The article in the LA Times this morning indicated:

"The bones were missing from the ossuary because they
were probably taken by Jewish Christians who fled so
that James' remains would not be desecrated by the
Romans, speculates Ben Witherington III of Asbury
Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky. The box itself
would have been too heavy to carry, he said,
especially if they were leaving in haste."

The article also states:

"Ossuaries were used by Jews in the 1st century AD,
transferring bones from burial caves to the boxes
after all the flesh had naturally decayed. The
practice was largely abandoned after the destruction
of the Jewish Temple in AD 70. "


The article further goes on to say:

"Unfortunately, all three names were very common in
the Jerusalem of that period. Researchers have already
discovered at least two ossuaries that say "James, son
of Joseph," McCray said. "But to have all three names
is highly significant and extremely unusual, and
indicates the importance of the name Jesus."

Records from the period allowed Lemaire to estimate
how many men in Jerusalem carried each of the three
names. Using simple math, he was then able to estimate
that there were no more than 20 men in the city of
80,000 who were named James, who had a father named
Joseph and who had a brother named Jesus."

The full article can be found and read here:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-sci-jesus22oct22.story



--- Merri Pemberton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I wonder what happened to the bones?
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