Major Biblical Discovery

[Martin]

John's Pool of Siloam Found!

Biblical Pool Uncovered in Jerusalem

A gospel that was thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be grounded in history," he said. -James H. Charlesworth (Princeton Theological Seminary)

Martin.

 

[LadyEagle]

Interesting article, especially for those who love Biblical finds - Thanks for posting!

 

[Martin]

Originally posted by LadyEagle:
Interesting article, especially for those who love Biblical finds - Thanks for posting!

==Your welcome

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There is a pdf article on the website of The Biblical Archaeology Society if anyone is interested in that. It goes into a bit more detail than the LA Times did.

Man I love this stuff

In Christ,
Martin.

 

[TexasSky]

This is wonderful!
Thank you for posting it.

 

[billwald]

The existance of the pool doesn't validate the miracle.

 

[Martin]

"The existance of the pool doesn't validate the miracle."

==Historically the existance of the pool does two things.

1. It links to Gospel of John to known history.
2. It links the event to known history/geography.

In other words it is yet another bridge that can be used to show the historical nature of the Gospels themselves.

Martin.

 

[LadyEagle]

Right on, Martin.

Besides being thrilling.