Scripture: Matthew 13:55; Galatians 1:19
The New Testament names James as the brother of Jesus and a leader of the Jerusalem church.
An made public in 2002, owned by collector Oded Golan, inscribed 'Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua' (James son of Joseph, brother of Jesus). The box is genuinely ancient. In 2003 the Israel Antiquities Authority declared the inscription a forgery, at least in part. Golan was tried for forgery and acquitted in 2012. The judge ruled that forgery was not proven, and stressed this did not prove the inscription authentic.
