The first archaeological evidence of the historical reality of the
Gospel story.
From a historical point of view, the uniqueness of this cave is
that it contains archaeological evidence that comes to us from the
very time of the personalities and events described in the Gospels.
For here is the largest ritual bathing pool ever found in the
Jerusalem area, and found in the village where John the Baptist was
born, showing unmistakable signs of ritual use in the first century
AD. Also in the cave is the earliest ever Christian art, depicting
John the Baptist as well as the three crosses of the crucifixion.
By using the forensic techniques available to the modern
archaeologist, Gibson and his international team have been able to
draw information from the drawings, pottery, coins, bones, remains
of ritual fire and pieces of cloth found in the cave and match
these up with the contemporary literary sources. This is a unique
opportunity to build up a picture of the very first Christians, how
they lived and even what they believed.
As Gibson writes: " "By fitting together the new archaeological
facts with the historical information available (and sometimes
buried) in scholarly literature, I believe I am able to throw an
amazing amount of light on the personality and mission of John the
Baptist. Who was he? Where did he come from? What were his beliefs
and what was the baptism all about?""
"From the Hardcover edition."
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