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t the time that this book review is being written, Mel Gibson's oeuvre The Passion of the Christ is upon us, or, more precisely, upon that public that not long ago was fascinated with the so-called James ossuary. By the time this book review is published, Gibson's film will already be yesterday's old news while its targeted audience has moved on to fresher pastures on the developing market of Christian pop culture. Any scholar who is still involved with questions of the authenticity of the James ossuary must appear embarrassingly outdated to that general audience. Craig A. Evans, the author of the book here under review, has made a very wise choice in the face of this dilemma. For the purposes of his book, he has opted not to focus on the question of the ossuary's authenticity (which is at present still not settled). Instead, he embarks on an analysis of the ossuary's relevance for any reconstruction of Jesus' contemporary world, geared toward a generally interested audience as well as scholars with only basic knowledge of Palestinian material culture. It is certainly pleasant to see that Evans resisted the temptation to write another sensational book on the latest "hot" topic in b

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Author

Gabriele Fassbeck

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)