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Steve Caruso shared the video below featuring Christopher Rollston and Gabriel Barkay talking about the James Ossuary. (If you missed it, see also Steve\u2019s recent Twitter exchange with Jesus.) Of related interest, the Israel Antiquities Authorities has an online archaeological database that is full of useful resources. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,3,47],"tags":[751,753,1406,1407,4933,5433,5521,5677,8535,11889],"class_list":["post-20509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aramaic","category-archaeology","category-james","tag-archaeologist","tag-archaeology","tag-brother","tag-brother-of-the-lord","tag-iaa","tag-israel-antiquities-authority","tag-james","tag-jesus","tag-ossuary","tag-steve-caruso"],"yoast_head":"\n
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