Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy metal books found..

Daily Mail ^ | 03/30/11 | Fiona Macrae

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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.

[TigerLikesRooster]

P!

[Hodar]

Scriptures written on metal plates? Wow ... that sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it?

[pabianice]

Conveniently, I believe that lead can’t be dated.

[dead]

"Postcards from the Resurrection."

They don't look like they contain a lot of information, even if real.

[AmericaUnite]

How come they look rusty?

[17th Miss Regt]

Conveniently, I believe that lead can’t be dated.

But Reformed Egyptian heiroglyphics are reliable...

[resistance]

Oh yea of so little faith! /s;-)

[stuartcr]

Maybe the wire binding can be.

[ClearCase_guy]

Chapter 1: Verse 1: “Your time is up.”

[skeeter]

Fascinating.

If its true these are what John referenced in Revelation things do seem to be reaching a climax.

[UCANSEE2]

I believe that lead can’t be dated.

Even if it could, you have to HAVE the plates to do the testing. According to the article, no one has seen the plates lately.

[Darksheare]

Line one “What happen?”
Line two “Someone set up us the bomb.”

[kosciusko51]

From the article: The books were discovered five years ago in a cave in a remote part of Jordan to which Christian refugees are known to have fled after the fall of Jerusalem in 70AD. Important documents from the same period have previously been found there.

Initial metallurgical tests indicate that some of the books could date from the first century AD. ... If the dating is verified, the books would be among the earliest Christian documents, predating the writings of St Paul.

Obviously, not a Bible scholar. Paul wrote in the period BEFORE 70 AD. He was dead by the end of the first century.

[stockpirate]

I don’t get your reference to other scriptures written on metal plates. Please enlighten me.

[Sacajaweau]

Sears Catalog??

[UCANSEE2]

Scriptures written on metal plates? Wow ... that sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it?

Yeah, but these are lead, instead of gold.

Children of a lesser God, and all.

[Obadiah]

That’s what I wonder too.

[fuzzybutt]

Well he looked in a hat and he saw some stuff, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb.

That would be Joe Smith of the Mormons.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

****Scriptures written on metal plates? Wow ... that sounds vaguely familiar doesn’t it?***

Go here for some good old knock down drag out snot slinging discussions on these new finds.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2696354/posts