Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1371290/Could-biggest-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-70-metal-books-cave-Jordan-change-view-Biblical-history.html ^ | March 30th, 2011

[Quix]

INDEED.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“If this is supposed to be from the 1st century or thereabouts, then something is fishy here. It is my understanding that the “books” were papyrus scrolls of that time, not the sort of leaved lead pages we see here. “

I would think people then could have used many different formats. They were smart people and could have easily used a format different than the normal papyrus or animal skins.

I want to hear more about this story.
Potentially very exciting if these are genuine.

[Hotmetal]

I do blacksmithing for a hobby. The “wire” could be made in a coal or charcoal forge and formed on an anvil and cut with a chisel. Very basic tools.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“... the “books” were papyrus scrolls of that time, not the sort of leaved lead pages we see here. “
***I would think people then could have used many different formats. ****

A couple of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written (engraved) on thin copper.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I do hobby blacksmithing also. Started off 38 years as a horseshoer, decided I liked shaping iron better.

I got a homemade forge and a load of good Oklahoma coal to stink up the area with. Peter Wright Anvil.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“A couple of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written (engraved) on thin copper.”

That’s right, I remember seeing that at the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit I went to last fall.

http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/wsrp/educational_site/dead_sea_scrolls/copperscroll.shtml

[Joe 6-pack]

"I’m not sure what the tools of that day are, but something about the wire used to bind it doesn’t seem right...The wire appears to be ‘smelted’ or formed through a process of heating and stretching iron."

I think HotMetal is right. The wire doesn't look inconsistent with samples of Roman mail from that era, which would have generally been formed by wrapping around a rod then splitting with a chisel...

[Joe 6-pack]

"It is my understanding that the “books” were papyrus scrolls of that time, not the sort of leaved lead pages we see here. I think codices came later."

The Romans were linking wax tablets in this format for quite some time before Christ. It's not inconsistent with the era, although I believe most Jewish texts were still maintained as scrolls.

[LetMarch]

Yes! “777”
I remember a very well known Pastor/Teacher in Memphis, in reference to “666,” when teaching in Revelation:

“Don’t worry about “666” because “777” will take care of him.”

[Shelayne]

I’ll have to look it up, but I seem to recall a passage in the Old Testament where the Prophet is handed a “little book” or “Scroll” (check relative meanings in Concordance) by an Angel, and instructed to eat it. It would be “sweet on (his) tongue but bitter in his stomach” - and sure enough it was.

That is from Revelation. It is John that is instructed to eat the scroll.

[George Varnum]

Right you are; Chapter 10.

Thanks for that correction & update. I’m obviously slacking off in my Bible study!

Also FYI it’s on facebook and:

http://www.nowtheendbegins.com/blog/?p=3779

This is kind of like the Shroud of Turin; no one will probably ever prove for sure if it’s the real deal or a fake - but I find them to be terribly interesting regardless.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

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