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To: SonOfDarkSkies

I read your link, but is he even talking about the same codices? The photos of this find out of Jordan look and sound very different than the find he posts photos of and writes about—the way the inscriptions are written look nothing alike. They were even discovered in different places, so...

These look and read like possibly two separate finds that are being lumped together.

Time will tell, I guess.


36 posted on 04/03/2011 11:59:53 AM PDT by Shelayne (He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly" Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! *Rev 22:20)
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To: Shelayne
I too have found that confusing...but best I can tell, they are the same codices. Here's an excerpt (note the link to the article which is the subject of this thread) from one of the contributors to the conversation at PaleoJudaica (the blog that has been at the center of this discussion).
FAKE METAL CODICES: MEDIA FAIL

The mainstream press just keeps churning this stuff out, oblivious to the specialist bloggers who have already demonstrated that the inscribed metal plates are forgeries.

Could this couple's Bible 'codices' tell the true story of Christ's life? (The Telegraph)

Is this the first ever portrait of Jesus? The incredible story of 70 ancient books hidden in a cave for nearly 2,000 years (The Daily Mail)

Jordan demands that Israel return ‘stolen artifacts’ (Jerusalem Post)

I can't find anything more from the BBC, which perhaps is to their credit a little. It's possible that they now have a clue and are trying to pretend that the whole thing never happened. But is it too much to hope for coverage of the debunking of the story?

As I've said before: when you read or hear, well, anything in the mainstream media, keep in mind that this is their mode of operation. Seize on a sensationalist story (while frequently ignoring interesting stories that are real but not sensationalist); no problem if the story is generated by an obvious crank, as such things frequently are; be too lazy to check out the crank's credentials or too ignorant to read the "energy vibration" warning signs; distort and sensationalize anything said by actual specialists; fail to make a few phone calls to outside specialists for a view; fail even to Google the story to see if any informed bloggers have a view or better information; and instead repeatedly draw on dubious press releases and earlier media stories, often focusing on and playing up the most lurid elements of the earlier coverage.

Background here and just keep following those links.

UPDATE: Aargh! The AP has been snookered too and the story is now multiplying like maggots on the carcass of the media's credibility.

UPDATE: At Rogue Classicism, David Meadows has a careful analysis of the latest from the Daily Mail and the Telegraph: Lead Codices – Once More into the ‘Reach’.

posted by Jim Davila | 4:50 AM


37 posted on 04/03/2011 12:17:15 PM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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