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Is this the first written mention of Jesus? 2,000-year-old tablets in a remote cave are genuine
Daily Mail ^ | 12/05/2016 | by Libby Plummer

Posted on 12/05/2016 8:11:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Is this the first written mention of Jesus? 2,000-year-old lead tablets found in a remote cave ARE genuine, claim researchers

An ancient set of lead tablets showing the earliest portrait of Jesus Christ have proved to be around 2,000 years old, according to experts.

The metal 'pages', held together like a ring binder, were found in Jordan in around 2008 by an Jordanian Bedouin and make reference to Christ and his disciples.

The lead has been analysed and the words and symbols translated and experts say the tablets date from within a few years of Jesus' ministry.

And what they reveal could be enlightening not only for Christians, but also Jews and Muslims.

The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: History; Religion & Culture; Religion & Science
KEYWORDS: archeology; artifacts; jesus; jordan; tablets
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An ancient set of lead tablets showing the earliest portrait of Jesus Christ have proved to be around 2,000 years old, according to experts


The lead has been analysed and the words and symbols translated and experts say the tablets date from within a few years of Jesus' ministry
1 posted on 12/05/2016 8:11:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David


The books are known as codices - types of bound manuscripts distinct from scrolls - and among them is an image of Jesus himself
2 posted on 12/05/2016 8:13:28 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump
To Read Later


3 posted on 12/05/2016 8:15:13 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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Authors David and Jennifer Elkington have been campaigning since 2009 for the codices (pictured) to be recognised and protected but say evangelical Christians are trying to brand them fakes
4 posted on 12/05/2016 8:15:36 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

bmp


5 posted on 12/05/2016 8:18:34 PM PST by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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Looks short—How about a translation? The “Picture” of Jesus? I can’t see it, how about an enhanced image?


6 posted on 12/05/2016 8:24:22 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Fiddlstix

Drink More Ovaltine.


7 posted on 12/05/2016 8:24:30 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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Very kewl. I'd love to see the full translation of the codice's contents.

The image of Christ is shown in the source article...

8 posted on 12/05/2016 8:37:04 PM PST by sargon (The Revolution is ON! Support President-elect Trump!)
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Lead pages?
That’s heavy, man.

I’d think it would be hard to fake something like that.


9 posted on 12/05/2016 8:37:58 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: SeekAndFind

Christmas or Easter must be coming up.

Someone notify Time and Newsweek of this amazing discovery!


10 posted on 12/05/2016 8:39:26 PM PST by kaehurowing
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Hey... The very first three ring binder, how ingenious. Did the Hitler diaries come in a three ring binder format?


11 posted on 12/05/2016 8:39:54 PM PST by jerod (Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
Looks short—How about a translation?

STUDY TORAH KEEP SHABBAT

Basically what every rabbi would say...

12 posted on 12/05/2016 8:42:57 PM PST by Read Write Repeat
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The very last page translates as follows... Hillary will win the 2016 Presidential re-count. So it’s obviously not fake news.


13 posted on 12/05/2016 8:44:09 PM PST by jerod (Pro-Abortion Gun Control Freaks & Environmental Nuts who hated Capitalism? The Nazi's)
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So Jesus worshiped a he-she god?

Right...


14 posted on 12/05/2016 8:47:32 PM PST by CondorFlight (I)
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Christ was not starting his own religion

Duh.

(Please don't tell me there are any morons who actually thought that was the case.)

15 posted on 12/05/2016 8:49:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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looks like a fake to me.

check out the images for “oldest bound book”:

https://www.google.com/search?q=oldest+bound+book&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpz9uS4N7QAhVjllQKHQM7Ca4Q_AUICSgC&biw=979&bih=307

That exact same “lead leaf” “book” appears over and over again, but there’s not a singe other picture of a similar “book”.

Not only that, but that “book” would an EXTREMELY high-tech device in even some place like Rome, but to be found in a cave in a desert in by a Jordanian Bedouin beggars belief.


16 posted on 12/05/2016 8:49:40 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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No Christian believes Jesus was creating a new religion; per the Bible: Matthew 5:17-19 - “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”


17 posted on 12/05/2016 8:51:38 PM PST by Flaming Conservative
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To: SeekAndFind

IT’S A COOKBOOK!!!!


18 posted on 12/05/2016 8:56:36 PM PST by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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Emptor Caveat:

https://danielomcclellan.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/on-the-lead-vs-bronze-codices/

Peace,

SR


19 posted on 12/05/2016 8:58:21 PM PST by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: ifinnegan

Bad Ralphy


20 posted on 12/05/2016 8:59:45 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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