FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- A Discovery Channel documentary that has inflamed the passions of Christians everywhere has a South Florida connection.

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"The Lost Tomb of Christ," which will air on Sunday, argues that 10 ancient ossuaries -- small caskets used to store bones -- discovered in a suburb of Jerusalem in 1980 may have contained the bones of Jesus and his family.

The documentary cites an ancient relic that is now on display at the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale.

The "Cradle of Christianity" exhibit features a series of ossuaries, one of which has a Hebrew inscription that reads "Judah, Son of Jesus."

"Jesus was a very popular name. Let's not jump to conclusions," said Irvin Lippman of the Museum of Art.

A group of filmmakers, including James Cameron, are saying the ossuaries provide evidence that Jesus married Mary Magdalene, had a son named Judah and was not bodily resurrected.

"What this film does and what this investigation does is celebrate the real-life existence of these people," Cameron said. "This man who, 2,000 years ago, had a vision he communicated to people, and in a viral way, it spread around the world over the subsequent centuries. It resounds down to us now in the present way in a way that no other human being has had the same type of impact."

Clergy members are scoffing at "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," which will air at 9 p.m. Sunday on the Discovery Channel.

"We will read their arguments, but I think it will not change our faith that the tomb is empty," Bishop Munib Younan said.

Skepticism about the documentary is also very high among anthropologists and archaeologists.

"This was just another Jewish tomb from the time of the second Temple period with ossuaries. Nothing more," said anthropologist Joe Zias.

The exhibit in Fort Lauderdale is a collection of artifacts, fascinating to anyone with an interest in antiquities. It makes no judgment on the "Lost Tomb" documentary.

"The exhibition is very important because it goes to the roots of Christianity, and I would think it's made even more important, thanks to James Cameron," Lippman said.