[B-Greek] New Greek? Inscription

Carl W.Conrad cwconrad at ioa.com
Mon Jan 30 17:09:32 EST 2006


The story emerged last November about a church unearthed at an  
Israeli prison at Megiddo. Here's one Boston Globe story:

http://tinyurl.com/aaf8g

-- but a Google search for ancient Megiddo church" or the like will  
get you more than you can handle. What you're really looking for,  
however, is the inscription. You can find it with a good picture of  
the mosaic and a transcription and interpretation in the Novum  
Testamentum blog from last November:

	http://www.novumtestamentum.com/2005/11/mosaic-inscription-updated.php

and there are some further links in the comment section there.

On Jan 30, 2006, at 4:11 PM, Richard Ghilardi wrote:

> Hello Folks,
>
> Last night I heard Dr. Paul L. Maier speak on the radio. He  
> mentioned the
> recent discovery in Israel of a mosaic pavement thought to be part  
> of an
> ancient Christian church. It surprised me to hear him say that the
> pavement is to be dated to the 3rd century. He also said that it
> contained an inscription, presumably in Greek, that Englishes as
> "dedicated to the memory of Jesus THE god" (emphasis is Maier's).
>
> Does anyone know where I might go online to find the Greek original of
> this inscription?
>
> Yours in His grace,
>
> Richard Ghilardi - qodeshlayhvh at juno.com
> New Haven, Connecticut USA
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Carl W. Conrad
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