July 30, 2006
THE GOSPEL OF ST. PEAT (via Tom Corcoran):
Ancient Book of Psalms Unearthed in Irish Bog (Shawn Pogatchnik, July 26, 2006, Associated Press)
Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker who spotted something while working in a bog.Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2006 9:39 AMThe approximately 20-page book has been dated to 800-1000 A.D. Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan said it was the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries.
"This is really a miracle find," said Pat Wallace, director of the National Museum of Ireland.
"There's two sets of odds that make this discovery really way out. First of all, it's unlikely that something this fragile could survive being buried in a bog at all, and then for it to be unearthed and spotted before it was destroyed is incalculably more amazing."
Much has been made of the fact that the volume was found open to Psalm 83, given Israel's current problems.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at July 30, 2006 11:24 AMHave the little people been at the grog again?
Posted by: erp at July 30, 2006 5:40 PM