Interesting biblical discovery

[KRCummings]

I find it interesting anyway.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...rove-the-major-discovery-of-christian-history

 

[Peregrinator]

I find it interesting anyway.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...rove-the-major-discovery-of-christian-history

Very interesting. I love it when stuff like this surfaces. Thanks for the link.

 

[shoulderblade]

Very interesting. I love it when stuff like this surfaces. Thanks for the link.

Ditto. I cannot recall this sort of material appearing as metal plates. looks like a modern book.

Second thought. The oridinal 'Book of Mormon' was supposed to be inscribed on gold plates, I believe.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I find it interesting anyway.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...rove-the-major-discovery-of-christian-history

Cool.

 

[islandman]

Ditto. I cannot recall this sort of material appearing as metal plates. looks like a modern book.

The Greeks, Romans and Arabs all share that tradition. It wasn't a very common practice given the value of the metal used at that time and the degree of difficulty involved in crafting them.

 

[stephen55]

Did they come with magic glasses?

 

[chillywilly2]

Jesus had a brother?

They mean half brother right?

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Most people seem to be missing the real significance of this discovery. It's surely the earliest known three-ring binder.

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/03/earlychristiancodices.jpg

 

[chillywilly2]

Most people seem to be missing the real significance of this discovery. It's surely the earliest known three-ring binder.

http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/03/earlychristiancodices.jpg

was there just one, or 4 ...the pictures show a bunch of different binders

 

[Colonel Hogan]

was there just one, or 4 ...the pictures show a bunch of different binders

You're thinking of this one. Oddly enough, spiral binding pre-dated three-ring binding by about 1,500 years.

http://l.yimg.com/lk/api/res/1.2/2OQ1Yu85ZexcBOfDTGFZxQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW1lZGlhO2g9NDUwO3c9MzAw/http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/03/rexusa_758126p.jpg

Meanwhile, the "Clutch binding" shown in this picture never really took off for the obvious reason that it was too difficult to get inside the "book."

http://l.yimg.com/lk/api/res/1.2/9ToBtFWsxw.ZV3tq2TbVzQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW1lZGlhO2g9MzM5O3c9MzAw/http://mit.zenfs.com/102/2011/03/rexusa_758126ac.jpg

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Jesus had a brother?

They mean half brother right?

He had a brother. And -- yes -- they both had the same Dad. For fuck's sake.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Whatever they do, I hope they don't go reading that thing out loud.

 

[chillywilly2]

He had a brother. And -- yes -- they both had the same Dad. For fuck's sake.

same mom too right?

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

same mom too right?

You know, I wasn't there, man.

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

I just read….and I can’t remember where but it seems that an entire case of plastic Jesus statues were found in China dated 3 AD.

Go figure.

 

[chillywilly2]

I just read….and I can’t remember where but it seems that an entire case of plastic Jesus statues were found in China dated 3 AD.

Go figure.

Probably fakes

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

They were found in China, and labeled made in Japan.

 

[koalabear]

Looks like the lost works of the Prophet Memo.

 

[phrodeau]

http://www.sonic.net/mnitepub/pccafe/reviews/bluetreasurehunt/thinking.jpg

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

They were found in China, and labeled made in Japan.

You're correct. It was the Japanese who had the market cornered on plastic Jesus in the 3rd century.

It was probably a stolen box of Plastic Jesus' that the Chinese intended to copy.

 

[chillywilly2]

Were these full size or miniatures?

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Were these full size or miniatures?

The box States. Included with magnet appropriate for auto dash.

 

[chillywilly2]

The box States. Included with magnet appropriate for auto dash.

They must be really old....dashes are plastic nowadays...steel went out in the 3rd century...probably why they are leftovers

 

[stephen55]

One of the few sentences translated thus far from the texts, according to the BBC, reads, "I shall walk uprightly"--a phrase that also appears in Revelation. "While it could be simply a sentiment common in Judaism," BBC writer Robert Pigott notes, "it could here be designed to refer to the resurrection."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelo...rove-the-major-discovery-of-christian-history

It's a good thing the phrase didn't translate as "I shall walk with my knuckles on the ground."

Otherwise we might have this guy Robert Piggot telling us that the phrase is designed to refer to creation scientists!

 

[warrior queen]

intersting that these codices have already had parts translated and released to the press. all the bits released relate to how the bible is correct.
and then there's the dead sea scrolls, known about and worked on for over half a century - most of which (about 80%) have not been released after translation because what is written apparently does not match the bible.
papal cover-up anyone?