Another early fragment of the gospels? Via Science Alert: Dated to the first century AD, what could be the earliest fragment of the Gospel of Mark has been discovered in a rather unusual place - covering the face of a mummified Egyptian civilian. A fragment of what could be the earliest copy of the Gospel of Mark - the oldest of the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, and central to the belief system of Christianity - is set to be published after being discovered in the face mask of an Egyptian mummy. Is it genuine? Time and research will tell. Full article here: sciencealert/ancient-biblical-text-discovered-in-an-egyptian-mummy-mask HT: Dave Burke
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:43:09 +0000