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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Paul seemed to know about the fall of Jerusalem
LOL....excellent!
My stance is simple.
Let ME decide. Don’t censor the material, let me see it in it’s entirety; and let me consider, ponder and pray.
For example, there are things in Leviticus that are a bit harsh. I don’t believe God really wants me to stone my neighbor if he mixes his Wool and Linen. (Lev. 19:19).
It shouldn't matter to you what a council or councils, whom you seem to consider illigitimate anyway, officially decreed 1600 or 1700 years ago.
Although being that much closer in time to the events I would think they were in a better position to decide than anyone today is.
Yes, very solid reasons for what became our New Testament. If you read the Gospels, particularly their introductions, you see a great deal of Church before they were first written down. They give the beliefs and theology of the Apostles and the early Church, rather than independent individual statements. So various spurious gnostic and other texts were obviously outside the Church.
Early on see lists of books early on by Irenaeus, Origen and later, 367, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria lists the books we now have.
In general, the major portions of the NT were pretty well set by 150 AD, with some dispute East/West over Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 and 3 John, and Revelation. The current New Testament together with the Septuagint OT was approved at the Synod of Hippo, in 393, confirmed by Councils of Carthage in 397 and 419, these councils being under the authority of St. Augustine.
There was still some dispute with the East, I believe over Revelations. The last official declaration of the canon was made at the Council of Trent of 1546 for Roman Catholicism in response to Protestantism which went another route concerning the OT.
Of course you can decide for you. But the Church decides for the Church. Man is involved in both cases: You in your case, the Apostles, Church Fathers, Bishops and Councils in the case of the Church.
“The history of the development of the New Testament Canon goes back further and is a different path.”
Care to expand on that statement a little? Perhaps a source or two.
Thanks
True, and they were very learned men. Without them we would not have Orthodox, Trinitarian Christianity today. They laid the foundations of our Christian faith.
What has been lost in much of Western Civilization is the knowledge of and appreciation for the history of Christianity.
Every believer needs to understand its origins, but few seem to.
Oh?
Looks as though someone squashed a big bug with it!
What is the actual title of this book about which you write?
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A real numerologist would use ONLY the numbers that make their point!
Lists of songs for the Band, Elwood!
#106 above is a brief summary. Wikipedia's Christian Canon and Development of the Christian Canon give the basics.
A very long, detailed article is on New Advent.
Line three “We get Signal!”
And this is why hermits are hardly ever out of work these days...
Hasn’t EVERYTHING?
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