A 2,000-year-old box with bones of Jesus' brother found in US
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The ossuary has an inscription in Aramaic that reads, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” The exhibit describes the box as “the most significant item from the time of Christ.” James, also known as James the Just, led Jerusalem’s Christian community after Jesus’ crucifixion.
The ossuary’s owner, Oded Golan, acquired the box as a student. “I didn’t recognize its importance at all,” Golan said. He first discovered the ossuary in 1976 and revealed it publicly in 2002.
Questions about the inscription’s authenticity led to forgery accusations against Golan in 2003. He was acquitted in 2013. “We conducted several chemical tests, particularly on the inscription itself, which is the most critical element of the ossuary…We proved that the entire inscription is authentic—it was engraved several thousand years ago,” Golan stated. If authentic, the ossuary would be the oldest physical evidence of Jesus.
First-century Jewish tradition involved placing bones in ossuaries after an initial burial. The James Ossuary is currently empty.
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