Three views of the Ten Commandments marble slab on auction
Posted on 10/25/2016 5:18:14 AM PDT by SJackson
Three views of the Ten Commandments marble slab on auction
Three views of the Ten Commandments marble slab on auction Photo Credit: Heritage Auctions
The earliest-known stone inscription of the Ten Commandments will be offered Nov. 16, 2016 by Heritage Auctions in the Living Torah Museum Auction in Beverly Hills, California, Art Daily reported Tuesday. The tablet is the centerpiece of an offering of Bible-related historical artifacts, researched and authenticated, property of the Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn, NY. The opening bid on the Ten Commandments is $250,000.
David Michaels, Director of Antiquities for Heritage Auctions, suggested “there is nothing more fundamental to our shared heritage than the Ten Commandments.” The two-foot-square marble slab, inscribed in early Hebrew script, probably came from a synagogue destroyed by the Romans between 400 and 600 CE, or by the Crusaders in the 11th century, according to Michaels.
Weighing about 200 pounds, the slab of marble is chiseled with 20 lines of script, in Hebrew and Aramaic. After an introductory dedication and invocation, it lists nine of the ten commonly known Biblical Commandments from the Book of Exodus, omitting the “You will not take the name of God in vain,” and adding instead a commandment commonly cited by the Samaritan sect, calling on the worshippers to “raise up a temple” on Mount Gerizim, sacred to the Samaritans, near the city of Shechem.
Bidders are required to agree to place the object on public exhibition, as per a stipulation by the Israel Antiquities Authority, which designated the artifact a “National Treasure” of Israel.
Samaria was the home to of the Samaritan sect, known by Jewish tradition as the “converts by lions,” based on an account of their forced immigration under Assyrian rule from an unknown origin, and their embrace of the local Jewish God for protection from the lions that roamed their new habitat.
Scholars who studied the carved letters believe the stone was carved in the late Roman or Byzantine era, circa 300-500 CE, to adorn the entrance to a Samaritan synagogue.
The discovery of the Ten Commandments Stone was reported in 1947 by Y. Kaplan, the stone’s owner at the time, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, later Israel’s second President (1952-1963). It was first uncovered in 1913 during excavations for a railroad station near Yavneh, Israel, and was acquired by an Arab who set it in the floor of his courtyard. Over many years, foot traffic wore down some of the letters at the center of the slab, although the forms are still discernible.
In 1943, the stone was acquired by Kaplan, who brought in Dr. Ben-Zvi and other scholars to study it. Antiquities dealer Robert Deutsch purchased it in the 1990s, and Rabbi Saul Deutsch obtained it for his Living Torah Museum in 2005. It has been the centerpiece of the Museum’s collection since then and was subsequently published in Biblical Archaeology Review magazine and other publications.
Although considered a “National Treasure” of Israel, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) approved its export the US in 2005 on condition that it be displayed in a public museum. “We seek either an institutional buyer or a private one who will agree to exhibit the 10 Commandments Stone so that all can see, enjoy and learn from it,” Michaels told Art Daily.
The Living Torah Museum auction will include at least 50 other artifacts from the museum’s collection, including a nine-spouted ceramic oil lamp dated to the first century CE that is regarded by some experts as the earliest known first Hanukkah menorah, Michaels said.
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That “somewhere” has been known for a decade.
Its a grotto below the surface of the Temple Mount.
It was discovered by the late Ron Wyatt, the man who also located the Red Sea crossing.
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Samaritans are definitely not of Israeli origin. They were imported to the region by Shalmanesser.
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That image is not of three tablets, it is three views of one tablet.
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Samaria is just a small part of the land occupied by the northern tribes, from the time that Joshua led them into the Land.
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Contradictory "points of view" cannot both be true; if formulated properly, one of them must be false and the other must be true. Consider:
1) The Moon is made entirely of green cheese.
2) The Moon is made entirely of sticky rice.
Clearly both (1) and (2) above cannot both be true. They could, however, both be false. The Moon, for example, might be a giant pizza. The "points of view" must be formulated properly:
3) The Moon is made entirely of blue cheese.
4) The Moon is NOT made entirely of blue cheese.
