Review "They could prove to be immensely important, both to Christianity and Judaism."   FATHER JEROME MURPHY O'CONNOR, Former Head of the Ecole Biblique in Jerusalem'This is a very exciting discovery of a large number of hitherto unknown documents from the 1st or 2nd century CE. The idiosyncratic Old Hebrew script in which the texts are written is hard to decipher, but preliminary indications suggest they contain ethical teaching derived in part from the Hebrew Bible.   Prof Emeritus John FA Sawyer, Honorary post, Durham University, Former President of the Society for Old Testament Study'I have been following the story of the lead codices with interest and look forward to the results of future research.' 
      Prof CTR Hayward of the University of Durham  According to the Department of Antiquities, initial carbon tests to determine the authenticity of lead-sealed metal books billed as the greatest find in biblical archaeology since the Dead Sea scrolls have been "encouraging". The tests, carried out at the Royal Scientific Society labs, indicate that the texts may date back to the early first century AD, at a time when Christians took refuge from persecution on the east bank of the Jordan River. Taylor Luck, Jordan TimesWe really believe that we have evidence from this analysis to prove that these materials are authentic.  Prof Ziad Saad, Former Direct General of the Department of Antiquities in Amman, told to The Jordan Times Read more From the Inside Flap One day in Oxfordshire, England, in 2007, husband and wife academics David and Jennifer Elkington viewed a set of photographs that would change their lives.  The objects in the pictures appeared to be antiquated books, made of metal and replete with inconography and inscribed with ancient script.The couple travelled to Jordan where the codices were found, brought samples to the UK for analysis and assembled a team of eminent scholars t study them.  At the same time, the books were quickly becoming an international phenomenon - the Israelis and Jordanians began a very public dispute over the location of the site where they were discovered.  Convinced that the codices are the earliest Christian artefacts ever found, the Elkingtons put their reputations on the line as they raced to authenticate the find amidst an array of vested interests which sought to suppress them.This is the journey that takes them from the sleepy shires of England to harrowing trips to the Middle East, involving Bedouin dealers and expeditions to unexplored caverns dating from the dawn of Christianity."Although I heard, I did not understand.  So I said, 'My Lord, what shall be the end of these things?' He replied, 'Go your way, Daniel, for the words are closed up and sealed until the end of time.'"   DANIEL 12:8-9 Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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