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Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus
Bernadette . Ed(S): McNary-Zak
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Paperback. Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus: The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics Editor(s): McNary-Zak, Bernadette. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; HDDH; HRAX; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 349.
In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000 people congregated to experience what had been prematurely and hyperbolically billed as the closest tactile connection to Jesus yet unearthed. Within a few months, however, the ossuary was revealed to be a forgery. Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus offers a critical evaluation of the popular and scholarly reception of the ... Read more
In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000 people congregated to experience what had been prematurely and hyperbolically billed as the closest tactile connection to Jesus yet unearthed. Within a few months, however, the ossuary was revealed to be a forgery. Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus offers a critical evaluation of the popular and scholarly reception of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469614571
SKU
V9781469614571
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About Bernadette . Ed(S): McNary-Zak
Ryan Byrne is an independent scholar living in Menifee, California.|Bernadette McNary-Zak is associate professor of religious studies at Rhodes College.
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