jude-Christian community of Jerusalem, have should to be executed in the year 63 of our age, approximately. According to the paleography Andre Lemaire, of the University of " The Sorbona ", who is the one who gave to know the discovery, the ossuary would be dated in 63 after christ and would treat about a new historical evidence of Jesus' existence of Nazareth. Lemaire indicated that this ossuary, which is empty and it is a property of a collector who lives in Israel, "provides the most solid mention of the epoch of the New Testament to the central figure of the Christianity and is the first archaeological discovery that corroborates the Biblical references towards Jesus .

"The expert indicated that in the century I of our age was not usual to write several names in these funeral boxes. Of the tens of ossuaries found till now, only in two they refer to a brother of the dead man. For it, the French expert interprets that the word 'Jesus' who appears in this ossuary owes to that had to be a very popular person or that managed to represent a paper of certain relief in his epoch.

Andre Lemaire admits that of the forties thousand inhabitants that had Jerusalem in that epoch, the names of James, Joseph and Jesus were very common and, from a statistical point, there might be approximately twenty that were called James and that, besides, were children of Joseph and brothers of Jesus. Nevertheless, against this statistical objection, Lemaire indicates that " it is very doubtful that there was a James who had a brother who was deserving the honor of being mentioned in his tomb ".

 Between the year 1 and 70 of our age it is considered that the use of the ossuaries was frequent. Passed one year at least of the death, the relatives would gather the remains them to go on to an ossuary. Surely the remains of the James of the ossuary would be withdrawn from the box by the relatives little before the destruction of Jerusalem the year 70.

 Laborator analyses realized by the Geological Service of Israel have confirmed that the limestone of which the urn comes from the area of Jerusalem. The plate that covers it is, according to the same examination, the own one of an object that  has remained long time in a cave. John Meier, teacher of the Notre Dame University, supported Lemaire's hypothesis and indicated that " for the first time, they can put on the hands in something close to Jesus ".   

Anyhow, this find does not alter the condition of the question in relation with the possible brothers of Jesus, so, since already has seen, in the New Testament was speaking of James,  the Brother of the Lord.  Finally, there has to be remembered also that this one is not the only archaeological find that confirms the historical character of prominent figures protagonists of the Gospels. This way, in Maritime Caesarean an inscription was situated already a few years ago in the one that is mentioned expressly to the attorney Poncio Pilato. And, besides, in the year 1990 an even more spectacular discovery took place. In Jerusalem, during the construction of a park one found a funeral cave for the bones of the dead men. One of the funeral chests was containing the inscription " Joseph, son of Caifas ". As specialists, it is a question of the funeral chest of the supreme priest Caifas.

 Hershel Shanks, the director of the Magazine Biblical Archeology Review, continues supporting that the ossuary is authentic. Several experts assembled in Atlanta in November, 2003 have supported the genuineness of the ossuary until today, this box forms a part of a collection deprived of antiquities in Israel and the name of his owner has not been a developing. According to some fountains, it is of a Jewish collector that would have paid for the piece between 200 and 700 dollars an antiquarian 15 years ago.

By I complete, is possible to indicate that, Science once again Corroborates faithfully that what this writing in the Holy Scriptures, without a doubt some, IS TRUE and with this confirms once again that science gives the reason him to the BIBLE, we insisted to you to that you read it frequently, learns of her who History, Science through Archaeology shows their fidelity to us.  

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