(March 31, 2011 at 4:14 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: And all we have to do is wait for minimalist to come in, take one look at it, and tell us all seven hundred and fifty reasons it is not evidence of 'Christ's last days.
But I enjoy a good war, so when do we get started?
I'm with the Israel Antiquities Authority on this one. It's a fraud and they are studiously keeping it away from testing to maintain the illusion that it means something.
They cannot even agree what language it is written in and the "cross" did not emerge as a xtian symbol until the 4th century.
However, even if they can agree on the language the translation is something else. Here is a side by side of two translations of the Khirbet Qeiyafa ostraka which deluded religious fools insist proves "David" was a great king in Jerusalem.
Quote:But how certain are the contents of this inscription? Without having to know Hebrew or the finer points of Northwest Semitic epigraphy, we can detect the actual level of uncertainty just by comparing these translations:
A. Translation on John Hobbins’ website:
1 Do not do [anything bad?], and serve [personal name?]
2 ruler of [geographical name?] . . . ruler . . .
3 [geographical names?] . . .
4 [unclear] and wreak judgment on YSD king of Gath . . .
5 seren of G[aza? . . .] [unclear] . . .
B. Translation “provided by the University of Haifa”:
1 you shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
2 Judge the sla[ve] and the wid[ow] / Judge the orph[an]
3 [and] the stranger. [Pl]ead for the infant / plead for the po[or and]
4 the widow. Rehabilitate [the poor] at the hands of the king.
5 Protect the po[or and] the slave / [supp]ort the stranger
First, notice THERE IS NO DAVID mentioned anywhere in this inscription. Judging by translation A, which mentions Gath, we could equally be exuberant that Assyrian historical claims have been amply confirmed by this inscription because the records (ca. 712/711 BCE) of Sargon, the Assyrian king, mention Gath. Hooray for Assyrian culture and religion!!!
http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.co...ption.html
It's hard to believe that they are reading the same language and this is only 5 lines....not 70 pages.
