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

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

[UCANSEE2]

Christians, Jews, we’re all the same to the Muzzies.

[UCANSEE2]

You mean the little book that he ate and it turned his stomach sour?

Uhhgggg. Eating a lead book. What would you wash that down with?

[Logic n' Reason]

Uh, yeah ... a mayonnaisse jar didn't exist back then....

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)

[nerdwithagun]

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.

[blam]

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

LOL. Good belly laugh on that one.

"MARK YOUR TIME"

[skeeter]

The Bible wasn't the Bible until it was canonized in 350 or 400 AD. Before then it was a collection of discreet manuscripts.

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.

[JimSEA]

Wow. Metal plates should be relatively easy to date accurately.

[Wuli]

ping

[Spunky]

"If its true these are what John referenced in Revelation.."

I am not a Bible Scholar so can you direct me to the passage in Revelation? Thanks!

[Cicero]

I agree. But there were plenty of people trying to use the Scrolls to undermine the Bible. They just didn’t succeed.

[skeeter]

Its first described in Revelation 5:1.

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.

[greyfoxx39]

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.

Hmmm....check around the area for recent angel sightings.....

[ModelBreaker]

“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?

[D-fendr]

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.

[Plutarch]

...they could prove as pivotal as the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947.

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.

[Hodar]

You are referring to the Council of Nicaea Source. This was in 325AD, with memberships from area Bishops .... 1,800 members in total. One thousand, eight hundred fingers were in that pie. With the politics in play - I believe a lot of good scripture was thrown out for political purposes, such is the nature of man.

[D-fendr]

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.

[willyd]

It could also be biblical Fonzie’s little lead book.

[svcw]

Hum? Maybe they are the sequel to golden plates or maybe even the prequel.

[skeeter]

Perhaps, but from what I know of that was thrown out they seem to have good, solid reasons to have omitted it.

But then I'm no scholar.