Israel Antiquities Authority Declines Dirty Money

I have nothing against Shuka Dorfman, the director of the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA)—the few conversations I’ve had with him have been quite pleasant. But he sure does have it in for me. And I really can’t understand his wrath, although I do know why he’s mad. He’s angry because I didn’t tell him ahead of time that we were going to publish André Lemaire’s article about the bone box inscribed “James, the son of Joseph, the brother of Jesus” (it appeared in our November/December 2002 issue). The day after we published the story, the bone box, or ossuary, […]