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Vase discovery linked to Mary Magdalene
Telegraph ^ | 10 Dec 2008 | Nick Pisa

Posted on 12/10/2008 1:23:21 PM PST by BGHater

Archaeologists have discovered vases of perfumed ointment which may have been used by Mary Magdalene to anoint the feet of Jesus.

The Italian team have been digging for several months at the ancient Palestinian town of Magdala – from where Mary gets her name.

The archaeologists of the Franciscan academic society Studium Biblicum Franciscanum found the unopened vases dating to the first century AD conserved in mud at the bottom of a swimming pool in Magdala's thermal complex.

The town is on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee and Mary Magdalene is mentioned several times throughout the Bible.

Many believe that Mary Magdalene was the woman described in the Gospel of St Luke who anointed Jesus feet with oil and then wiped them with her tears and hair.

She is also described as a prostitute and is also present at the foot of the Cross when Jesus is crucified and was also the first witness to see Christ following his Resurrection.

Speaking of the discovery Father Stefano De Luca who is leading the dig, said: "The mud-filled condition of the site allowed us to find these truly extraordinary objects, which were intact and sealed and still contain greasy substances.

"We think these are balms and perfumes and if chemical analysis confirms this, they could be similar to those used by Mary Magdalene in the Gospels to anoint the feet of Christ.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; letshavejerusalem; mariame; mariamne; mary; marymagdalene; perfume; vase
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To: kbennkc

What’s the story behind your posting of Nick Pisa’s mom is a skank? I failed to see a connection to the story, though I did chuckle over it. Thanks in advance.


21 posted on 12/10/2008 2:36:11 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Nick Pisa's mom is a skank ))))
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To: BGHater
She is also described as a prostitute and is also present at the foot of the Cross when Jesus is crucified and was also the first witness to see Christ following his Resurrection.

Mary Magdalene was NEVER described in the Bible as a prostitute.

22 posted on 12/10/2008 2:45:58 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: BGHater
Archaeologists have discovered vases of perfumed ointment which may have been used by Mary Magdalene to anoint the feet of Jesus.

... The archaeologists of the Franciscan academic society Studium Biblicum Franciscanum found the unopened vases dating to the first century AD conserved in mud at the bottom of a swimming pool in Magdala's thermal complex.

If they were unopened they weren't the ones she used. She broke hers open and poured out the perfumed ointment.

23 posted on 12/10/2008 2:49:45 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: VRWCmember
"Mary Magdalene was NEVER described in the Bible as a prostitute."

No, but she was part of the Magdala Underground. They were notorious for an indiscriminate rash of balmings.

24 posted on 12/10/2008 2:56:09 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Two Kids' Dad
For many years now biblical scholars , theologians and various learned members of the clergy have been trying to erase the slander against Mary Magdalene . This article repeats it without foundation or authoritative attribution . It is with the same empty headed , callous disregard for facts that I made imputations of impurity about Pisa's mother . That plus in high school me and the entire backfield did know her .
25 posted on 12/10/2008 2:56:27 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know F/8 Cav)
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To: VRWCmember

He said “they could be SIMILAR to those used by Mary Magdalene in the Gospels to anoint the feet of Christ.”


26 posted on 12/10/2008 3:02:36 PM PST by Radl (rtr)
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To: Radl
He said “they could be SIMILAR to those used by Mary Magdalene in the Gospels to anoint the feet of Christ.”

That may be what the author MEANT, but what here is what he SAID, to quote the first sentence of the article:

Archaeologists have discovered vases of perfumed ointment which may have been used by Mary Magdalene to anoint the feet of Jesus.

27 posted on 12/10/2008 3:09:30 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
At least we might find out what perfumes smelled like so we can at least guess what the perfume might have been like at the time—what the stuff poured on Jesus feet smelled like.

Distilled oil of spikenard from India and elsewhere in the east has been known and used as a perfume for thousands of years. Spikenard was traditionally kept in alabaster jars, iirc.

I bought some to see what it smelled like. It has an initial musty smell that is unpleasant, which disappears in a few minutes and leaves behind an exquisitely beautiful, heavenly fragrance. I love the stuff.

28 posted on 12/10/2008 3:17:41 PM PST by Judith Anne
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To: VRWCmember

Agree but that is not what the priest is saying and his people are the ones who discovered the jars. The press will do anything to make a story. BTW I was at this place. The one thing that amazed me was how people lived so close together and how small their houses were. Homes were about the size of a closet. Years ago when I was a kid I read about the various towns Capernum etc in the bible. I pictured those towns about the size of a small town in the U.S. with maybe a couple of thousands of people living there. Actually Capernum could fit in my backyard.


29 posted on 12/10/2008 3:23:18 PM PST by Radl (rtr)
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To: MahatmaGandu

Also, don’t they think there was more than one Mary from Magdalene?

“Oh my, we found a vase with the name “Mary” on it! We’re in Magdalena. This has to be the oil that was used to annoint Jesus’ feet! We’re rich!”


30 posted on 12/10/2008 4:31:12 PM PST by Skenderbej
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To: BGHater

Deliberately misleading headline.

The vials in question may have a link to her hometown .


31 posted on 12/10/2008 4:35:05 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

“They were notorious for an indiscriminate rash of balmings.”

Touche....nicely done.


32 posted on 12/10/2008 4:37:14 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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33 posted on 12/10/2008 11:38:00 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______Profile finally updated Saturday, December 6, 2008 !!!)
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To: BGHater
Vase discovery linked to Mary Magdalene

Archaeologists have discovered vases of perfumed ointment which may have been used by Mary Magdalene to anoint the feet of Jesus.

...and just last week, I found a piece of Black Hills limestone that may have been thrown at a pesky coyote by General Custer.

"We think these are balms and perfumes and if chemical analysis confirms this, they could be similar to those used by Mary Magdalene in the Gospels to anoint the feet of Christ.

Well, the rock is similar to one perhaps thrown at something by somebody in Custer's 1874 Expedition, during which it is known that at some point Custer threw something, even if just a fit.

Journalists! Bah; HUMBUG!

I H.A.T.E. misleading, sensatioanlist, bait & switch titles & lead sentences.

34 posted on 12/11/2008 12:06:55 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (The mob got President Barabbas; America got shafted)
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To: AppyPappy; BGHater; All

“nor is there proof that she was a prostitute.”

Obviously written by the Opus Dei.


35 posted on 12/11/2008 3:53:28 AM PST by wolfcreek (I see miles and miles of Texas....let's keep it that way.)
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To: kbennkc

who is this Pisa person?


36 posted on 12/11/2008 4:52:18 AM PST by stockpirate (Rush, Sean, Laura, Mark, Ann - MIA concerning COLB, Obama got them scared!)
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To: BGHater

> She is also described as a prostitute...

Mary Magdalene is never described as a prostitute in the Bible.


37 posted on 12/11/2008 4:54:03 AM PST by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: BGHater

I don’t know what smells worse, this article or the rotten contents in the jars they found.

They don’t have anything connecting these jars to her.


38 posted on 12/11/2008 4:54:37 AM PST by stockpirate (Rush, Sean, Laura, Mark, Ann - MIA concerning COLB, Obama got them scared!)
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To: TexGuy

“The” Science Is In!


39 posted on 12/11/2008 4:57:33 AM PST by ichabod1 (You won't know obammunism is here until it puts a boot in your (fat) bottom.)
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To: autumnraine

It’s like saying “You’re from Amerika... do you know Britney Spears?”


40 posted on 12/11/2008 5:00:17 AM PST by ichabod1 (You won't know obammunism is here until it puts a boot in your (fat) bottom.)
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