Comments on: Humanizing Jesus http://koreadispatch.com/2008/07/07/humanizing-jesus/ Observations from the heart of Seoul Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sleepingcow http://koreadispatch.com/2008/07/07/humanizing-jesus/#comment-13 sleepingcow Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:35:08 +0000 http://koreadispatch.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-13 Peter, I wasn't aware of the debate surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls. Thanks for pointing it out to me. For my part, I'm always intrigued by stories like these (and maybe too quick to believe what I read). Peter, I wasn’t aware of the debate surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls. Thanks for pointing it out to me. For my part, I’m always intrigued by stories like these (and maybe too quick to believe what I read).

]]> By: Peter Kaufman http://koreadispatch.com/2008/07/07/humanizing-jesus/#comment-12 Peter Kaufman Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:15:57 +0000 http://koreadispatch.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-12 I would submit that the "ancient tablet" is probably another sensationalist scam, as is clearly indicated by the facts (1) that no specific information is available on its provenance and (2) that no details are provided on carbon dating of the ink. As such, this "news" brings to mind the faked Lost-Tomb-of-Jesus "documentary" designed to make a financial profit from people's fascination with the "real" Jesus, as well as the larger scandal of the biased and misleading way the Dead Sea scrolls are being presented in museum exhibits around the world, including Seoul, see http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/korean-public-gets-learn-all-about-dead-sea-scrolls with an antisemitic nuance emerging on a government-run North Carolina museum's website -- see, e.g., http://spinozaslens.com/libet/articles/dworkin_ethicsofexhibition.htm and http://blog.news-record.com/staff/frontpew/archives/2008/06/dead_sea_scroll.shtml. I would submit that the “ancient tablet” is probably another sensationalist scam, as is clearly indicated by the facts

(1) that no specific information is available on its provenance and

(2) that no details are provided on carbon dating of the ink.

As such, this “news” brings to mind the faked Lost-Tomb-of-Jesus “documentary” designed to make a financial profit from people’s fascination with the “real” Jesus, as well as the larger scandal of the biased and misleading way the Dead Sea scrolls are being presented in museum exhibits around the world, including Seoul, see

http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/korean-public-gets-learn-all-about-dead-sea-scrolls

with an antisemitic nuance emerging on a government-run North Carolina museum’s website — see, e.g.,

http://spinozaslens.com/libet/articles/dworkin_ethicsofexhibition.htm

and

http://blog.news-record.com/staff/frontpew/archives/2008/06/dead_sea_scroll.shtml.

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