Endnote 2 – “Brother of Jesus” Inscription Is Authentic!

A segment on 60 Minutes attempted to show that Marco was involved with another artifact that Oded Golan was also accused of forging, the 15-line Yehoash inscription. We questioned whether 60 Minutes accurately reported what Marco said in Arabic, but 60 Minutes refused to give us the transcript of its interview with Marco. See Hershel Shanks, First Person: “The Lion and the Flea,” BAR 37:03 and “60 Minutes Replies to BAR’s Charges of Unethical Conduct,” sidebar to Queries and Comments, BAR 37:04. In any event, 60 Minutes did not state or imply that Marco was involved with the forgery of the James Ossuary.