... I think: Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection. (Hat tip, Judith Fitzgerald.)
I mean it's certainly interesting, but anyone familiar with the New Testament knows that it is filled with references to the Old Testament that are presented as prefiguring Jesus' death and resurrection. So this evidence, it seems to me, could be taken either way.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
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It is highly probable this stone tablet text is simply another sensationalist scam, as is clearly indicated by the facts
(1) that no specific information is available on its provenance and
(2) that no details are provided on carbon dating of the ink.
As such, this "news" falls right in line with the faked Lost-Tomb-of-Jesus "documentary" designed to make a profit off of people's fascination with the "real" Jesus, and with the larger scandal of the biased and misleading way the Dead Sea scrolls are being presented in museum exhibits around the world, with an antisemitic expression appearing on a government-run North Carolina museum's website. See, e.g.,
http://spinozaslens.com/libet/articles/dworkin_ethicsofexhibition.htm
and
http://blog.news-record.com/staff/frontpew/archives/2008/06/dead_sea_scroll.shtml.
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