http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26196/dead-sea-scrolls-online-after-high-tech-photo-process http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26196/dead-sea-scrolls-online-after-high-tech-photo-process#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:39:07 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=26196 The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the world's oldest known biblical manuscripts, are now available online through a cooperative effort between the Israel Museum, where they are housed, and Google.

The Dead Seas Scrolls Digital Project will allow users to examine the Second Temple-era manuscripts at an unprecedented level of detail]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/26196/dead-sea-scrolls-online-after-high-tech-photo-process/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:05:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24845 discovered a monument similar to Stonehenge near the ancient British stone circle, dubbing it the most exciting find at the site for 50 years.

The structure is said to be like a wooden version of the world-famous collection of giant stones on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, south-west England.

"This is probably the first major ceremonial monument that has been found in the past 50 years or so," said Vince Gaffney, a professor from the University of Birmingham, who is leading the archaeological dig. "It will completely change the way we think about the landscape around Stonehenge."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24845/archaeologists-find-wooden-stonehenge/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24645/manuscript-found-in-ethiopian-monastery-could-be-worlds-oldest-illustrated-christian-work http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24645/manuscript-found-in-ethiopian-monastery-could-be-worlds-oldest-illustrated-christian-work#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:15:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24645 found in a remote Ethiopian monastery could be the oldest illustrated Christian work in the world, experts have claimed.

Originally thought to be from around the 11th century, new carbon dating techniques place the Garima Gospels between 330 and 650 AD.

The 1,600 year-old texts are named after a monk, Abba Garima, who arrived in Ethiopia in the fifth century.

According to legend, he copied out the Gospels in just one day after founding the Garima Monastery, near Adwa in the north of the country. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24645/manuscript-found-in-ethiopian-monastery-could-be-worlds-oldest-illustrated-christian-work/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 14:36:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24331 Israel on Thursday announced the discovery of a 2,000-year-old pagan altar at the site where plans for a new hospital wing have come under fire from ultra-Orthodox Jews who fear bones found there may be of Jews.

It was discovered as the IAA was overseeing development of a hospital wing designed to withstand rockets fired from the nearby Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24331/pagan-altar-found-at-israel-construction-site/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23878/dead-sea-scrolls http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23878/dead-sea-scrolls#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:40:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23878 Students and university officials started getting e-mails last year in which a prominent Judaic studies scholar seemed to make a startling confession: He had committed plagiarism.

The messages, it turned out, were a hoax. Prosecutors filed criminal charges, saying a lawyer sent the messages to tarnish the professor, his father's rival.

The court case has drawn attention to issues both ancient (the origin of the Dead Sea Scrolls) and decidedly modern (phony online identities).]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23878/dead-sea-scrolls/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23602/madain-saleh http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23602/madain-saleh#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:32:41 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23602 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Much of the world knows Petra, the ancient ruin in modern-day Jordan that is celebrated in poetry as "the rose-red city, 'half as old as time,'" and which provided the climactic backdrop for "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."

But far fewer know Madain Saleh, a similarly spectacular treasure built by the same civilization, the Nabateans.

That's because it's in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives are deeply hostile to pagan, Jewish and Christian sites that predate the founding of Islam in the 7th century.

But now, in a quiet but notable change of course, the kingdom has opened up an archaeology boom by allowing Saudi and foreign archaeologists to explore cities and trade routes long lost in the desert.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23602/madain-saleh/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22195/dead-sea-scrolls-online http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22195/dead-sea-scrolls-online#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:40:46 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22195 JERUSALEM — In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on a historic undertaking: digitally photographing every one of the thousands of fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls with the aim of making the entire file — among the most sought-after and examined documents on earth — available to all on the Internet. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22195/dead-sea-scrolls-online/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21726/tablet-ignites-debate-on-messiah-and-resurrection http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21726/tablet-ignites-debate-on-messiah-and-resurrection#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:30:49 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21726
According to this article, "If such a messianic description really is there, it will contribute to a developing re-evaluation of both popular and scholarly views of Jesus, since it suggests that the story of his death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognized Jewish tradition at the time."

Yet the Old Testament includes hundreds of prophecies regarding the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21726/tablet-ignites-debate-on-messiah-and-resurrection/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19202/temple-mount http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19202/temple-mount#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:18:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19202/temple-mount http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19202/temple-mount/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18192/king-herod-tomb http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18192/king-herod-tomb#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 07:17:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18192/king-herod-tomb http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18192/king-herod-tomb/feed 0