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A 1500-year-old bible has been discovered in Turkey. Discovered in 2000, the book that contains purportedly the Gospel of Barnabas has been transferred by the Turkish government to the Ethnography Museum of Ankara with a police escort.

Then we know it's nowhere near 1,500 years old. The so-called Gospel of Barnabas can't be traced back earlier than about the 15th century. It's not ancient, it's medieval.

Not that a single copy of the "Bible" of dubious provenance is sufficent to overturn the entire Christian tradition anyway. Anyone opting for scholarship over sensationalism already realizes this.

70 posted on 05/08/2014 12:55:55 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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Well, one would have to look at the text to see if it is the same Gospel of Barnabas-—could be a completely different text with the same name.


87 posted on 05/08/2014 3:19:41 PM PDT by Cruising Speed
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