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Author Shanks, Hershel.

Title The brother of Jesus : the dramatic story & meaning of the first archaeological link to Jesus & his family / Hershel Shanks & Ben Witherington III.

Publication Info. San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  225.92 SHA    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  225.92 SHA    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  225.92 SHA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  225.92 SH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 226 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction / Hershel Shanks -- Foreword / André Lemaire -- pt. 1. The story of a remarkable discovery / Hershel Shanks -- 1. Oh, no! -- 2. An amazing discovery -- 3. How could the son of God have a brother? -- 4. Is it a fake? -- 5. Is it the Jesus? -- 6. Can we ignore it? -- pt. 2. The story of James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus / Ben Witherington III -- Introduction : in this end, a beginning -- 7. From brother to follower -- 8. From follower to head of the Jerusalem Church -- 9. James, mediator between Jews and Gentiles -- 10. James the sage -- 11. The death of James -- 12. James the legend -- 13. Brother, cousin, or kin? -- 14. Son of Joseph, brother of Jesus -- Acknowledgments.
Summary The discovery of a limestone burial box with the inscription, "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus" set the world of biblical archaeology abuzz. Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington III reveal not only what the discovery means for understanding the Bible, but also what it shows about the family of Jesus and the earliest Christians.
Subject James, Brother of the Lord, Saint.
Christianity -- Origin.
Added Author Witherington, Ben, III, 1951-
ISBN 0060556609
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