Description
Book SynopsisThis book includes an analysis of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet, which describes renovations made to the First Temple and is considered the only written evidence of its existence. At the same time, a new technique for authenticating artifacts is described: this is especially important in determining the authenticity of artifacts collected from unprovenanced sites. Other subjects treated in the book are: the only known stone oil lamp with שבעת המינים carved onto seven nozzles, which was archaeometrically analyzed to verify its authenticity, and is thought to have been used during the Second Temple Period in rituals that necessitated that laws of purity be followed; and the James Ossuary, displaying the Aramaic inscription Ya'akov bar-Yosef akhui diYeshua (James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus), which, if genuine, might provide archaeological evidence for Jesus of Nazareth and indicate that the ossuary was that of James the Just, the older brother of Jesus.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Amnon Rosenfeld—In Memoriam (1944–2014)
- Chapter 3. Archaeometric Analysis of the “Jehoash Inscription” Tablet
- Chapter 4. The Jehoash Inscription Tablet—After the Verdict
- Chapter 5. Archaeometric Evidence for the Authenticity of the Jehoash Inscription Tablet
- Chapter 6. Environmental Dust as a Tool to Study the Archaeometry of Patinas on Ancient Artifacts
- Chapter 7. A Stone Oil Lamp with Seven Nozzles from the Late Second Temple Period
- Chapter 8. The Stone Oil Lamp with the Menorah—After the Verdict
- Chapter 9. The Connection of the James Ossuary to the Talpiot (Jesus Family Tomb) Ossuaries
- Chapter 10. On the Authenticity of the James Ossuary and its Possible Link to the Jesus Family Tomb
- Chapter 11. Implications of the “Forgery Trial” Verdict on the Authenticity of the James Ossuary
- Chapter 12. An Archaeometric Analysis of the “Miriam Ossuary”—Zissu and Goren, 2011
- Chapter 13. Determining the Authenticity of Artifacts by Oxygen Isotope Analysis
- Chapter 14. Some West African Brass Figurines of the ¬Jenne–Dogon Culture
- Chapter 15: Further Research: Abstracts
- Appendix: Original Publications and Contributing Authors
