Monday, November 29, 2010

Is this a Third Century Marcionite Synagogue in Megiddo, Israel?

I am certain that the third century prayer house recently discovered in Megiddo is Marcionite.  The evidence is overwhelming.  I am writing a letter to the IAA which will mean that I will not finish this post until tomorrow.

The point here is that there is both a reference to 'the God IC XC' where the latter nomen sacrum could be read either 'Christos' or 'Chrestos' but more signficantly the spelling out of 'Chreste' (which could be a common female name too):

MNHMONEUSATE
PRIMILLHS KAI KURI
AKHS KAI DWROQEAS
ETI DE KAI CRHSTH

Translation: Remember / Primillê and Kuri- / -akê ("The Lord's") and Dôrothea ("God's gift") / and also Khrêstê ("The kind one"). (See also Henrickson in FR and 2.4.1.)

Transcription: MNÊMONEUSATE / PRIMILLÊS KAI KYRI- / AKÊS KAI DÔROTHEAS / ETI DE KAI KHRÊSTÊ.



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