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31 July 2005

Box and Dice

The stone box that was thought to have contained the bones of James the brother of Jesus made the news a few years back. But it was found to be a fake. How did the controversy get that far, and why were archaeologists willing to gamble on their reputations? Prominent expert on James research and Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, Robert Eisenman, explains.