Those 3D x-rays and AI are great together, letting us read what never could be read before.
Hard to believe Christianity or especially Christian artifacts existed north of the Alps at such an early date. Could the scroll have fallen into the grave at a later date?
Hard to believe Christianity or especially Christian artifacts existed north of the Alps at such an early date. Could the scroll have fallen into the grave at a later date?
Amazing, but the guy couldn’t mention Co-Redemptrix Mary even once?
I expect true Christians to have valued Jesus, like this.
He lived before the Catholic church and its Mary fixation.
bmk archaeology
Went to one of the links given by SunkenCiv and read the Full text translated:
(In the name?) of Saint Titus.
Holy, holy, holy!
In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God!
The Lord of the world
resists with [strengths?]
all attacks(?)/setbacks(?).
The God(?) grants
entry to well-being.
May this means of salvation(?) protect
the man who
surrenders himself to the will
of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
since before Jesus Christ
every knee bows: those in heaven, those on earth
and those
under the earth, and every tongue
confesses (Jesus Christ).
From Post 5 by Tell It Right in the link given by SunkenCiv:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4284840/posts
and Post 8 from same link:
The last part reads like a quotation from Philippians 2.10-11.
by Verginius Rufus
Shed a very interesting light on that translation. So Philippians 2.10-11 were spoken for some time before becoming written, which of course is what we would expect but how interesting to see this here confirming that.
Post 13:
The last part reads like a quotation from Philippians 2.10-11.
Yes. I believe that the consensus among scholars is that it is. Which makes the reference to Paul’s companion Titus, in the first line, all the more interesting.
from 13 posted on 12/16/2024, 1:44:24 PM by DSH
all from https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4284840/posts
I wonder how old the guy was when he died and how long he wore this amulet? I wonder also did he get it from someone else, an inheritance from someone else and was that also handed down? How old was the actual artefact?
Thank you for posting this. Love this. Very interesting.