Zvi Greenhut is an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, and this Atiqot article is his excavation report on the tomb and ossuaries discovered in 1990 in the Peace Forest, Jerusalem, including the ossuary inscribed with the name Caiaphas. Its strength is that it is the original excavator's own peer reviewed report, published in the Israel Antiquities Authority's own journal, giving primary documentation of the find context. Its limit is that establishing the tomb's find context is a different question from confirming the ossuary's occupant is the same Caiaphas named in the Gospels, a further identification later scholarship has debated, so a claim resting on that identification needs a source addressing it directly.
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Published in Atiqot, the Israel Antiquities Authority's own peer reviewed archaeological journal, Zvi Greenhut's excavation report, peer reviewed institutional archaeological scholarship. NotesExcavation report on the tomb and ossuaries found in 1990 in the Peace Forest, Jerusalem.
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AuthorZvi Greenhut
PublisherAtiqot (Israel Antiquities Authority)
Publication Year1992
Source Typepeer-reviewed article
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This source names Caiaphas directly: "the ossuary inscribed with the name Caiaphas."
This source names Israel directly: "Greenhut is an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, and this Atiqot article is his excavation report on the tomb and ossuaries discovered in 1990 in the Peace Forest, Jerusalem..."
This source names Jerusalem directly: "in 1990 in the Peace Forest, Jerusalem, including the ossuary inscribed with the name Caiaphas."
Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 17 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 6 holds. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 10 claims: 7 well-attested, 3 holds.
- Artifacts & Relics, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Figures, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Custodians & Museums, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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