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Additional articles on the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth can be found in issue 59 of Christian History. One of that issue's articles looks at "What Happened to Jesus' 'Brothers'?" The article says that, "James, probably the oldest of Jesus' brothers, was reported to have spent so much time in prayer that his knees 'were like those of a camel.'"

The Jewish Roman World of Jesus site includes text from Josephus' Antiquities on the death of James brother of Jesus. More information on James is available at Gospel Gazette Online and Crying Voice in the Wilderness.

Brother Anthony M. Opisso, M.D., of the Cistercian Abby in New Brunswick has written an extensive article on Mary's perpetual virginity. More explanation and debate is available on the Catholic Encyclopedia site.

Last month, University of Cincinnati professor Steven Fine made another significant ossuary discovery in the Cincinnati Art Museum. Fine found an image carved into an ossuary that depicts what first century Jerusalem looked like.

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October (Web-only) 2002, Vol. 46