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A True Tale of Faith, Greed and Forgery in the Holy Land
Collins
November 2008
On Sale: October 21, 2008
288 pages
ISBN: 0061458457
EAN: 9780061458453
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Religion
In 2002, an ancient limestone box called the James Ossuary
was trumpeted on the world's front pages as the first
material evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ. Today
it is exhibit number one in a forgery trial involving
millions of dollars worth of high-end, Biblical era relics,
some of which literally re-wrote Near Eastern history and
which could lead to the incarceration of some very wealthy
men and embarrass major international institutions,
including the British Museum and Sotheby's. Set in Israel, with its 30,000 archaeological digs crammed
with biblical-era artifacts, and full of colorful
characters—scholars, evangelicals, detectives, and
millionaire collectors—Unholy Business tells the incredibly
story of what the Israeli authorities have called "the
fraud of the century." It takes readers into the murky
world of Holy Land relic dealing, from the back alleys of
Jerusalem's Old City to New York's Fifth Avenue, and
reveals biblical archaeology as it is pulled apart by
religious believers on one side and scientists on the other.
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