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A Close Look at The Joanna Ossuary

Featuring an interview with Amir Wielinski, one of the curators of the Hecht Museum at the University of Haifa in Israel.

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Shane Rosenthal
Oct 23, 2025
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Here is a short video of the ossuary if you’d like to get a closer look.

Below is my interview with Amir Wielinski about the Joanna ossuary at the Hecht Museum. In this conversation, I asked Amir about several features of the ossuary and whether or not he believes this might be the Joanna and Theophilus mentioned in the Gospel of Luke (Lk 1:3, 8:3, 24:10). I think you’ll be surprised by his response!

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