FWIW the reason the tomb was supposed to be a big deal is you wouldn't label the ossuary w the brother's name unless the brother was famous
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It said "Yakov son of Yusuf brother of Yeshua" which in that context makes it really clear who it's supposed to be
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But yeah there's a lot of Jameses, which is part of the problem here
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Catholics believe James the brother of Jesus is the same guy as one of the 12 Apostles, James the son of Alpheus
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Because they believe "brother" means "cousin"
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Protestants think James is literally his brother by way of Mary and Joseph fucking
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But then that means he wasn't one of the 12 Apostles and just shows up out of nowhere after Jesus dies to become a Christian leader
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(Which they argue is consistent with a line that says when he was alive Jesus was "rejected by his brothers")
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It's complicated even more by the fact that James son of Alpheus' mother shows up and is also named Mary
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(You could argue Mary remarried a guy Alpheus after Joseph died and thus disagree with everybody)
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Personally I like the symmetry of the two big rival leaders both being converts after Jesus' death
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One, his brother, having been very close to Jesus, and the other, Paul, having never met him
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