Don't know if this has been posted but I found this new discovery fairly interesting.
Tablet ignites debate on messiah and resurrection - International Herald Tribune
Not sure how (or if) it will change any of the beliefs or foundations of modern Christianity. Personally I doubt it.
But I do think that it is interesting that it seems to point to a concept of a messiah who would rise from the dead to save Israel years before the supposed birth of Jesus. I'm not an expert but I had always thought that the belief in the messiah at the time was based on a warrior king and the reason that Jesus was supposedly rejected was because he died. This new find seems to show that this belief system had some followers at the time.
Anyway...what does everyone think?
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