1500 year-old ‘ Syriac ‘ Bible found in Ankara, Turkey : Vatican in shock !
The relic was 'rediscovered' in the depositum of Ankaran Justice Palace, the ancient version of bible is believed to be written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus.
The bible was already in custody of Turkish authorities after having been seized in 2000 in an operation in Mediterranean area in Turkey.
The gang of smugglers had been charged with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations and the possession of explosives and went to trial. Turkish police testified in a court hearing they believe the manuscript in the bible could be about 1500 to 2000 years old.After waiting eight years in Ankara the ancient bible is being transferred to the Ankaran Ethnography Museum with a police escort.
Ancient Bible will be shown in Ankaran Ethnography Museum
The bible, whose copies are valued around 3-4 Mil. Dollars had been transferred to Ankara for safety reasons, since no owners of the ancient relic could be found.
The manuscript carries excerpts of the Bible written in gold lettering on leather and loosely strung together, with lines of Syriac script with Aramaic dialect. Turkish authorities express the bible is a cultural asset and should be protected for being worthy of a museum.
Ancient Bible in Aramaic dialected Syriac rediscovered in Turkey
Syriac is a dialect of Aramaic – the native language of Jesus – once spoken across much of the Middle East and Central Asia. It is used wherever there are Syrian Christians and still survives in the Syrian Orthodox Church in India and a village in the vicinity of Syrian capital Damascus. Aramaic is also still used in religious rituals of Maronite Christians in Cyprus.
Experts were however divided over the provenance of the manuscript, and whether it was an original, which would render it priceless, or a fake. Other questions surround the discovery of the ancient bible, whether the smugglers had had other copies of the relic or had smuggled them from Turkey.
Vatican eyes the faith of the ancient relic
The Vatican reportedly placed an official request to examine the scripture, which was written on pages made of animal hide in the Aramaic language using the Syriac alphabet.
The copy of the ancient Bible is valued as high as 40 million Turkish Liras ( 28 Mil. Dollars)
So this is the end of christianity? I will become muslim.
Jesus was just a man your ancestors style the story of heru out of the pyramids!
It’s nothing original about the so called European you steal everything! Jesus the soon if God and god OXYMORON!
It’s coming down religion Christianity it’s ALL coming down JESUS IS NOT THE SON OFGOD . JESUS CHRIST IS NOTING MORE THEN A NAME KING Constantine GOT UPSET AND STARTED THIS JOKE TO CONTROL HE TOOK THE TWO BIGGEST religions UNDER HIS KINGDOM THE JZUS WHO PRAISE OR WORSHIP THE EARTH AND THE CYSTIC WHO WORSHIPED crystals HE BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER JESUS CHRIST
Nina Marrocco: you wouldn’t let the Vatican lay eyes on it? Why? Because it will be confirmed that it is a fake and a ploy to try and push Islam on people. A sad attempt to sway people. I guess when you can’t come up with a logical way of speaking and having people understand, you resort to lies and fabrications. This so called “discovery” is a blatant lie, forgery and should be considered a sin.
Also, if this is such a “relic” then why is there a paperclip on it. You would NEVER put a paperclip on such an old and important document. I find it funny how that this suddenly shows up and becomes news when Islamic are trying to push their religion on everyone. Either you convert or you die (is how they are trying to convert people; again through acts of violence instead of love, peace and understanding. How convenient!
This is for Jamsey…..You say that Islam punishes rape. That is hogwash! If a woman is raped, according to Sharia Law she has to have 4 MALE witnesses to the rape. If she doesn’t then it’s thrown out.
Okay first off it’s wrong to judge people right but all yall Christians do is judge all this other religions that worship God in a different way. At the end of the day what does it matter how they do cause yall are all praying to the same God. But yet yall don’t see that yall rather sit their and judge how other people worship him
Whatever excuses either side can muster up is completely irrelevant to each individual’s well being. Religion is a versatile tool, but so is the commitment to living without religion. Every person I’ve met in my life wants world peace, yet not a single one of them can let go of their personal dispositions in order to achieve such greatness. It’d be nice if we could stop feeding our hypocritical nature and actually work towards the great cause we all idealize about. Don’t act like your religious beliefs–or lack thereof–express the desire for humanity to unite for the betterment of our own fucking race.
Everybody commenting on this just need to repect it as is. I have no religon and do not mean to offend anyone on here. But when you speak of another religon in hatred toward it is pure ignorance. I understand that this contradicts what some other religons say but that does not mean thats it is right to discredit the information givin. That is your pride in blind faith closing your mind to a possibility. Think about it….
La illaha illa Allah
Muhammad rasool Allah (SAW)
It’s Satan’s Bible, trying to confuse all Christians. If Jesus hadn’t died on the Cross, all of us Christians would be Lost. Jesus died for our Sins, and ONLY through Him will WE be ABLE to get to Heaven. Jesus said”‘ I’m the way, the Truth and the Light, no one cometh to the Father, but by Me ” . Don’t be deceived by this new / old found whatever, but stay strong in the Lord. Satan is trying in these last days, to get as many people as possible to fall, and they are falling. This so called new Bible shouldn’t even be question or talked about. Stay strong in the Word of our mighty God. Amen
Will we really ever know the truth while we are here in this world? No. You can’t go by what some book, bible, or any other “item” states, they were written by a human being. Stop worrying about what these mere words are saying and go with your heart. Somewhere inside all of us we all know the real truth, access that truth through your heart. Just stop the fighting, you sound like children. Nobody has proof yet of any kind . Stop killing each other, stop the hatred. In the end, if there is something there waiting for us at least we can say we did our best to be “God like” or if there is nothing there for us at least we made our short time on this planet a happy and peaceful one.
Yes, I believe there is a “God” of some sort, in some form. But I go with what I feel in my heart and no church or religion can change that. I don’t believe I need to go to church to be the person I feel I’m supposed to be. They are just as corrupt as our government. Take this time that you have left here and just be happy and peaceful. Appreciate life for once, stop worrying about all this crap. Aren’t you worth being happy for? Absolutely!
Hey guys lets not fight. Allah is giving oppurtunity to all christians to come to right path. Its up to you to take it or not. Jesus (esa) was a prophet and surely not a god which is well know he had that magical powers and hence people believed him to be God. Soultana lt me tell u something. Dont say that muslims are rapists and terrorists. I have a question who do you think the americans are . very good people? see what they have done to iraq people and afganisthan people. first try to clean the dust on u and then question others
People have come up with a clever way to make money. How come?????
It’s a fake. It’s written in modern Assyrian which is, at most, a couple of hundred years old. In addition it refers to the bible as the ‘book’. The bible is never called a ‘book’. It’s either ghdata (new testament) or owrehta (old testament). Never ‘book’. Plus, and I’m most astounded by this oversight, the text dates this book to the year 1500. Not that it’s 1500 years old.