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Christian Catacombs May Have Jewish Origin
Yahoo News/Live Science ^
| 7-20-2005
| Michael Schirber
Posted on 07/22/2005 3:31:26 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:31:26 PM PDT
by
blam
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:32:04 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
When I toured the Catacombs a lot of years ago, the guide brought up this point -- presumably, it was thought about a long time ago, but there was nothing scientific to back it up.
To: blam
Christianity is an off shoot of Judaism.
Why would this finding from the early years of the church be such a surprise?
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:37:29 PM PDT
by
Mr. Jazzy
(Bumper sticker "Martyrs or Marines: Who do YOU think will get the virgins?")
To: blam
Pardon me, but...well, duh.
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:38:01 PM PDT
by
patton
("Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.")
To: blam
not a problem--Jesus and Most of his disciples were Jews--
Now if some dumbass were to change Jewish origin to Islamic (as the mad Muslims seem intent upon doing) There
would most clearly be a problem.
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:41:22 PM PDT
by
StonyBurk
To: Mr. Jazzy
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posted on
07/22/2005 3:43:52 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: blam
Wasn't that proven in an Indiana Jones movie?
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posted on
07/22/2005 4:12:44 PM PDT
by
Casekirchen
(If allah is just another name for the Judeo-Christian God, why do the islamics pray to a rock?)
To: blam
It mystifies me when some people use the 'BCE' or 'Before Common Era' in books and articles ABOUT CHRISTIANITY! I saw a guidebook of sites of interest in Isreal relating to the life of Christ, and for some reason the dates were all labeled BCE.
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:17:22 PM PDT
by
PioneerDrive
(Don't fence me in.)
To: blam; Salvation; NYer
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posted on
07/22/2005 5:52:06 PM PDT
by
anonymoussierra
(Nie b¹dŸ pochopny w duchu do gniewu, bo gniew przebywa w piersi g³upców)
To: blam; american colleen; Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; ..
This catacomb drawing is an early holy image of Mary.
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posted on
07/22/2005 7:01:48 PM PDT
by
NYer
("Each person is meant to exist. Each person is God's own idea." - Pope Benedict XVI)
To: NYer; blam
"Jews were buried only with Jews and Christians only with Christians," says Leonard Rutgers of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. It is not at all surprising that Jews dug catacombs prior to Christianity. My understanding has long been that many of the early Christians in Rome were former pagans, but a fair amount were also Jews. However, many of the Jews who did not become Christians became very fearful that continued association with the Christians would further endanger them, and this lead to the ostracism.
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posted on
07/22/2005 7:13:06 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; StayAt HomeMother; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; asp1; ...
Thanks Blam. As did many conquered peoples, the Jews headed for Rome. According to Michael Grant, a significant fraction of the Empire's total population was Jewish. Y'know, before the massacre of Alexandria and such.
To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. Thanks. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
07/23/2005 12:02:33 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Down with Dhimmicrats! I last updated by FR profile on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.)
To: PioneerDrive
It mystifies me when some people use the 'BCE' or 'Before Common Era' in books and articles ABOUT CHRISTIANITY! Because BC -- Before Christ is inaccurate.
History shows that Herod the Great died in 4 BCE. So Jesus of Narereth would have been born at least by then. Can you have Christ four years "Before Christ" ???
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posted on
07/24/2005 5:06:27 AM PDT
by
dread78645
(Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
To: Mr. Jazzy
"Why would this finding from the early years of the church be such a surprise?"
Startling new data from the Student-of-the-Obvious Commission.
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posted on
07/24/2005 5:10:48 AM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Your papers please.)
To: blam
makes sense, most early Christians were Jews.
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posted on
07/24/2005 1:18:31 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Roe v. Wade and Endangered Species Act both passed in 1973, Murder Babies/save trees, birds, algae)
To: Casekirchen
Wasn't that proven in an Indiana Jones movie? Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade:
Jones and Schneider are in the Catacombs, she sees a painting on the wall and blows off some cobwebs.
Dr. Elsa Schneider: What's this one?
Indiana Jones: Ark of the Covenant.
Dr. Elsa Schneider: Are you sure?
Indiana Jones: Pretty sure.
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posted on
07/24/2005 1:25:20 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Tom Tancredo- The Republican Party's Very Own Cynthia McKinney.)
To: fatnotlazy
When I toured the Catacombs a lot of years ago, the guide brought up this point -- presumably, it was thought about a long time ago, but there was nothing scientific to back it up.Often common sense is all that's necessary. Christianity is the child of Judaism, and inherited most, if not all of its secular as well as spiritual ceremonies.
Christianity outgrew and outnumbered Judaism until we arrive at the present state. It is both logical and expected that the Christians not only coexisted with Jews in the catacombs, but eventually outnumbered them.
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posted on
07/24/2005 1:28:12 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
To: PioneerDrive
It mystifies me when some people use the 'BCE' or 'Before Common Era' in books and articles ABOUT CHRISTIANITY! I saw a guidebook of sites of interest in Isreal relating to the life of Christ, and for some reason the dates were all labeled BCE. Well, for one of a number of reasons, because Jesus was not born in the year 1. Most scholars recognize that this was a dating error perpetrated in the 4th century. Jesus was born, I believe, a few years earlier.
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:09:00 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: Publius6961
Christianity is the child of Judaism, and inherited most, if not all of its secular as well as spiritual ceremonies.Not exactly true. Christianity renounces Jewish law, which is why Christians eat pig meat.
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posted on
07/25/2005 4:12:38 PM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
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