Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus
The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics
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2009
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The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-3298-1 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
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Offers an evaluation of the popular and scholarly reception of the James Ossuary as it emerged from the dimness of the antiquities black market to become a Protestant relic in the media's custody. This title explores the theory and practice couched in the debate about the object's authenticity.
This title offers lessons in the historical quest for Jesus. In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000 people congregated to experience what had been prematurely and hyperbolically billed as the closest tactile connection to Jesus yet unearthed. Within a few months, however, the ossuary was revealed to be a forgery. ""Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus"" offers a critical evaluation of the popular and scholarly reception of the James Ossuary as it emerged from the dimness of the antiquities black market to become a Protestant relic in the media's custody. The volume brings together experts in Jewish archaeology, early Christianity, American religious history, and pilgrimage to explore the theory and practice couched in the debate about the object's authenticity. Contributors examine the ways in which the varying popular and scholarly responses to the ossuary phenomenon inform the presumption of religious meaning; how religious categories are created, vetted, and used for various purposes; and, whether the history of pious frauds in America can help to illuminate this international episode. ""Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus"" also contributes to discussions about the construction of religious studies as an academic discipline and the role of scholars as public interpreters of discoveries with religious significance.
This title offers lessons in the historical quest for Jesus. In 2002 a burial box of skeletal remains purchased anonymously from the black market was identified as the ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus. Transformed by the media into a religious and historical relic overnight, the artifact made its way to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, where 100,000 people congregated to experience what had been prematurely and hyperbolically billed as the closest tactile connection to Jesus yet unearthed. Within a few months, however, the ossuary was revealed to be a forgery. ""Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus"" offers a critical evaluation of the popular and scholarly reception of the James Ossuary as it emerged from the dimness of the antiquities black market to become a Protestant relic in the media's custody. The volume brings together experts in Jewish archaeology, early Christianity, American religious history, and pilgrimage to explore the theory and practice couched in the debate about the object's authenticity. Contributors examine the ways in which the varying popular and scholarly responses to the ossuary phenomenon inform the presumption of religious meaning; how religious categories are created, vetted, and used for various purposes; and, whether the history of pious frauds in America can help to illuminate this international episode. ""Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus"" also contributes to discussions about the construction of religious studies as an academic discipline and the role of scholars as public interpreters of discoveries with religious significance.
Ryan Byrne is an independent scholar living in Menifee, California. Bernadette McNary-Zak is associate professor of religious studies at Rhodes College.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.8.2009 |
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| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8078-3298-7 / 0807832987 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8078-3298-1 / 9780807832981 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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