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WOW (Breakthrough in interpreting Oxyrhynchus Papyri)
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| 4/17/05
| Arthur Silber?
Posted on 04/17/2005 6:14:39 AM PDT by bitt
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also see http://science.slashdot.org/science/05/04/17/0845214.shtml?tid=146&tid=126&tid=14
apparently we can't post from this other source: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/story.jsp?story=630165
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyrhynchus
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:14:39 AM PDT
by
bitt
To: bitt
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:15:58 AM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: SunkenCiv; Constitution Day
Really Old Reading Material Ping.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:17:58 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(Been there, done that, got the refrigerator magnet)
To: bitt
For more than a century, it has caused excitement and frustration in equal measure a collection of Greek and Roman writings so vast it could redraw the map of classical civilization.
When they redraw the map of classical civilization they better figure out how to air it on MTV & BET in the form of RAP or it will have absolutely no impact on culture in America.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:19:06 AM PDT
by
hflynn
To: bitt
"Can I have an 'A'?"
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:21:07 AM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: bitt
They even believe they are likely to find lost Christian gospels, the originals of which were written around the time of the earliest books of the New Testament.
That sounds like it is right out of
The Word by Irving Wallace:
Description:
In the Beginning, there was . . . The Word.
The classic thriller of an ancient manuscript, a secret society committed to hiding an explosive truth, and the man who must uncover that truth--if he can stay alive long enough
In the ruins of the ancient Roman seaport of Ostia Antica, an Italian archaeologist has discovered a first century papyrus, its faded text revealing a new gospel written by James, younger brother of Jesus. This discovery will show the world a new Jesus Christ, fill in the missing years of his ministry, contradict the existing accounts of his life--and potentially destroy the foundation of 2,000 years of Western civilization.
First published in 1972, The Word remains a classic of brilliant storytelling, authentic detail and breathtaking narrative power.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:24:04 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: hflynn
they might like THIS:
' . . . gobbling the whole, sharpening the flashing iron'
lol -
next RAP line would be:
'kissin' the hos, slashin' the man, still firin'
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:24:44 AM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: bitt
They even believe they are likely to find lost Christian gospelsUh-oh...
My theology forbids me to believe that there remains undiscovered scripture in the world.
However, for the same reason I'd like unrestriced access to the Vatican Library and a staff of interpreters, I'd be interested in reading (for notional example) a letter from Luke the Physician to Paul asking how his "thorn in the flesh" was doing, and perhaps naming it (shortness of vision? a poorly healed fracture from being stoned?); or a letter from some otherwise unknown Judean finshmonger to another about how he hadn't seen Simon the Fisherman for years and then saw him preaching on a streetcorner under the name of Simon "the Rock", and how it all seemed to make some sort of sense.
Bests!
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:24:59 AM PDT
by
ExGeeEye
(Belgium! (4/29!))
To: TomGuy
I read that book and I really liked it. Liked his other books, too.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:29:41 AM PDT
by
Netizen
(USA - Land of the free, home of the brave, where the handicapped are legally starved and dehydrated!)
To: bitt
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:30:45 AM PDT
by
ChadGore
(VISUALIZE 62,041,268 Bush fans.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:37:42 AM PDT
by
quantim
(Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
To: bitt
..wait until Woodward (WaPo) hears about this...Nixon/Casey/Ronnie/, "said this..." according to this virgin blank sheet of paper...thereby becoming ("real ghostwriting") another "True Interview" book.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:43:52 AM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
To: AdmSmith
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:56:54 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
To: bitt
This material represents the works of various dead white European males, and therefore not only has no relevance in the modern world, but also deserves nothing more than to be used as fuel to heat the homes of the disadvantaged poor. "Classics" such as these were the basis of many of the evils of the modern world, such as capitalism, private individual ownership of property, and the VERY outdated notion of personal responsibility for ones' actions.
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posted on
04/17/2005 6:58:00 AM PDT
by
Bushforlife
(I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born. ~Ronald Reagan)
To: Bushforlife
trash, according to certain cultures...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385166/posts
Key finds in Temple Mount trash heap
Jerusalem, Israel, Apr. 15 (UPI) -- Archaeologists sifting through piles of rubble discarded by Islamic officials from the Temple Mount have found rare artifacts dating to 3,000 years ago.
The artifacts were found in the last five months in a city garbage dump used by Islamic officials six years ago when they built a mosque at an underground area of the Temple Mount, the Jerusalem Post said Friday.
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posted on
04/17/2005 7:07:26 AM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: bitt
Wow, this is amazing.
What would be more interesting than the plays and poetry would be things like personal letters, which would give us an insight into how these people really lived. I wonder if stuff like that is in that collection.
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posted on
04/17/2005 7:08:54 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
To: exDemMom; blam; neverdem
quite right...I went to the 'London-based, Egypt Exploration Society' website, can't find any updayes - yet -
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posted on
04/17/2005 7:11:07 AM PDT
by
bitt
("There are troubling signs Bush doesn't care about winning a third term." (JH2))
To: bitt
Let's see how long before Dan Brown (the author of
The da Vinci Code) does another novel using these newly-decoded papyrii.
To: bitt
Now if these had been discovered by Muslims, they would have already been destroyed. Can't have proof of any brilliant civilization, other than their own, ya know.
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posted on
04/17/2005 7:48:38 AM PDT
by
ChocChipCookie
(I don't recognize my own country anymore.)
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posted on
04/17/2005 7:53:13 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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