Posted on 12/17/2015 6:44:34 AM PST by Biggirl
Israeli archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old slab of marble with Hebrew inscriptions (pictured) by Kursi near the Sea of Galilee in Israel’s north, reaffirming a Jewish presence at what Christians believe to be the location of Jesus’ “Miracle of the Swine.â€
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A 1500 year old slab?
Am I missing something here?
What was written, the article.
Hopefully it was a slab of bacon.
Matthew 8:28-34?
I thought people spoke more Aramaic than Hebrew at the time. Then too, 1500 year old?
Jesus invented bacon?
Praise Jesus!
Maybe it was a marker that a tour guide used back in the day for tourists to show where the miracle happend? : )
Sometimes reported as letting Francis be elected Pope.
It notes this was the first instance in history of Deviled Ham.
’ Miracle of the Swine ‘...
Yes...pigs do fly...
Lol!
Like the fact that as of around AD 500 (sorry folks, I’m a traditionalist and the whole “Common Era” politesse leaves me cold) Hebrew was a liturgical language and anything on a stone tablet written then would likely have been in Greek or maybe Latin? Even in Jesus time people weren’t speaking or writing new documents in Hebrew. They were speaking and writing a related Semitic language, Aramaic. So yeah, there’s something odd about the 1,500 years ago time frame for a Hebrew inscription.
I always thought the same. Also, that Hebrew was the language of The Book and Aramaic was the language most people spoke. There IS a “small” time warp there too, isn’t there?
I was surprised to see you had not been pinged yet, so...Ping!
Pilgrims would have sought the place out. Locals set up stalls to sell souvenirs and trinkets, food and drink, and someone decides that they are getting a marble slab made (in Hebrew no less!) to say that it was “right here” that the miracle occurred, and he sets it beside his kabob tent.
[[Israeli archaeologists discovered a 1,500-year-old slab of marble]]
Can you imagine going to the local staples store and buying a ream of marble for your printer?
That makes sense. Relics and pilgrimage sites were (and still are ... the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem is like a continuous strip plaza of small shops) big business.
Not to rain on their parade, but if it is 1500 years old, that would be about 500+ years after the death of Christ. Just saying....
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