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Dead Sea Scroll Reccomendations

I was reading up on the dead sea scrolls last night. It seems like most of the contents are scattered about, and there's no definitive website I can go to see what was there, and what has been translated. I found this thread on Nazarene Space: http://nazarenespace.com/forum/topics/dead-sea-scrolls. I was wondering if anyone has any other reccomendations. I prefer the free websites or ebooks to the costly printed books. (I… Continue

Added by Brian Forbes on June 9, 2011 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Lead codices

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British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE, which may include key clues to the last days of Jesus' life. As… Continue

Added by Brian Forbes on March 30, 2011 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Isaac Newton on the Nazarenes

"enter ino open rebellion & become false churches called in scripture Synagogues of Satan & Antichrists. These are they that separate themselves, saith Iude of

– on the other side Iordan, & there they began first to be called Ebionites

They gloried in this name & said that they knew of no such man as Ebion – – – a poor man. This is the account which they gave of themselves, but Epiphanius Ierome & some others took Ebion for the name of a man. Vpon…

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Added by Brian Forbes on February 23, 2011 at 6:07pm — No Comments

Circumcision - Warning this article is irritating.

"I suspect that when some misinformed Christians imagine that they have a religious reason for circumcising their children..."

http://www.drmomma.org/2009/10/circumcision-christianity.html

I welcome comments.

Added by Brian Forbes on September 28, 2010 at 9:48am — 11 Comments