This volume contains the proceedings of the Forth Princeton Symposium on Judaism and Christian Origins, which was focused on examining the archaeological evidence concerning ancient Jewish tombs in Jerusalem, including the Talpiot tomb, which has controversially been suggested to be the tomb of Jesus of Nazareth, and relating the archaeological evidence to the textual evidence. The 22 contributions are organized into sections on ossuaries and Jewish burial customs in Judea and Galilee; inscriptions and prosopography; methodologies for investigating DNA and patina evidence; the Talpiot tomb, a "Jesus family," and Mary Magdalene; the James ossuary (thought by some to contain the remains of Jesus's brother); and Talpiot, statistics, the holy sepulcher, and the Apostles. Annotation 2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
