{"product_id":"resurrecting-the-brother-of-jesus-ryan-byrne-9781469614571","title":"Resurrecting the Brother of Jesus: The James Ossuary Controversy and the Quest for Religious Relics","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003ci\u003eResurrecting the Brother of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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 explore 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. \u003ci\u003eResurrecting the Brother of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eThomas S. Bremer, Rhodes College\u003cbr\u003eRyan Byrne, Menifee, California\u003cbr\u003eByron R. McCane, Wofford College\u003cbr\u003eBernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College\u003cbr\u003eMilton Moreland, Rhodes College\u003cbr\u003eJonathan L. Reed, University of La Verne\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ryan Byrne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 146961457X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469614571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.51d","brand":"Ryan Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47930809516287,"sku":"9781469614571","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc60406f-725d-45a1-8e09-076091c8ab9a.jpg?v=1766344421","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/resurrecting-the-brother-of-jesus-ryan-byrne-9781469614571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}