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Dedications to "Jesus son of Joseph" in First Century Tombs!


Jean Gilman
Review Staff Reporter

À̽º¶ó¿¤ ¿¹·ç»ì·½ - »õ·Î¿î °í°íÇÐ ¹ß°ßµéÀÌ µé¾î ³ª°í, °ú°ÅÀÇ ¹ß°ßµé¿¡ ´ëÇÑ À翬±¸°¡ ÀÖ°Ô µÊÀ¸·Î½á ÇÐÀÚµéÀº ¿¹·ç»ì·½¿¡ ÀÖ´Â Àϼ¼±â ±×¸®½ºµµÀÇ ±³È¸ÀÇ ¹üÀ§¿Í Å©±â¿¡ ÀÇÇؼ­ Á¡Á¡ ´õ Èï¹Ì¸¦ ´À³¢°í ÀÖ´Ù.
JERUSALEM, Israel - As new archaeological discoveries emerge and past ones are studied again, scholars are becoming more and more intrigued by the extent and size of the first century Christian Church in Jerusalem.

°Ô´Ù°¡ ¿ª»ç°¡µéÀº ¹Ù·Î ±× Àϼ¼±â ±âµ¶±³ÀεéÀÇ °ÍÀ¸·Î º¸ÀÌ´Â ¸¹Àº °í´ë īŸÄÞµé(¸ÅÀå ±¼µé)¿¡¼­ È÷ºê¸®¾î¿Í Çï¶ó¾î·Î ¾²¿©Áø "¿¹¼ö"¿¡°Ô ¹ÙÃÄÁø ÇåÁ¤»çµéÀ» ¹ß°ßÇÏ°í´Â ³î¶ó°í ÀÖ´Ù.
Moreover, historians are surprised to discover dedications to "Jesus" appearing in Hebrew and Greek in numerous ancient catacombs (burial caves) which apparently belonged to the very first Christians.

ÀÌµé ¹ß°ßµéÀº º¹À½¼­µé°ú »çµµÇàÀü¿¡ ±â·ÏµÈ »ç°ÇµéÀÇ Á¤È®¼º¿¡ °üÇÑ ¼ö ½Ê³âÀÇ Åä·ÐÀ» ¹Ù¦ µû¶óºÙ°í ÀÖ´Ù.
These revelations come on the heels of decades of debate as to the accuracy of events recorded in the Gospels and the Book of Acts.

¸¹Àº 19-20¼¼±â ÇÐÀÚµé°ú °í°íÇÐÀÚµéÀº Ãʱ⠱⵶±³ÀεéÀÌ ¼Ò¼ö¿´À¸¸ç, ¿¹¼öÀÇ ½ÊÀÚ°¡ ¼ö³­ ÈÄ ¼ºÁö¿¡¼­ ºü¸¥ ±â°£ ³»¿¡ Èð¾îÁ³´Ù´Â ÀÌ·ÐÀ» ÁöÁöÇÏ¿´´Ù. °Ô´Ù°¡ ±×µéÀº ½ÊÀÚ°¡ÀÇ »ó¡ÀÌ ¿¹¼öÀÇ Ãʱâ Á¦Àڵ鿡 ÀÇÇؼ­ »ç¿ëµÇÁö ¾Ê¾ÒÀ¸¸ç, 3-4¼¼±â·Î ¾Ë·ÁÁø ÈÄ´ë¿¡ ±âµ¶±³¿¡ ÷°¡µÈ °ÍÀ¸·Î ¹Ï¾ú´Ù.
Many nineteenth- and twentieth-century scholars and archaeologists supported the theory that the first Christians were few in number and had quickly dispersed from the Holy Land after Jesus' crucifixion. In addition, they believed that the symbol of the cross was not used by the first followers of Jesus but was a latter addition to Christianity, dating to the third or fourth centuries.

À̵é ÁÖÀåµéÀº Àϼ¼±â ±âµ¶±³ÀÎ °øµ¿Ã¼, Áï ±×µéÀÇ »õ·Î¿î ¹ÏÀ½À» ¿¹·ç»ì·½À¸·ÎºÎÅÍ ¶¥ ³¡±îÁö ÀüÆÄÇϱâ À§Çؼ­ ÁýÁßÀûÀ¸·Î Èû½è´ø °øµ¿Ã¼ÀÇ ½ÇÁúÀûÀÎ Á¸À縦 ÀÔÁõÇÏ´Â »õ·Î¿î °í°íÇÐ ¿¬±¸µé°ú ¹ß°ßµé¿¡ ÀÇÇؼ­ ÇöÀç À߸øµÈ ÁÖÀåÀ̾úÀ½ÀÌ ÀÔÁõµÇ°í ÀÖ´Ù.
These notions are now being disproved by new archaeological studies and discoveries which suggest the existence of a very substantial first century Christian community - a community which labored intensively to spread its new faith from Jerusalem to the rest of the world.
 


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A first century ossuary (stone coffin) discovered in a Jerusalem catacomb bears the sign of the cross scratched on its side and a dedication: "To Jesus... Jesus son of Joseph." Historians are intrigued by the number of times the name "Jesus" is found inscribed as a dedication in first century tombs and accompanied by the sign of the cross.

 


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