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by Kapyong
Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:40 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Why Jesus had to have brothers and a lot of sisters
Replies: 20
Views: 30707

Re: Why Jesus had to have brothers and a lot of sisters

MrMacSon wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 2:18 pm
Giuseppe wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:43 am This is the reason, I think:
Be fruitful ...

Bananas.
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by Kapyong
Fri Oct 26, 2018 10:00 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Ultimate Ascension of Isaiah thread
Replies: 26
Views: 31186

Re: Ultimate Ascension of Isaiah thread

Ohayo GakuseiDon and all :) Just had a Jungian gold-bug moment which I thought I'd share - Around the time I caught this thread, I was also looking into the Song of Roland , (an epic poem about a battle from Charlemagne's time, but written a few centuries later, just before the first Holy Grail lite...
by Kapyong
Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:31 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday ulan :)
Ulan wrote: Thu Aug 02, 2018 4:51 am At least for a moment I'm sure I'm not deterring anyone, but maybe someone else who reads the thread doesn't swallow the story told herein hook, line and sinker.
You've done good work,
it doesn't look like anyone here believes any of their nonsense about colour changes.

Kapyong
by Kapyong
Sat Jul 28, 2018 10:18 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday all, Some more thoughts on sheep genetics (hey, I'm from Oz, sheep are important to us - you know they say 'Australia rides on the sheep's back', right ? TBH they're a little awkward travelling to work on, but the good news is that they can fit 16 lanes across the Sydney harbour hyperpotamus, 2...
by Kapyong
Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:42 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

P52 :
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(After DNA testing.)

Kapyong
(Sure, it's papyrus, but hey :) )
by Kapyong
Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:25 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday all :) As you pointed out, you might easily find flora and fauna that really fits one scenario over another. Presumably you mean that the DNA of sheep/lambs may be different between the 1st century vs the 19th century, right ? So that a DNA test revealing the vellum of Sinaiticus was from the 1...
by Kapyong
Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday John T and all :) Well, you got me. Turns out DNA testing much like radiocarbon dating is completely useless in determining if a document is a modern forgery or not. Now since you caught me how about telling us what method is acceptable to you? :cheeky: No worries, mistakes happen :) I'm just a...
by Kapyong
Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:13 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday all, If you have a breed of animal used for the vellum that did not exist in the 4th century then you have a case for fraud. If the ink has DNA of a plant not known to the region at the time, then you have fraud. There are many variables and scenarios. Yup :) But you brought up the subject of D...
by Kapyong
Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:55 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday Ben C. Smith and all :) I have no expert knowledge of this matter, but I have found a number of articles suggesting that DNA dating of parchment has been in development for at least a decade. For example: https://www.livescience.com/3300-dna-reveal-origins-medieval-manuscripts.html . I have no ...
by Kapyong
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:14 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus
Replies: 461
Views: 382074

Re: Codex Sinaiticus - the white parchment Friderico-Augustanus

Gday all :) Vellum is parchment made from animal skins. DNA will confirm what animals were used and what generation they came from. http://www.sciencebuzz.org/blog/dna-and-dead-sea-scrolls-lessons-scientific-method Well, that site mentions DNA testing used to identify the animal species. But there i...