Monday, July 31, 2006

Psalms, Bogs and the Apocalypse

Recently a medieval Psalter was discovered in an Irish bog. Which is interesting in itself. "Irish Dead Sea Scrolls"

But it's causing more of a stir than would be expected, since the book was apparently open at Psalm 83, which tells of Israel being beset by enemies.

There's a rather neat coincidence here, given what is presently going on in the Middle East. #It's a sign!# 8)

The kicker is, however, that actually the text visible on the Psalter is about the "Vale of Tears", and is from a psalm now usually numbered 84, but in early versions was 83. The National Museum of Ireland has confirmed this in a press release.

I hope CNN and other news agencies have made the appropriate corrections. This is just the sort of material from which worrying misinformation & urban legend can arise.

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