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http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/the-gabriel-stone-on-display/
JERUSALEM (AP) — An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what it means. Scholars see it as a portal into the religious ideas circulating in the Holy Land in the era when was Jesus was born. Its form is also unique — it is ink written on stone, not carved — and no other such religious text has been found in the region.
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/gabriels_vision_stone.html
The stone tablet was discovered about a decade ago and purchased by David Jeselsohn, an expert and collector of antiquities. A few years ago Jesselsohn showed the stone to Ada Yardeni, an expert in ancient Hebrew, who determined that the text dated from the late first century B.C., based on the shape of the script and the language. Yuval Goren, a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University has analyzed of the chemistry of the stone and commented that he has no reason to doubt its authenticity, although his study has not been published yet.
The tablet consists of two partially-preserved columns of Hebrew text. The first column describes the breaking of evil by righteousness:
"By three days you shall know that, thus said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, the evil has been broken by righteousness."
This text is reminiscent of the passage from Daniel, which declares that the Messiah will "make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness."
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/#ixzz2Vsw3daVS
Knohl, a professor of Bible at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, eventually scaled back from his original bombshell theory but the fierce scholarly debate he sparked continued to reverberate across the academic world, bringing international attention to the stone. Over the last few years it went on display alongside other Bible-era antiquities in Rome, Houston and Dallas.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/
Knohl, a professor of Bible at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, eventually scaled back from his original bombshell theory but the fierce scholarly debate he sparked continued to reverberate across the academic world, bringing international attention to the stone. Over the last few years it went on display alongside other Bible-era antiquities in Rome, Houston and Dallas.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/#ixzz2Vsw3daVS
http://jamestabor.com/2008/05/18/israel-knohl-article-on-gabriel-text-published/
Prof. Knohl’s paper focused on one aspect of the Gabriel text, and his reading thereof, namely the nature of the concept of “resurrection of the dead” in various Jewish apocalyptic circles of the period. According to Knohl’s reading, lines 80 of the Gabriel text should be read:
"By three days–live, I Gabriel command you, prince of princes, the dung of rocky crevices.”
The three day statement is surely fascinating in the light of Jewish views of the afterlife, but even more interesting is that this particular corpse, that Knohl identifies as that of the crowned Jewish rebel leader Simon, killed in Transjordan in the 4 BCE revolt following the death of Herod the Great, is spoken of as “dung” in the rocky crevices where he was slain. Knohl’s main point at the conference was that the Jewish idea of “making live the dead” did not necessarily involve the revivification of a copse, as in this case one turned to “dung,” but rather a revived life in what would be potentially a “new body.”
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/free-ebooks/gabriels-revelation/
The whole world is talking about “Gabriel’s Revelation.” Israel Museum curators have called it the most important document found in the area since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The script dates to the turn of the era—just like a Dead Sea Scroll. The inked writing is laid out in prepared columns—just like a Dead Sea Scroll. The text contains Bible-like prophecies—just like some of the Dead Sea scrolls. But this document isn’t a “scroll” at all—it’s a stone slab!
Gabriel's Revelation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel's_Revelation
Gabriel's Revelation (also named Hazon Gabriel the Vision of Gabriel) or the Jeselsohn Stone,[2] is a three-foot-tall (one metre) stone tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew text written in ink, containing a collection of short prophecies written in the first person and dated to the late 1st century BCE. One of the stories allegedly tells of a man who was killed by the Romans and resurrected in three days. It is a tablet described as a "Dead Sea scroll in stone"
The Mysterious Gabriel Stone Prophecy
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2013/05/the-mysterious-gabriel-stone-prophecy-2447918.html
Second 'Gabriel Stone' may exist, says scholar ... Knohl said that it was never his intention to offend anyone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10034147/Second-Gabriel-Stone-may-exist-says-scholar.html
"It is very much possible that the text was written on two stones, especially since the language includes references to a New Testament or Covenant", said Prof Knohl. "It could be that it was made in tablet form to imitate the idea of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments given to Moses at Mount Sinai."
"When I point to these deep connections between early Christianity and various types of Jewish groups just before the time of Jesus, I think this can only be good for both religions".
"Understanding this early history could actually make the connection closer between the two religions", he added.
FULL Translation
http://www.myspace.com/gabriel_stone_3/blog/531037436
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/scholars_divided_on_interpretation_of_gabriels_revelation_tablet/
http://jewsandjoes.com/blog/gabriels-revelation-stone-tablet-revealing-the-resurrection-of-ephraim-not-messiah/
http://www.evidenceforchristianity.org/what-is-the-significance-of-the-gabriel-stone-what-will-be-its-affect-on-christianity/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants
In Judaism, "messiah" originally meant a divinely appointed king, such as David ... the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in a ... Messianic Age.
