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James Tabor new book on Paul - Untitled
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08-22-2010, 07:40 PM
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Tests 'seem to confirm' remains of St Paul are genuine in second major discovery of saint in days By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:05 PM on 29th June 2009 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...#ixzz0xOQf1J25 The first scientific test on, what are believed to be, the remains of the Apostle Paul 'seems to confirm' that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, the Pope said yesterday. --->> Pope Benedict said archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls in Rome, which for some 2,000 years has been believed to be the tomb of St. Paul. The Pope said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century. 'This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul,' he said at a service in the ... Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...#ixzz0xOPpAzTV |
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08-22-2010, 08:06 PM
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We commented on St Paul's bones back then. No one on this forum seemed impressed with the claim of authenticity. But what do we know?
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08-22-2010, 08:18 PM
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You don't sign a deal with Simon and Shuster to write a book about Paul with knowing that you will HAVE TO cater to popular misconceptions. I think Tabor is a great guy. I respect a lot of his earlier work. I think it's the world that sucks. The difference between a prostitute and a scholar writing a book directed at morons is that the prostitute has no illusions about her job description.
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08-22-2010, 08:36 PM
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I can't find any further information than "the Pope said". Was there never a report issued? nothing about a missing skull? Paul's skull, along with Simon Peter's, is supposed to be in St. John Lateran Cathedral.
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