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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Christians, Jews, we’re all the same to the Muzzies.
Uhhgggg. Eating a lead book. What would you wash that down with?
It most certainly did!!! However, it was kept with the 17 "lost" books of the bible! And so, it too was lost.
But now it's been found!
On Funk and Wagnal's back porch!
But not hermetically sealed!
Forgeries all!
"Mayonnaisse! The only Seder Sauce You'll Ever Need!" (Rabbi Joe Helman, circa 1,100BC)
Hehehehe, yeah. Aint that always the way? I wonder if people would try to tie it in with aliens are really angels and espoucil of ritual sex.
LOL. Good belly laugh on that one.
"MARK YOUR TIME"
My understanding is the council responsible for the canonization applied reasonable tests to what would be credibly included.
The book which were omitted did not meet the standards of reliability they had established.
Wow. Metal plates should be relatively easy to date accurately.
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I am not a Bible Scholar so can you direct me to the passage in Revelation? Thanks!
I agree. But there were plenty of people trying to use the Scrolls to undermine the Bible. They just didn’t succeed.
I dunno what this thing they've found is, its just intriguing to speculate. Especially with all this 'end of the world is at hand' stuff coming from other sources.
Hmmm....check around the area for recent angel sightings.....
“While I would like to believe that they meant the earliest copies, I think the wording is more insidious, to deliberately mislead the uninformed that there was something before Paul’s writings that render his false.”
Perhaps. But wouldn’t it be great to have actual writings from just after the resurrection?
I am fascinated by actual writings a fraction of the age of this (alleged) date.
But I'm dubious of what it's value could be to Christianity. There were sects of all sorts and writings of all various types. We wouldn't know the origin or validity of these plates.
So I don't think it would have much effect on the Church, which has its own history and canon, accounts of the resurrection, etc.; though I agree it is a fascinating find if it turns out to be real.
When did the Dead Sea Scrolls become pivotal? They caused a lot more excitement when they were found than they did when they were decades later translated.
The First Council of Nicaea was primarily concerned with Arianism and the Holy Trinity.
The history of the development of the New Testament Canon goes back further and is a different path.
It could also be biblical Fonzie’s little lead book.
But then I'm no scholar.
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