Statements (3) and (4) are direct contradictions. One of them must be true, and the other must be false.
Now consider the "points of view" at hand:
5) Jesus of Nazareth was God incarnate.
6) Jesus of Nazareth was NOT God incarnate.
Like my examples (3) and (4), the real dispute captured in (5) and (6) is a simple, properly formulated, direct contradiction. One of those statements is necessarily false and the other is necessarily true. They cannot both be true; they cannot both be false. This matter cannot simply be dismissed as mere "differing points of view". Which of them is true, which is false, is a matter of eternal importance.
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Read the Bible for a change.
The northern lands were parceled out by Joshua. Later Dan also claimed lands east of the Jordan river.
Manasseh was actually the largest tribe.
The squabble between Solomon’s sons was not that big of a deal. It had nothing to do with land.
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Can’t be so.
History Channel’s “Curse of Oak Island” series claims the Ark etc are there in the ‘Money Pit’, courtesy of the Knights Templar.
(Besides the idiot/crap “Ancient Aliens” series, “Oak Island” is one of the worst on that channel.)
I’ve heard Wyatt’s name before, but I had no idea he was involved in all that. If you have any good links for him, besides the Wiki stuff I’m now reading, I’d appreciate them.
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The stuff on the Ark is tightly controlled by the Israeli government, but there are several witnesses that have seen it.
The Red Sea crossing can be viewed:
www.TheRedSeaCrossing.com
Use the code: redseafree in the red box for access.
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Shamanesser is the name of the king that spread them across the northern lands surrounding the Mediterranean.
There is nothing in the Bible that says that they would forget who they are.
It was common knowledge knowledge who and where they were in the first century. They were referred to as The dispersion.
They were the majority of the people that Paul evangelized. (they were the people to whom Yeshua was ‘sent.’)
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5) Jesus of Nazareth was God incarnate.
6) Jesus of Nazareth was NOT God incarnate.
Like my examples (3) and (4), the real dispute captured in (5) and (6) is a simple, properly formulated, direct contradiction. One of those statements is necessarily false and the other is necessarily true. They cannot both be true; they cannot both be false. This matter cannot simply be dismissed as mere "differing points of view". Which of them is true, which is false, is a matter of eternal importance.
which is false<<<
The one that is internally, intrinsically contradictory: God "in-carn-ate."
late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- ‘made flesh,’ from the verb incarnare, from in- ‘into’ + caro, carn- ‘flesh.’
God ≠ flesh
The NT is filled with examples of the religious experts of the day thinking that Jesus was claiming to be God, along with his futile attempts to correct them. His words fell on deaf ears. Ergo, the NT witnesses against those who make that same accusation.
NT readers = Christians. After almost 2000 years and the invention of the printing press for over 500, you'd think folks would have caught on by now.
eternal importance
Injurious speech, lashon hara = telling others that a certain man claimed to be God (committed blasphemy) when he did nothing of the sort.
It’s known that the Chofetz Chaim believed that lashon hara, or evil speech, was the main cause of our long, bitter exile. The Chofetz Chaim stated on more than one occasion that as soon as the sin of lashon hara was fixed, the exile would end and the Moshiach would come.
http://www.emunaroma.com/blog/a-crash-course-in-the-laws-of-lashon-hara-online
Then you have ignored the minor prophets.. and why Christ Himself called the House of Israel, ‘lost sheep’ of the House of Israel. Christ knew who and where they were, but they sure did not and in overwhelming majority are still lost, just like you!!!
You are the one that is lost here!
Everyone knew who they were. They spoke a different language for one thing. They were called strangers. (Even by Peter in his epistle to them)
It sure all gets by you easily!
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Do you really think that the Scandinavian people don’t know that they are descendants of Dan?
Why do you suppose “Denmark” is called Dansk?
That was a good way of explaining it. And yes, getting it straight is a matter of eternal importance.
Yeah that was funny!
when a man in a Jewish society stands up and tells his opponents "Amen I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM" ...
He is absolutely NOT trying to deny his divinity.
Jus' sayin' ...
But I think you do understand my actual point, that a properly formulated contradiction on an important matter cannot simply be dismissed as "differing points of view".
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