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Written by Patrick Zukeran
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Thursday, 31 July 2008 10:19 |
 A July 7, 2008 TIME magazine article titled, “Was Jesus Resurrection a Sequel?” opened with the statement, “A 3-ft-high tablet romantically dubbed ‘Gabriel’s Vision’ could challenge the uniqueness of the idea of the Christian Resurrection.” What exactly is this tablet, and does it have any significant impact on the teaching of the resurrection of Christ?
About a decade ago a stone tablet owned by a Swiss-Israeli antiques collector received the attention of historians. This tablet contained eighty-seven lines in Hebrew text written, not engraved, on the stone, several parts of which are missing or difficult to decipher. Experts date the tablet to the late first century B.C. or slightly thereafter. The origin of the tablet is unknown. Some surmise that it came from the Transjordan region, and other scholars think this may have been a part of the Dead Sea Scrolls collection.
The tablet contains an apocalyptic prediction of the end of the world spoken by a person named Gabriel. Some scholars believe the name refers to the angel Gabriel.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 June 2010 09:00 |
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