Show Journal Logan Utah Friday November 21 2003 The Morale! A10 Archaeologist discovers New Testament verse A JFRUSALFMtAh barely legible due — the name ''Simon'' curved in Greek letters — beckoned Irom high up on the weather- beaten lucude of ail ancient burial monument Their curiosity piqued (wo foC£ weieoNSAWtAMW nected with the discovery TTic inscription declares the monument is the tomb of Simon a levout Jew who the Bible says cradled the infant Jesus and recognized Jinn as the Messiah It's actually unlikely Simon is buried there the monument is one of several built for ' Jerusalem's urisnicracy at the lime of Jesus ' Jerusalem scholars uncovered six previously invisible lines of inscription: a Gospel verse -- - Luke 2:25 Archaeological finds con- lirming biblical narrative or referring to figures from (he Bible are : believed I EF: 4- - T jv' is to he the first discov- - cry of a New Testament verse carved onto an ancient Holy Land shrine said inscriptions expert Fmile Puech who deciphered the writing V-A lew Old Testament phras-- 4 vs have been found on monu-- ) inents and a passage from ' haul's iartter to the Romans '?-l t 3: 13:) is laid into’ a llixir ' mosaic into the ancient Roman city of Caesarea Jim Strange a NewTesta?-- ' ment scholar froih the Univcr- sity of South Florida said the ancients apparently believed jc o rureund this to v AP photo on the facade of an ancient funerary monument in Jerusalem's Kidron this undated drawing The vertical inscription found recently refers to Simon the Just Vanf'v i devout Jew who the Bible says cradled the infant Jesus and recognized him as the Messiah (Luke JSi The drawing was made by tracing a cast of the badly scarred facade ! ai I'uwk inst'iipiiorSuncovered aie seen m chiseling Scripture into monu- ments debased sacred woixLs The widespread use of Bible Verses bn shrines began only 'around 1000 AD in Furope said Strange who was uncon ! However the inscription does back up what until how ' ' were scant references to a belief that three Byzuntinc-cr- u biblical figures ' Simon Zachai'iah and James the brother of Jesus ' — shaivdllie same tomb Furlier ihisycur an inscrip- lion referring to achnriah who wiis John the Baptist’s father wax found on the same facade) Puech and Jie Zius) a physical anthropologist com tinuedtu study the monument a Applying a "squeeze” simple technique of spreading a kind of papier: mache iver a surface — they uncovered the Simon inscripldih-cenlu- Hans weie searching the Holy Land for sacred sites linked to' the Bible and maiked them olten relying on local lore said Ihiech (lie monument is in the Kidron Valley between Jerusalem's walled l)ld City and the Mount of Olives Tile Bible says James was hurled off the Jewish Temple to'death in the Kidmii Valley below and buried near--b- y - blud-geon- The historian Josephus : - ’ : 1 - - : ' : named Zachariah oeing slain ' by ealots in the Temple and thrown iiilo the valley There is no word on Simon’s death'' There have been historical relerences to ii Byzantine belief of joint burial of the' three although there is no evi- deuce they were actually : buried together The six lines in the Simion ) inscription run vertiCallyThe letters run together are ot’dif- ferenl height a little crooked and relatively shallow They were clearly caiyed by laymen said Shimon Gibson of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in: Jerusalem who was present w hen Puech and Zias applied the squeeze during the sum- mer but who was notvonnect-e- d with their research : : ' " refers to a TVinpU priest ry tion Now they hope to com- plete the trio by finding writing referring to James The Simon and Zachariah-inscriptionwere carved i around the 4lh century at a lime when Bvzantine C'hiis- - ed : Palestinians agree to new truce talks : kysALLMXP1' ' cn lKalcshman factionsincluding maiof militant groups have agreed (d attend triwy talks m ( 'afro next nionlh ' aijil Ihtli’sliiii in officials said coiithe Tiiinsday they expevt teivnce to be- successful proVideil Israel agreiS tuhali U nuhtHJojvralioils T'hir-- - I i is oiMnaocismo mommo ) Now : v 98) J j" j have:" tL'-r- collipsed “Evanston” Features include: Strobei construction v More violciicc was'hrted-T luu sda'y when Israc‘h'wid'icrs 4 aids walking motion latex footbed lor $oft cushion and sliiit ind killed an armed Ihiles- EVA midsole for lightweight tuiiaii vriw bug tow'arda lyncc:'v'fe' shock absoitancy and an isohiied ' 'I':- - - ' - 'O' t V ’ i Jewish 5urtiniiiding un seirleiikinl' f : ? 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