Lines of inquiry: The metal tablets could change our understanding of the Bible
Posted on 03/30/2011 9:07:25 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy metal books found in cave in Jordan could change our view of Biblical history
By Fiona Macrae
Last updated at 11:35 AM on 30th March 2011
For scholars of faith and history, it is a treasure trove too precious for price. This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of Christianity. Academics are divided as to their authenticity but say that if verified, they could prove as pivotal as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.
Lines of inquiry: The metal tablets could change our understanding of the Bible
On pages not much bigger than a credit card, are images, symbols and words that appear to refer to the Messiah and, possibly even, to the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Adding to the intrigue, many of the books are sealed, prompting academics to speculate they are actually the lost collection of codices mentioned in the Bible’s Book Of Revelation.
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FYI - this looks like Gods-Graves-Glyphs ping material.
Haven’t read the article yet, but were these written in Hebrew or Greek or Latin, or Aramaic?
“The Angel Moroni”
“as skinny as a stick of macaroni.”
Now that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day!
Of course, if one is so inclinded, you can cherry-pick quotes from the Bible to undermine Christianity. Much like libtards cherry-pick from certain sections of the U.S. Constitution to undermine the Constitution.
If you look here, you will note that throughout time, there have been several revisions, several deletions and several modifications. What we know today, is a fraction of what was origionally given; some debate whether we have enough - others say we have more than adequate.
My interest lies in first establishing the authencity of this discovery, and then what it says.
You only need to remove 7 to open it.
Those seals probably created a lot of problems. Keep in mind that the transition from the scroll to codex format was not an easy one....
Gee, I was thinking of the “Copper Scrolls” by Rosenberg. Didn’t even think of the Mormons. But, I hardly ever think of that stuff.
Seems the pictures in the photographs of the plates, shown in the article, rather resemble the VOYNICH MANUSCRIPTS.
The pages are about the size of a credit card and contain images, symbols and words which appear to refer to the Messiah and, possibly even, to the Crucifixion and Resurrection.
Many of the books are sealed. Says Dr. Margaret Barker, former president of the Society for Old Testament Study, “The Book of Revelation tells of a sealed book that was opened only by the Messiah.”
Just a little too much hype and jumping to unsupported conclusions at this point to be taken seriously. How many well made fakes have appeared in the last 20 years? Most of them.
“Obviously, not a Bible scholar. Paul wrote in the period BEFORE 70 AD. He was dead by the end of the first century.”
I stopped at the same passage. I think what they mean is they would be our earliest copies. Paul died about 65 A.D. But our earliest copies of his epistles date to the mid-second century—almost certainly copies of copies. (There is a fragment of the Gospel of John that is about 115 A.D. and it is the earliest known new testament document.) So if the plates can be reliably dated to the fall of Jerusalem, they would be the earliest known documents, even though written later than the epistles.
I’ve only scanned through it and I didn’t recall other than it said possible hebrew-christian.
This caught my eye.
“Adding to the intrigue, many of the books are sealed, prompting academics to speculate they are actually the lost collection of codices mentioned in the Bible’s Book Of Revelation.”
Calling joe smith....calling joe smith!!
Wonder if one needs an "urim and thumin" to read the dang things??
Bet there's at least one page in there that that UFO nuts will assert proves the exitance of "ancient astronauts"!!
By the way, does it matter if these here "plates" were found in a sealed mayonnaisse jar on Funk and Wagnal's back porch??
(let me know how when it's a movie....hahahaha)
Perhaps these documents were saved from the Church in a book burning episode when a few determined who and who would not be deemed heretics and assembled PC writings into the Bible
Good catch. Wonder if the person who has these, has already done so? Might explain a few things. Like why we are giving weapons to Muslims so they can kill Christians.
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