Is this the first written mention of Jesus? 2,000-year-old tablets in a remote cave are genuine

Daily Mail ^ | 12/05/2016 | by Libby Plummer

[SeekAndFind]

Is this the first written mention of Jesus? 2,000-year-old lead tablets found in a remote cave ARE genuine, claim researchers

• The lead pages, bound like a ring binder, were first discovered in 2008
• The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David
• They also suggest the God he worshipped was both male and female
• New testing said to confirm their age, say authors who have been campaigning since 2009 for the tablets to be recognised and protected

An ancient set of lead tablets showing the earliest portrait of Jesus Christ have proved to be around 2,000 years old, according to experts.

The metal 'pages', held together like a ring binder, were found in Jordan in around 2008 by an Jordanian Bedouin and make reference to Christ and his disciples.

The lead has been analysed and the words and symbols translated and experts say the tablets date from within a few years of Jesus' ministry.

And what they reveal could be enlightening not only for Christians, but also Jews and Muslims.

The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David.

[COBOL2Java]

"Look kids! It's the annual 'Bogus news story about Jesus'! Now we know we're in the Christmas season!"

Son: "They do it during Easter too, don't they, Dad?"

Dad: "They sure do, son!"

[castlegreyskull]

Looks like a heavy read.

[nobamanomore]

That was my first thought as well.

[Flaming Conservative]

I know all Catholics don’t reject the OT. “I am the LORD your God. I change not”, Malachi 3:6 From before the foundation of the world, Jesus is. “Behold the Lamb of God, slain from the foundation of the world”. It was God’s plan from the beginning that Jesus would be the atonement. The Jewish sacrificial rites were a foreshadowing of His sacrificial death. You cannot remove the OT from the New. Jesus is there from Genesis to Malachi.

[JimRed]

Judaism and Christianity split after Christ and not all at once, and the two still share quite a lot.

IIRC, one of the popes called the Jews "our beloved elder brethren".