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Secrets of Lead Library
As previously reported , the archaeologists around the world froze in anticipation of a sensation. In the north, Jordan found a unique find – lead book. According to scientists , a collection of ancient manuscripts can transform the entire biblical story . By the problem is that the neighboring country – Jordan and Israel – can not divide among themselves lead library.
deal of the century
Why is the dispute ? Between 2005 and 2007 ( not precisely known ) in the north of Jordan , the flood is extremely rare in those parts. It has exposed two niches inside the cave , one of which was marked with an menorah – the ancient Jewish religious symbol.
The local Bedouin farmer went into the mountains with their goats. The man knew every stone in those places , so I paid attention to the glittering objects . It turned out the book – lead , fastened together metal wire . As many as 70 pieces! The cave where they were , too, was not easy, probably in her early Christians hid back in the 70s AD, and maybe even earlier.
Secrets of Lead Library
The lucky winner findings immediately began to search for secret from the state, who would have to sell at a good price oldest library. Finally found a buyer – an Israeli Bedouin named Hassan Saida . After lengthy negotiations and consultations with knowledgeable people side finally shook hands , and brought the value of Saida smuggling out of the country . As long as the deal of the discovery became known to scientists. A scandal broke out . Jordanian authorities have stated that the manuscripts taken from their territory illegally , and demanded to return the treasure home. However, the new owner of the library is not in a hurry to part with the acquisition. He even said that his family owns a relic of at least the last hundred years. Books , he says , he found his grandfather still be necessary, they say, to him may be a claim ? Will he be able to prove this fact , time will tell , but for now the representatives of the Jordanian government are determined at all costs to return the treasure to the country.
steeper scrolls
What are the books? Lead plates (some the size of our passport , the other – with a credit card ) are secured together with metal rings. The pages – the symbols and characters in Hebrew , Aramaic , Greek languages. The icons and letters are not engraved , and is welded . Most of the text is encrypted.
Some books managed to convey to those skilled British Oxford University others – Swiss scientist . Now a study of the books in full swing, but what we found out today , it is enough to talk about the sensational discovery.
Experts have conducted studies on metals lead, subjected , by the way , highly corrosive , and found out that the books produced not yesterday or even the day before yesterday . Above them , most likely, the ancient masters have worked in the I century AD.
Part of the text deciphered . It speaks of Christ and his last days . Some scientists believe that all of the plates may be mentioned in the Bible book of Revelation. However, it is yet to be proved .
One of the few who had a chance to see the rarity, it is David Elkington , a researcher in the field of religious archeology, who heads a group of British scientists trying to return the relics of a Jordanian museum. He did not rule out that the manuscripts could be a major discovery of Christian history. And even outshine the most important legendary Dead Sea Scrolls , discovered in 1947. ” For a moment , when I first picked up the ancient manuscript , impossible to forget . No such luck falls out every day and not every archaeologist . After all, these records could leave early saints of the Christian church! ” Margaret Barker. specialist in the history of the New Testament indicates that the location of findings in question , says more about the early Christian than its Jewish origins.
“We know that the two groups of Christians fled persecution in Jerusalem, and they crossed the Jordan near Jericho and then proceeded to the east is very close to the place where , allegedly, were found the book – suggests Margaret . – Another factor that is likely to indicate early Christian origin – is that it does not scrolls, and codes ( almost familiar to us from the pages of the book . Writing texts in the form of a code – a distinctive feature of early Christian culture . ”
The ultimate truth ?
Professor Philip Davis of the University of Sheffield , a dog who ate on studies of the Old Testament , I agree with my colleague : figures for manuscripts talk about their Christian origins. Thus, in one of the illustrations shows a plan of ancient Jerusalem . Beyond the walls of the city on the hill ( at Calvary ? ) Are crosses on which Christ was crucified and robbers . Separately depicted structure – perhaps this is the place where Jesus carried the approximate after removal from the cross , and where he rose again three days later. But that’s not all the surprises in the books there is a ” portrait” of a certain person . Image , however , is far from perfect, however , scientists have suggested caution that it may have Jesus Christ himself . Some experts go even further in their assumptions : what if the Son of God captured for posterity by those who directly knew him ? If this is confirmed , the sensation provided ! After all, no other convincing evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ was not. Even the Gospel can not be called the ultimate truth – they were written centuries after the crucifixion of Christ , and even people who could not personally know the Messiah . This means that their stories are based on stories that were passed from mouth to mouth. That is why the Gospel has always had a lot of enemies . If the library confirmed the authenticity of the lead and it is established that it deals with the last days of the Son of God , mankind will have a new proof of its existence ..
