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Artifact Analysis
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- The Family Tomb of Simon of Cyrene
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A family tomb discovered in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem with contained an ossuary inscribed with the name of "Alexander, son of Simon," and an indication that the family was from "Cyrene." Could this be the son of Simon of Cyrene, whom Mark mentions as someone pressed into service to help carry Jesus' cross on his way to crucifixion (Mark 15:21)?-
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- Bibliography
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- Secondary Literature
- Evans, Craig A. "Excavating Caiaphas, Pilate, and Simon of Cyrene: Assessing the Literary and Archaeological Evidence." In Jesus and Archaeology (ed. James H. Charlesworth; Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans, 2006) 323-40. Republished in Jesus and the Remains of His Day: Studies in Jesus and the Evidence of Material Culure (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson, 2015).
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- Kane, J. P. "Ossuary Inscriptions of Jerusalem." Journal of Semitic Studies 23:2 (1978) 268-82.
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- Powers, Tom. "Treasures in the Storeroom: Family Tomb of Simon of Cyrene; Carried Jesus' Cross." Biblical Archaeology Review 29:4 (2003) 46-51.
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