From: Dave 

Wow, this one geographical detail must mean that the whole New Testament is
spot-on!  Well, that settles THAT argument...

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 01:04:43 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
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| This says it all I guess...
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| A gospel that was thought to be ``pure theology is now shown to be
grounded in history,'' he said.
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| From the Drudge Report:
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| Biblical Pool of Siloam Is Uncovered in Jerusalem | Tue Aug 09 2005 00:09:33 ET
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| Workers repairing a sewage pipe in the old city of Jerusalem have
discovered the biblical Pool of Siloam, a freshwater reservoir that was a
major gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages to the
city and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from birth, the LOS
ANGELES TIMES reports. |
| The pool was fed by the now famous Hezekiah's Tunnel and is ``a much
grander affair'' than archeologists previously believed, with three tiers
of stone stairs allowing easy access to the water, according to Hershel
Shanks, editor of Biblical Archeology Review, which reported the find
Monday. |
| ``Scholars have said that there wasn't a Pool of Siloam and that John was
using a religious conceit'' to illustrate a point, said New Testament
scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological Seminary. ``Now
we have found the Pool of Siloam ... exactly where John said it was.'' |
| A gospel that was thought to be ``pure theology is now shown to be
grounded in history,'' he said.
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| The discovery puts a new spotlight on what is called the pilgrimage to
Jerusalem, a trip that religious law required ancient Jews to make at least
once a year, said archeologist Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa, who
excavated the pool.
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| ``Jesus was just another pilgrim coming to Jerusalem,'' he said. ``It
would be natural to find him there.''
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| The newly discovered pool is less than 200 yards from another Pool of
Siloam, this one a reconstruction built between A.D. 400 and 460 by the
empress Eudocia of Byzantium, who oversaw the rebuilding of several
Biblical sites. |
| Developing...

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