{"id":307247,"date":"2021-02-12T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T09:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=307247"},"modified":"2021-02-12T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T09:47:27","slug":"1500-year-old-christ-born-of-mary-inscription-discovered-in-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/1500-year-old-christ-born-of-mary-inscription-discovered-in-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"1,500-year-old ‘Christ, born of Mary’ inscription discovered in Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 1,500-year-old Greek inscription bearing the name \u201cChrist, born of Mary\u201d was unearthed in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced, The Jerusalem Post reports<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The archaeologists discovered the inscription engraved at the entrance of an impressive building from the Byzantine or early Islamic period, featuring mosaic pavements decorated with a geometric design.<\/p>\n

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The finding was unveiled in a salvage excavation directed by Tzachi Lang and Kojan Haku ahead of the construction of a road inside the village of Taiba in the Jezreel Valley.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cWe did not know what to expect ahead of the work, but we knew that this was an area where archaeological remains had been found. When we came across the inscription, we knew we had a church,\u201d Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologist Yardenna Alexandre told\u00a0The Jerusalem Post<\/em>.<\/div>\n
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\u201cChrist\u00a0born of Mary. This work of the most God-fearing and pious bishop [Theodo]sius and the miserable Th[omas] was built from the foundation. Whoever enters should pray for them,\u201d reads the full inscription, according to Dr. Leah Di Segni, researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe inscription greets those who enter and blesses them. It is therefore clear that the building is a church, and not a monastery \u2013 churches greeted believers at their entrance, while monasteries tended not to do this,\u201d Di Segni commented in a press release.<\/p>\n

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The words \u201cChrist born of Mary\u201d were widely used at the beginning of documents or other forms of text, serving as a blessing and protection from evil.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cAs a blessing, the inscription must have originally stood at the entrance of the church, where people could see it. However, it was now found incorporated in the walls, therefore we know that the stone was reused as construction material. Likely the building collapsed and was rebuilt,\u201d Alexandre pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The region of the Jezreel Valley bears many testimonies of the ancient Christian life.<\/div>\n
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Photography courtesy of Tzachi Lang \/ Israel Antiquities Authority<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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