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czarofzar 07-05-2008, 08:26 PM Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/world/middleeast/06stone.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss czarofzar 07-05-2008, 08:31 PM A chemical examination by Yuval Goren, a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University who specializes in the verification of ancient artifacts, has been submitted to a peer-review journal. He declined to give details of his analysis until publication, but he said that he knew of no reason to doubt the stone’s authenticity. czarofzar 07-05-2008, 08:34 PM The writers of the stone’s passages were probably Simon’s followers. The slaying of Simon, or any case of the suffering messiah, is seen as a necessary step toward national salvation, he says, pointing to lines 19 through 21 of the tablet — “In three days you will know that evil will be defeated by justice” — and other lines that speak of blood and slaughter as pathways to justice. czarofzar 07-06-2008, 02:10 AM Ark's argument that you need faith in science nestles comfortably here. |
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