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/the-gabriel-stone-on-display/
JERUSALEM (AP) — An ancient limestone tablet covered with a mysterious Hebrew text that features the archangel Gabriel is at the center of a new exhibit in Jerusalem, even as scholars continue to argue about what it means. Scholars see it as a portal into the religious ideas circulating in the Holy Land in the era when was Jesus was born. Its form is also unique — it is ink written on stone, not carved — and no other such religious text has been found in the region.
http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/gabriels_vision_stone.html
The stone tablet was discovered about a decade ago and purchased by David Jeselsohn, an expert and collector of antiquities. A few years ago Jesselsohn showed the stone to Ada Yardeni, an expert in ancient Hebrew, who determined that the text dated from the late first century B.C., based on the shape of the script and the language. Yuval Goren, a professor of archaeology at Tel Aviv University has analyzed of the chemistry of the stone and commented that he has no reason to doubt its authenticity, although his study has not been published yet.
The tablet consists of two partially-preserved columns of Hebrew text. The first column describes the breaking of evil by righteousness:
"By three days you shall know that, thus said the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, the evil has been broken by righteousness."
This text is reminiscent of the passage from Daniel, which declares that the Messiah will "make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness."
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/#ixzz2Vsw3daVS
Knohl, a professor of Bible at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, eventually scaled back from his original bombshell theory but the fierce scholarly debate he sparked continued to reverberate across the academic world, bringing international attention to the stone. Over the last few years it went on display alongside other Bible-era antiquities in Rome, Houston and Dallas.
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/
Knohl, a professor of Bible at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, eventually scaled back from his original bombshell theory but the fierce scholarly debate he sparked continued to reverberate across the academic world, bringing international attention to the stone. Over the last few years it went on display alongside other Bible-era antiquities in Rome, Houston and Dallas.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/04/30/jerusalem-museum-unveils-ancient-hebrew-stone/#ixzz2Vsw3daVS
http://jamestabor.com/2008/05/18/israel-knohl-article-on-gabriel-text-published/
Prof. Knohl’s paper focused on one aspect of the Gabriel text, and his reading thereof, namely the nature of the concept of “resurrection of the dead” in various Jewish apocalyptic circles of the period. According to Knohl’s reading, lines 80 of the Gabriel text should be read:
"By three days–live, I Gabriel command you, prince of princes, the dung of rocky crevices.”
The three day statement is surely fascinating in the light of Jewish views of the afterlife, but even more interesting is that this particular corpse, that Knohl identifies as that of the crowned Jewish rebel leader Simon, killed in Transjordan in the 4 BCE revolt following the death of Herod the Great, is spoken of as “dung” in the rocky crevices where he was slain. Knohl’s main point at the conference was that the Jewish idea of “making live the dead” did not necessarily involve the revivification of a copse, as in this case one turned to “dung,” but rather a revived life in what would be potentially a “new body.”
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/free-ebooks/gabriels-revelation/
The whole world is talking about “Gabriel’s Revelation.” Israel Museum curators have called it the most important document found in the area since the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The script dates to the turn of the era—just like a Dead Sea Scroll. The inked writing is laid out in prepared columns—just like a Dead Sea Scroll. The text contains Bible-like prophecies—just like some of the Dead Sea scrolls. But this document isn’t a “scroll” at all—it’s a stone slab!
Gabriel's Revelation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel's_Revelation
Gabriel's Revelation (also named Hazon Gabriel the Vision of Gabriel) or the Jeselsohn Stone,[2] is a three-foot-tall (one metre) stone tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew text written in ink, containing a collection of short prophecies written in the first person and dated to the late 1st century BCE. One of the stories allegedly tells of a man who was killed by the Romans and resurrected in three days. It is a tablet described as a "Dead Sea scroll in stone"
The Mysterious Gabriel Stone Prophecy
http://beforeitsnews.com/prophecy/2013/05/the-mysterious-gabriel-stone-prophecy-2447918.html
Second 'Gabriel Stone' may exist, says scholar ... Knohl said that it was never his intention to offend anyone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10034147/Second-Gabriel-Stone-may-exist-says-scholar.html
"It is very much possible that the text was written on two stones, especially since the language includes references to a New Testament or Covenant", said Prof Knohl. "It could be that it was made in tablet form to imitate the idea of the two tablets of the Ten Commandments given to Moses at Mount Sinai."
"When I point to these deep connections between early Christianity and various types of Jewish groups just before the time of Jesus, I think this can only be good for both religions".
"Understanding this early history could actually make the connection closer between the two religions", he added.
FULL Translation
http://www.myspace.com/gabriel_stone_3/blog/531037436
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/scholars_divided_on_interpretation_of_gabriels_revelation_tablet/
http://jewsandjoes.com/blog/gabriels-revelation-stone-tablet-revealing-the-resurrection-of-ephraim-not-messiah/
http://www.evidenceforchristianity.org/what-is-the-significance-of-the-gabriel-stone-what-will-be-its-affect-on-christianity/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants
In Judaism, "messiah" originally meant a divinely appointed king, such as David ... the figure of the Jewish Messiah was one who would deliver the Jews from oppression and usher in a ... Messianic Age.
