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CNN: Archaeologists Report 1st Direct Evidence of Jesus
Oct. 21, 2002
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Posted on 10/21/2002 9:04:51 AM PDT by jern
BREAKING: Archaeologists Report 1st Direct Evidence of Jesus
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: biblicalarcheology; bones; boxofbones; epigraphyandlanguage; faithandphilosophy; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; gospelofjesuswife; hewasarabbi; james; jamescameron; jamesossuary; jesus; jesustomb; karenking; letshavejerusalem; losttombofjesus; mariame; mariamne; marymagdalene; ossuary; rabbismarry; sectarianturmoil; simchajacobovici; talpiot; talpiottomb; weddingatcana
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To: Delbert
It never says that in the Bible, but to suggest otherwise really makes 'em mad...be careful and tread lightly. Now wait a minute. The Bible says Mary had kids. Jesus had brothers and sisters, yet they get mad because we mention it? Of course she laid with her husband. That's what wives do. She was just a body. If she'd have told God "no thank you", he'd have found a replacement. Geeeeez. The Bible says nothing about the dieity nor the sainthood of Mary for crying out loud. Whare'd that idea come from?
To: ksen; Delbert
Our replies crossed. See #57.
To: Pyro7480
Your post brings up an interesting question. The inscription mentioned in the article is written in Aramaic, not Greek. The view of the RCC has long been that the Greek word for "brother" (adelphos) can mean a variety of things, hence no proof that Mary birthed any other children. So does the same go for the Aramaic "brother"? I'd love to know some details on that particular word.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:26:38 AM PDT
by
agrace
To: txzman
Well yes, that's just it, isn't it? Those threatened by the truth of Jesus want to re-set the game by dismissing the evidence that's already withstood 2K years' examination with a sort of post-modernistic, "Yeah, but aside from the data, what proof do you have?" Like, "Okay, leaving aside the twenty-seven unimpeachable alibi witnesses, does the defense have any proof of innocence?"
Dan
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:27:05 AM PDT
by
BibChr
pinging myself to read later
To: All
It has been proven beyond a doubt that Homer did NOT write the Iliad or the Odyssey. These epics were written by another man with the same name...
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:27:47 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
To: ksen; Thinkin' Gal
In my translation, Matthew says lived together, not came together. Luke is a better source for Mary anyway. And before you tell me, yes, I know, Luke says first-born son. But, James was not a full brother to Jesus.
Until we're all using the same translations, this is all useless.
To: Desdemona
Not tonight honey, I just gave birth to the messiah.
68
posted on
10/21/2002 10:32:28 AM PDT
by
Tao Yin
To: concerned about politics
Ephesians 5 vs. 31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." [15] <---Except for Joseph and Mary.
They were married, but never had sex. God commanded men and women to be fruitful and multiply. But you have to read the disclaimer, it's in fine print at the bottom...Except Joseph and Mary. I'm a bible believing Christian..If it says James brother of Jesus..thats good enough for me...If it said James, Half brother of Jesus by Josephs first marriage(which I had never heard of)that would be good enough for me. If it's in the Bible, I will believe it. .....any scripture to back up the fact that Joseph was a widower?
69
posted on
10/21/2002 10:34:32 AM PDT
by
Delbert
To: M. T. Cicero II
It's been remarked that if the Gospel wasn't in fact written by the Beloved Apostle (as the evidence indicates), the writer was a genius whose anonymity is hard to explain.
Dan
Biblical Christianity web site
70
posted on
10/21/2002 10:35:06 AM PDT
by
BibChr
To: jern
What? Did they actually pick up and READ the Bible? /sarcasm
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:36:06 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: wastoute
Far more evidence that Euclid existed and wrote Geometry.
To: Drawsing
It has been proven beyond a doubt that Homer did NOT write the Iliad or the Odyssey. These epics were written by another man with the same name...<--Homerus Simpsonus
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:39:42 AM PDT
by
Delbert
To: Desdemona
And what does your version say in Matthew 1:25
24 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded him: he took his wife, 25 but knew her not until she had given birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus.
So Joseph didn't have sex with his wife until after the birth. That's what I understand it to mean.
74
posted on
10/21/2002 10:43:16 AM PDT
by
Tao Yin
To: jgrubbs
The Roman Catholics don't believe this because then it would mean that Mary is just like any other womanThat's a slap across the face of Gabriel, Elizabeth, and God.
Luke 1:28, 30 Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you...Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God."
Luke 1: 42...and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirt, cired out in a loud voice ad said,"Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
To: Desdemona; Thinkin' Gal
Until we're all using the same translations, this is all useless.I understand your hesitation. Here is the same verse from the Douay-Rheims translation:
Mt 1:18
Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. (DR)
Also here is the same verse in 13 other translations. None of them say "lived together", in fact one of them even says "while she was still a virgin."
Would you mind telling me which translation you have?
76
posted on
10/21/2002 10:46:57 AM PDT
by
ksen
To: MSCASEY
Bump for later!
77
posted on
10/21/2002 10:47:40 AM PDT
by
MSCASEY
To: ksen
One side question: Have the moslems built a mosque yet on the site whwre this was found.
78
posted on
10/21/2002 10:49:57 AM PDT
by
breakem
To: Dog Gone
An expert on ancient inscriptions is claiming that the wording on a first-century burial box -- ``James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus'' -- refers to Jesus of Nazareth.
If the artifact is authentic, it raises two questions: Who was James? And did Jesus have a brother and other siblings?
The Gospels call James the ``brother'' of Jesus, and other New Testament books say he later led the Jerusalem church.
The second question is trickier and involves a three-sided church debate.
Protestants traditionally read the New Testament as meaning Mary gave birth to Jesus as a virgin and then had James, three other sons and at least two daughters with Joseph.
In accord with church fathers writing after the New Testament era, the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics teach Mary's ``perpetual virginity,'' which means she and Joseph never had marital relations.
The Orthodox think Joseph had James by his first wife, and after she died he married Mary -- whose only child was the virgin-born Jesus. Thus, James was Jesus' stepbrother.
Catholics commonly hold that James was merely Jesus' close relative, perhaps the son of Joseph's brother Clopas or a cousin on Mary's side. The new inscription, if authentic, would rule out that option.
If the artifact is genuine, then it is another confirmation of the Gospel accounts and says nothing about any of the various "interpretations". These stand or fall on their own merit. The most direct route to take is that New Testament accounts actually describe what they purport to describe. It is because of doctrines adopted many decades to hundreds of years after the middle of the first century that such "interpretations" become necessary. They aren't, however, necessitated by information contained in the New Testament texts.
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:51:39 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: zarf
A fossilized electric shaver?
C'mon, man. Jesus didn't shave ... haven't you seen all those old Biblical movies ... ?
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posted on
10/21/2002 10:57:23 AM PDT
by
Bush2000
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