As previously reported , the archaeologists around the world froze in anticipation of a sensation. In the north, Jordan found a unique find – lead book. According to scientists , a collection of ancient manuscripts can transform the entire biblical story . By the problem is that the neighboring country – Jordan and Israel – can not divide among themselves lead library.
deal of the century
Why is the dispute ? Between 2005 and 2007 ( not precisely known ) in the north of Jordan , the flood is extremely rare in those parts. It has exposed two niches inside the cave , one of which was marked with an menorah – the ancient Jewish religious symbol.
The local Bedouin farmer went into the mountains with their goats. The man knew every stone in those places , so I paid attention to the glittering objects . It turned out the book – lead , fastened together metal wire . As many as 70 pieces! The cave where they were , too, was not easy, probably in her early Christians hid back in the 70s AD, and maybe even earlier.
Secrets of Lead Library
The lucky winner findings immediately began to search for secret from the state, who would have to sell at a good price oldest library. Finally found a buyer – an Israeli Bedouin named Hassan Saida . After lengthy negotiations and consultations with knowledgeable people side finally shook hands , and brought the value of Saida smuggling out of the country . As long as the deal of the discovery became known to scientists. A scandal broke out . Jordanian authorities have stated that the manuscripts taken from their territory illegally , and demanded to return the treasure home. However, the new owner of the library is not in a hurry to part with the acquisition. He even said that his family owns a relic of at least the last hundred years. Books , he says , he found his grandfather still be necessary, they say, to him may be a claim ? Will he be able to prove this fact , time will tell , but for now the representatives of the Jordanian government are determined at all costs to return the treasure to the country.
steeper scrolls
What are the books? Lead plates (some the size of our passport , the other – with a credit card ) are secured together with metal rings. The pages – the symbols and characters in Hebrew , Aramaic , Greek languages. The icons and letters are not engraved , and is welded . Most of the text is encrypted.
Some books managed to convey to those skilled British Oxford University others – Swiss scientist . Now a study of the books in full swing, but what we found out today , it is enough to talk about the sensational discovery.
Experts have conducted studies on metals lead, subjected , by the way , highly corrosive , and found out that the books produced not yesterday or even the day before yesterday . Above them , most likely, the ancient masters have worked in the I century AD.
Part of the text deciphered . It speaks of Christ and his last days . Some scientists believe that all of the plates may be mentioned in the Bible book of Revelation. However, it is yet to be proved .
One of the few who had a chance to see the rarity, it is David Elkington , a researcher in the field of religious archeology, who heads a group of British scientists trying to return the relics of a Jordanian museum. He did not rule out that the manuscripts could be a major discovery of Christian history. And even outshine the most important legendary Dead Sea Scrolls , discovered in 1947. ” For a moment , when I first picked up the ancient manuscript , impossible to forget . No such luck falls out every day and not every archaeologist . After all, these records could leave early saints of the Christian church! ” Margaret Barker. specialist in the history of the New Testament indicates that the location of findings in question , says more about the early Christian than its Jewish origins.
“We know that the two groups of Christians fled persecution in Jerusalem, and they crossed the Jordan near Jericho and then proceeded to the east is very close to the place where , allegedly, were found the book – suggests Margaret . – Another factor that is likely to indicate early Christian origin – is that it does not scrolls, and codes ( almost familiar to us from the pages of the book . Writing texts in the form of a code – a distinctive feature of early Christian culture . ”
The ultimate truth ?
Professor Philip Davis of the University of Sheffield , a dog who ate on studies of the Old Testament , I agree with my colleague : figures for manuscripts talk about their Christian origins. Thus, in one of the illustrations shows a plan of ancient Jerusalem . Beyond the walls of the city on the hill ( at Calvary ? ) Are crosses on which Christ was crucified and robbers . Separately depicted structure – perhaps this is the place where Jesus carried the approximate after removal from the cross , and where he rose again three days later. But that’s not all the surprises in the books there is a ” portrait” of a certain person . Image , however , is far from perfect, however , scientists have suggested caution that it may have Jesus Christ himself . Some experts go even further in their assumptions : what if the Son of God captured for posterity by those who directly knew him ? If this is confirmed , the sensation provided ! After all, no other convincing evidence of the existence of Jesus Christ was not. Even the Gospel can not be called the ultimate truth – they were written centuries after the crucifixion of Christ , and even people who could not personally know the Messiah . This means that their stories are based on stories that were passed from mouth to mouth. That is why the Gospel has always had a lot of enemies . If the library confirmed the authenticity of the lead and it is established that it deals with the last days of the Son of God , mankind will have a new proof of its existence ..