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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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.
No.
Lead has been around for....ever.
And allowing the muslim radicals to take over the middle east and circle Israel - with nuclear weapons.
Which scripture are you referencing for that? Just want to look it up. You mean the little book that he ate and it turned his stomach sour?
“Open it up. What could possibly go wrong?”
Remember, before you open it up: “Klaatu Barada Nikto” (just make sure you don’t have Bruce Campbell doing it for you).
Could particulate residue on them be dated? It said some were sealed. Sealed in what and can that be dated?
Interesting find.
Damn! Then these here "metal plates" are obviously forgeries as they were not, in fact, hermetically sealed!!
John referenced the Seven Seals of the Revelation. Google em.
It seems to me that the details are not the significant information in the Bible. The WISDOM is in the principles.
My interest lies in first establishing the authencity of this discovery, and then what it says.
Good luck with that part. It appears that NO ONE KNOWS where these plates are, now.
Seriously? Uh, yeah ... a mayonnaisse jar didn't exist back then. First we determine the age of this find, to see if it's authentically that old. Then, we read what it says; because the Bible has been edited and re-written over and over for nearly a thousand years. Books have been discarded (17 books are 'lost', if memory serves). The Bible as we know it today, contains about 80% of the books mentioned in the bible. We are missing a lot; what was in these missing books, no one knows.
Okay—I actually realized which ones after posting to you! Thank you, Skeeter.
“Good luck with that part. It appears that NO ONE KNOWS where these plates are, now.”
Maybe they were conveniently “returned to their angelic guardian”.
Ping!...........
Maybe they were government leaflets showing Jewish kids what would happen to them if they pissed off the Romans.
>>> hermetically sealed. <<<
... On Funkenwagnels porch... Since noon today!
I dunno. I’ve dated a few...............
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