Judah, son of Jesus Ossuary 80/501: �Yehuda bar Yeshua� � �Judah, son of Jesus� The most controversial ossuary pulled from the Tomb of the Ten Ossuaries was undoubtedly the one inscribed �Judah, son of Jesus,� the...

Mariamene Ossuary 80/500: �Mariamene e Mara� � �Mariamne, also called Master� Oddly, the second �Mary� in the Talpiot tomb was not Latinized like the first. Instead, it was the Greek version of the name. This is...

Ossuary 80/500: �Mariamene e Mara� � �Mariamne, also called Master� The ossuary of a Jewish woman who moved in Greek circles. The ossuary of an elite, a �Mara,� a �Master.� It wasn�t until Simcha Jacobovici and his...

Ossuary 80/500: �Mariamene e Mara� � �Mariamne, also called Master� If ossuary 80/500 is indeed the ossuary of Mary Magdalene, it is the only archaeological evidence for her existence. Everything we know about her historically has...

Ossuary 80/500: �Mariamene e Mara� � �Mariamne, also called Master� The ossuary of a Jewish woman who moved in Greek circles. The ossuary of an elite, a �Mara,� a �Master.� The �Mara� added at the end of...

Ossuary 80/505 -- �Maria� It was the most popular name among first-century Jerusalem women. As many as 25% of the women of the Second Temple period carried it. Indeed, both women whose ossuaries were pulled from the...

  Theological Jesus For Christians the world over, Jesus of Nazareth is the Saviour, Messiah, the Christ (or �Anointed One�), the Son of God, The Redeemer of Mankind, and bearer of many other names. The sources:...

The Historical Jesus Most of what we know about Jesus comes to us from the four Evangelists, also known as the writers of the Gospels. Outside of the New Testament, the only contemporaneous mention of Jesus appears...