Você se lembra da polêmica dos códices de chumbo da Jordânia, que alguns alegaram ser do começo do cristianismo? Isto foi em 2011.
Leia, primeiro, para recordar:
:: Códices de chumbo do começo do cristianismo? – Observatório Bíblico: 01/04/2011
:: Vídeo sobre os falsos códices de chumbo – Observatório Bíblico: 04/09/2011 [clique também nos links do “Leia Mais” no final do post]
Agora, o assunto, que não morreu, é denunciado em artigo de Jim West. O artigo, publicado por ele em The Bible and Interpretation, neste mês, é:
The Tale of the Lead Codices from Jordan: A Brief History [O caso dos códices de chumbo da Jordânia: uma breve história] – By Jim West: The Bible and Interpretation – January 2014
Até porque o texto denunciado por Jim West demoniza os biblioblogueiros que negaram a autenticidade dos códices de chumbo…
Ele escreve, entre outras coisas:
One would imagine, then, that with the bulk of evidence against those claiming the codices are authentic, that the matter would have died out several years back. Unfortunately, that is not the case at all. Supporters of the authenticity of the artifacts continue to portray them as valuable pieces of history. But they haven’t stopped there. They’ve also taken to demonizing all who would dare to call into question the ‘artifacts’. Even as recently as a few weeks, statements were made which demonstrate the lengths to which certain people will go to protect their investment. Claire Palmer, in a lengthy post [The Blogging Truth] at a website called the ‘International Times’, wrote…
Como disse certa vez Larry Hurtado, alguns temas parecem ter características de zumbis, pois não importa quantas vezes você os mate, eles sempre voltam…
I call these “zombie claims”: No matter how often you kill ‘em off with the facts, they come back again, typically after sufficient years have passed that the news media will have forgotten the previous appearance(s) (and the memory of today’s news media is impressively short). Indeed, in today’s world of internet and e-communication, such zombie claims get a new life rather quickly, and get buzzed around the world almost overnight.
