Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus: The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics

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Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus This page intentionally left blank I\jlii\Zk`e^ k_\9ifk_\if]A\jlj K_\AXd\jFjjlXip:fekifm\ijpXe[k_\ Hl\jk]fiI\c`^`fljI\c`Zj <[`k\[Yp ipXeYpie\ Y\ieX[\kk\dZeXip$qXb K_\Lèm\ij`kpf]Efik_:Xifc`eXGi\jj :_Xg\c?`cc ∫ 2009 The University of North Carolina Press All rights reserved Designed by Kimberly Bryant Set in Whitman by Keystone Typesetting, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Resurrecting the brother of Jesus : the James Ossuary controversy and the quest for religious relics / edited by Ryan Byrne and Bernadette McNary-Zak. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8078-3298-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. James Ossuary. 2. James, Brother of the Lord, Saint. 3. Protestant churches—Doctrines. I. Byrne, Ryan. II. McNary-Zak Bernadette. bs2454.j3r47 2009 225.9%3—dc22 2009002896 cloth 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 ...