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Archaeologists discover one of the earliest-known images of Jesus — and he's beardles
The Week ^ | October 9, 2014

Posted on 10/10/2014 1:57:19 PM PDT by NYer

Archaeologists have uncovered one of the earliest-known images of Jesus in the town of Cástulo in Andalusia, Spain. The image, engraved on a glass plate known as a paten, shows a beardless, short-haired Jesus.

The archaeologists estimate the 8.6-inch paten is from the fourth century C.E., and they suspect it was used to hold Eucharistic bread. The image shows Jesus in a philosopher's toga, along with two other — also beardless — male figures, whom researchers suspect are Peter and Paul, two of Jesus' apostles. All three of the men are depicted with halos. "The scene takes place in the celestial orb, framed between two palm trees, which in Christian iconography represent immortality, the afterlife, and heaven, among other things," the archaeologists said in a statement.

The paten is the earliest depiction that has been found in Spain, Discovery News reports, and it is "in an excellent state of preservation," with 81 percent of its original contents restored. The paten is now on display at the Archaeological Museum of Linares. --Meghan DeMaria

Early Image of Beardless Jesus Found: http://t.co/j5K0t20NFc pic.twitter.com/oTOH1GkgzS — Discovery News (@DNews) October 5, 2014



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To: dangus

Where does the Bible say he had a beard?


41 posted on 10/10/2014 2:43:27 PM PDT by ifinnegan
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To: Scrambler Bob
No beard in the manger.

Got one later.

Got proof???

42 posted on 10/10/2014 2:44:46 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: ifinnegan
Where does the Bible say he had a beard?

Isaiah 50:6

43 posted on 10/10/2014 2:45:20 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Vigilanteman
Roman Catholic armies were beating back the Muslim hordes at the gates of Vienna and the fleets were doing the same at the gates of Venice.

And let's not forget slaughtering the Huguenots.


44 posted on 10/10/2014 2:46:22 PM PDT by Gamecock (USA, Ret.)
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To: GeronL; Gamecock

I was just thinking that in it’s day, if you heated that plate up good and hot, and placed a couple of slices of bread on it, it probably could produce a good grilled cheese sandwich.


45 posted on 10/10/2014 2:48:17 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy

Grilled cheese sandwich with an image of Jesus.... people will come from all over the world to pray to it. lol

so eat it quick


46 posted on 10/10/2014 2:49:39 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: NYer; SunkenCiv; GeronL
The archaeologists estimate the 8.6-inch paten is from the fourth century C.E.

When discussing history regarding Jesus Christ, it is downright OFFENSIVE to refer to it as "C.E.".

47 posted on 10/10/2014 2:51:38 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: ifinnegan

There’s a more specific reference among the prophets about them plucking his beard, which I couldn’t find right now, but Leviticus 19 forbids Jewish men from trimming their beards.


48 posted on 10/10/2014 2:52:08 PM PDT by dangus
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To: a fool in paradise

bump’

I never use CE... my “Common Era” started in 1972

lol


49 posted on 10/10/2014 2:52:36 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: knarf

Current Era, not “Christian Era”. Have to be all things to all peoples, don’t you know?


50 posted on 10/10/2014 2:53:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: ifinnegan

Found it! “I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.” (Isa 50:6)”


51 posted on 10/10/2014 2:53:54 PM PDT by dangus
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To: WayneS; Slings and Arrows; GeronL
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Beardles!"


52 posted on 10/10/2014 2:55:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: GeronL
Grilled cheese sandwich with an image of Jesus.... people will come from all over the world to pray to it. lol so eat it quick
Maria Orosco, a 78-year-old mother of two, had just finished making herself a homemade tortilla shell when she says she saw the face of Christ materialize in the shell along with three large paragraphs of what appeared to be Hebrew text. Orosco then covered the vision with beans, wrapped it up and ate it. "I was hungry," Orosco explained to a throng of reporters following the incident. "This is Mexico. Food doesn't exactly grow on trees"....

....The reaction from Biblical scholars around the world has manifested itself in a collective expression of utter disbelief. "We're not talking about some tears on a statue here. This is like if the archaeologists had blown their noses with the Dead Sea Scrolls," said an exasperated Ian Rothchild of the Association of International Bible Scholars. "There's no telling what this message could have been—clarification of the book of Revelation, an answer to predestination versus free will or even a clear message to the Amish to stop living in the past. This woman should be thrown in jail."
-- from the thread Woman sees vision of Christ in tortilla shell, eats it


53 posted on 10/10/2014 2:55:28 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Alex Murphy

They might bring back the Inquisition for such heinous crimes


54 posted on 10/10/2014 2:58:05 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: a fool in paradise

Nixon as talk show host


55 posted on 10/10/2014 2:58:27 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Sacajaweau

Stands for Current Era as opposed to BCE which means Before The Current Era. It’s just the secular world’s way of not acknowledging Yashua.


56 posted on 10/10/2014 2:59:35 PM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: GeronL

57 posted on 10/10/2014 2:59:57 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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To: NYer

Instead of depicting Jesus, Peter and Paul, it may be Jesus, Moses, and Elias, as in Matthew 17 verses 1 thru 4.


58 posted on 10/10/2014 3:01:35 PM PDT by Ponyexpress9790
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To: NYer

THEY may believe it’s Christ, but I’ll take it with a pound or two of salt. Who, of those who saw and knew and lived with Christ would have pictorially recorded His Likeness?

It was forbidden in the Jewish heart and mind to make graven images. All the ORIGINAL Christians were of Jewish extraction.

The clincher for me is: This flies crosswise of the image on the Shroud of Turin. No sale!


59 posted on 10/10/2014 3:01:45 PM PDT by Tucker39 (Welcome to America! Now speak English; and keep to the right....In driving, in Faith, and politics.)
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To: Alex Murphy
This is Mexico. Food doesn't exactly grow on trees"....


60 posted on 10/10/2014 3:02:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Hey Obama: If Islamic State is not Islamic, then why did you give Osama Bin Laden a muslim funeral?)
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