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Just James: The Brother of Jesus in History and Tradition. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-523-7. Shanks, Hershel; Witherington III, Ben (2003). The Brother of Jesus: The Dramatic Story & Meaning of the First Archaeological Link to Jesus & His Family (Updated and expanded ed.). HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN 0-06-058117-4.
Jesus's brothers – James as well as Jude, Simon, and Joses – are named in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3 and mentioned elsewhere. James's name always appears first in lists, which suggests he was the eldest among them. [77] In Jewish Antiquities (20.9.1), Josephus describes James as "the brother of Jesus who is called Christ".
Pages in category "James, brother of Jesus" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The documentary also looks at the questions raised about the coffin that is said to contain the remains of the brother of Jesus. The discovery of the coffin first made headlines in 2002.
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years the skeletal remains are removed and placed in an ossuary ("os" is "bone" in Latin [1]).
The brothers of Jesus or the adelphoi (Ancient Greek: ἀδελφοί, romanized: adelphoí, lit. 'of the same womb, brothers') [1] [a] are named in the New Testament as James, Joses (a form of Joseph), Simon, Jude, [2] and unnamed sisters are mentioned in Mark and Matthew. [3]
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