http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +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/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/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/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