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Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy metal books found..
Daily Mail ^ | 03/30/11 | Fiona Macrae

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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To: Logic n' Reason

Hermeneutically sealed might be a bit more interesting...


121 posted on 03/30/2011 1:39:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: UCANSEE2

NO one?

HMMmm...


122 posted on 03/30/2011 1:39:51 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Hodar
We are missing a lot; what was in these missing books, no one knows.

ISAIAH was good enough for Candace...

123 posted on 03/30/2011 1:41:06 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: UCANSEE2; AmericanMermaid

Methinks it were a SCROLL.


124 posted on 03/30/2011 1:42:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: 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.

That's IT!!!!

Turn OFF that damned HISTORY channel and go outside and play!

NOW!!!

125 posted on 03/30/2011 1:43:53 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: blam

“ALL YOUR LEAD BELONG TO US.”


126 posted on 03/30/2011 1:44:43 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: D-fendr

Thanks for the info. What is the title of the article on New Advent? Thanks


127 posted on 03/30/2011 1:46:14 PM PDT by Lima_Two_Zero_Alpha ( never mind.)
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To: Spunky

Revelation 10:9-10

Found using Google: scroll honey bitter bible


128 posted on 03/30/2011 1:46:54 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Lima_Two_Zero_Alpha

“Canon of the New Testament”


129 posted on 03/30/2011 1:48:33 PM PDT by D-fendr
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To: Hodar
With the politics in play - I believe a lot of good scripture was thrown out for political purposes, such is the nature of man.

You BELIEVE?

Do you have any KNOWLEDGE about it?

130 posted on 03/30/2011 1:48:33 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: skeeter

It reads....

Diary of a Nebbish Kid

131 posted on 03/30/2011 1:50:46 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: greyfoxx39

Yeah yeah.

I saw it.

We’re ALL on the floor here...


132 posted on 03/30/2011 1:51:35 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Hodar

But they aren’t gold!


133 posted on 03/30/2011 1:51:59 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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To: Hodar
For example, there are things in Leviticus that are a bit harsh.

Well; unless you are JEWISH; what makes you think them LAWS apply to YOU?

134 posted on 03/30/2011 1:52:52 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BenLurkin
If you go to the article they have more images.

I think the image on the cover is a date palm.

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135 posted on 03/30/2011 1:55:31 PM PDT by Cyber Ninja
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To: Elsie
Celestial signs:

1. A great earthquake.
2. The sun turned black.
3. The moon turned blood-red.
4. Face & back covered in acne

136 posted on 03/30/2011 1:56:56 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: skeeter
Thanks for the book reference. It's on my list.

And thanks for your appreciation of history !

To expound on my earlier statement about Church before the Gospels were written, I'd like to post the Luke's introduction to his Gospel:

" Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught."
We see that these are accounts from the early Christian community, Church; and that investigation, discernment and teaching has occurred before we come to the writing of this Gospel.
137 posted on 03/30/2011 2:01:30 PM PDT by D-fendr
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To: Elsie

Hey, I get a kick out of the wacky one sided crap they put on the History channel. It gives me a chuckle. Don’t worry about me falling for that nonsense.


138 posted on 03/30/2011 2:10:55 PM PDT by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: Elsie; Hodar

Not really Jewish, since the word “Jew” actually applies only to the tribe of Judah or residents of Judea.

Leviticus applied only under the Law of Moses, the Old Testament or covenant between Yahweh and the descendants of Abraham through his grandson Jacob, also known as Israel.

That old covenant was fulfilled by Christ and is obsolete, although many of its precepts and commands are repeated in the new covenant, which we know as the New Testament.

No one alive today is bound by the Levitical rules.


139 posted on 03/30/2011 2:30:28 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah
Thin sheets of metal lasting hundreds of years with no to little corrosion - place marker
140 posted on 03/30/2011 2:56:57 PM PDT by svcw (Non forgiveness is like holding a hot coal thinking the other person will be blistered)
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