Jodi Magness to Lecture about Ossuaries in Indianapolis

Here’s an upcoming local event worth highlighting:

OSSUARIES AND THE BURIALS OF JESUS AND JAMES
Thursday, February 17, 2011

Jodi Magness, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

In November 2002, the existence of a sensational archaeological artifact was announced to the world: a small stone box called an ossuary inscribed with the name of James, the brother of Jesus. And in spring 2007, yet another sensational claim made headlines around the world: the supposed identification of Jesus’ family tomb in Jerusalem’s Talpiyot neighborhood. In this slide-illustrated lecture, I discuss these finds within the context of ancient Jewish tombs and burial customs in Jerusalem in the time of Jesus (late Second Temple Period). I conclude that the so-called Talpiyot tomb could not have belonged to Jesus’ family, and the so-called James ossuary never contained the remains of Jesus’ brother James the Just.

Time 8:00 p.m.
Location: University Library Lilly Auditorium (UL 0310)
Street: 755 West Michigan Street
IUPUI Campus, Indianapolis, IN

More information at the Archaeological Institute of America and their Central Indiana Society web site at IUPUI.