# Is this reasonable evidence that Jesus lived? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 22, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340 "2002-10-22T05:46:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/81 "2003-06-19T20:06:12Z")
Not really a surprise. How long 'til it shows up on Ebay? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/82 "2003-06-20T05:45:25Z")
Follow this link [http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/GoodMorningAmerica/jamesossuary030619.html](http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/GoodMorningAmerica/jamesossuary030619.html) ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/83 "2003-06-20T05:56:46Z")
I have to say I’m disappointed, from a purely historical perspective. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/84 "2003-06-20T12:51:44Z")
[Captain Renault] I’m shocked, _shocked_, to find that archeological fraud has been perpetrated to fleece the gullible. [/Captain Renault] :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/85 "2003-06-20T16:54:49Z")
Last night on CNN Headline News, the scrolling newsbites at the bottom of the screen stated that, according to an expert, the “bone box” in question must be a forgery because the inscriptions are in modern, not Biblical, Hebrew. I have no more details. ---
**Author:** ![Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@Dreaming\_of\_Maria\_Callas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dreaming_of_Maria_Callas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/86 "2003-06-20T17:07:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrainGlutton \* > \*\*Last night on CNN Headline News, the scrolling newsbites at the bottom of the screen stated that, according to an expert, the “bone box” in question must be a forgery because the inscriptions are in modern, not Biblical, Hebrew. I have no more details. \*\* The inscription is in Aramaic, the actual spoken language of Jesus’ time, not a form of Hebrew. UnuMondo ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/87 "2003-06-20T17:29:48Z")
I don’t think there was any finding that the Aramaic wasn’t authentic but the inscription was in two different hands and showed a false patina. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340/88 "2003-06-20T17:32:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by photopat \* > \*\*Not really a surprise. How long 'til it shows up on Ebay? \*\* [It already has.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3226193539&category=13770) at least, a lousy facsimile of the inscription, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-reasonable-evidence-that-jesus-lived/133340.md?page=4)