Elsa: "What is that?"
Indy: "Ark of the Covenant."
Elsa: "Are you sure?"
Indy: "Yep, pretty sure."
Posted on 01/08/2014 8:30:41 AM PST by Theoria
A newly translated Hebrew text claims to reveal where treasures from King Solomon's temple were hidden and discusses the fate of the Ark of the Covenant itself.
But unlike the Indiana Jones movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark," the text leaves the exact location of the Ark unclear and states that it, and the other treasures, "shall not be revealed until the day of the coming of the Messiah son of David …" putting it out of reach of any would-be treasure seeker.
King Solomon's Temple, also called the First Temple, was plundered and torched by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II in the sixth century B.C., according to the Hebrew Bible. The Ark of the Covenant is a chest that, when originally built, was said to have held tablets containing the 10 commandments. It was housed in Solomon's Temple, a place that contained many different treasures.
The newly translated text, called "Treatise of the Vessels" (Massekhet Kelim in Hebrew), says the "treasures were concealed by a number of Levites and prophets," writes James Davila, a professor at the University of St. Andrews, in an article in the book "Old Testament Pseudepigrapha More Noncanonical Scriptures Volume 1" (William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2013).
"Some of these (treasures) were hidden in various locations in the Land of Israel and in Babylonia, while others were delivered into the hands of the angels Shamshiel, Michael, Gabriel and perhaps Sariel …" writes Davila in his article.
The treatise is similar in some ways to the metallic "Copper Scroll," one of the Dead Sea Scrolls found near the site of Qumran in the West Bank. The Copper Scroll also discusses the location of hidden treasure, although not from Solomon's Temple.
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Bah! Everyone knows the Ark is at the bottom of the pit on Oak Island along with a whole trove of Templar Knight treasure.
I’m always fascinated when there’s talk about the Ark.........
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Would it be too much for an article about the translation into English of a Hebrew text contain actual excerpts of the actual English text and actual Hebrew text?
Instead of quotes from third parties REFERRING TO the actual text?
Sheesh.
I had no idea Debka was publishing back in 1648 in Amsterdam.
I often wonder, The Ark was hidden or carried off by the Babylonians, or some other king who often took away the treasures of the Temple several times in history.
After the return from Persia, and the rebuilding of the Second Temple, WHAT was placed in the HOLY OF HOLIES till the Romans destroyed that Temple?
Why? Seems to me the reveal should have already happened then...
Nothing, it was empty.
Elsa: "What is that?"
Indy: "Ark of the Covenant."
Elsa: "Are you sure?"
Indy: "Yep, pretty sure."
Humbug!
ping
***Nothing, it was empty. ***
That’s what I’ve always thought. Did the High Priest then enter once a year and still sprinkle blood there?
It has happened...
My guess: on a small-remote island in a large lake in Ethiopia.
Sorry I went to the link.
It says they ‘were hidden’
At this point, I’d say your guess is as good as any......
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