They Found Herod the Great's Tomb?

Question

Travis W had a very good question regarding Herod...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AoiIslIvM2YhJpEv2YsuBbrty6IX?qid=20070508092934AATwfIa&show=7#profile-info-04367c95bc89edaef63b44df7e3a08a7aa

And just this morning I found this fascinating piece of news...
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Tomb+of+King+Herod+discovered+08-May-2007.htmhttp://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Tomb+of+King+Herod+discovered+08-May-2007.htm

What do you think of this discovery?

If the above link did not take you right to the article, try this one instead.
http://www.forzion.com/full-article.php?news=3972
The article source link is at the bottom.

Answer 1

Hi, yes I too find this fascinating and I await eagerly any findings that ensue from digging in and around the tomb,I found your link interesting as well especially the connection between the Jewish revolt of 70ad and the vandalizing of Herod`s tomb.
What also amazes me is the fact that Atheists are brushing this incredible find of, as little importance and debunking it at this early stage even before all the data is in.

Answer 2

There have been dozens of tombs discovered without any bones. That doesn't mean all those people resurrected. Either his body was buried elsewhere (happened often so grave robbers would not take the body when going for the treasures), his body was removed later and reburied in another tomb by other discoverers or by grave robbers, they haven't dug it all out yet so they haven't found his body yet, etc. When you read that a body hasn't been found (yet), why would you automatically think this?!?! What a stupid thought.

Answer 3

While it will be the find of the century with regard to Israeli archeology, it will not provide any information useful to Christians -- unless his inner sarcophagus (if any) and/or body carry any surprises.

Remember, all they found were broken up bits of stone that *appear* to be from an outer sarcophagus that was broken up by Herod's enemies. They haven't found an actual tomb or a body that definitively proves this is Herod's tomb. I think this press release was well-intentioned, but premature.

Answer 4

Have you ever visited Romeo & Juliet's castles in Montecchio, Italy. ?

The the earliest-known version of the tale is the 1476 story of Mariotto and Gianozza of Siena by Masuccio Salernitano, in Il Novellino .

Followed by Luigi da Porto's Giulietta e Romeo in 1530 and
Matteo Bandello's Giuletta e Romeo, in1554.

Then there was Arthur Brooke's narrative poem The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet (1562), followed by Shakespeare' s adaption into a play in 1623.

Thousands of tourists visit the castle and balconey (in Verona) every year and they are convinced that Romeo and Juliet were real people.

Answer 5

Not sure. I never questioned whether or not Herod lived, it seemed kind of immaterial. It is interesting just from a rubbernecker's point of view, though...

Your second link doesn't work, btw...
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Answer 6

Babylon the "Great"<-Greater<-Greatest,
is notably twice fallen: "is fallen, is fallen".
(Isaiah 21:9; Revelation 17:5; 18:2)

Paul reveals where fallen from, and what to:
If justified by the law, then fallen from grace.
(Galatians: book written "unto the churches")

Moses' law was a "great" terror: Deut 34:12

America the Great?

As for Herod(s), there's several to sort out;
these all died and received not the promise.

Go on, speaks of (great->greater)->greatest.
For only the greatest of 3 things never faileth.

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 7

I think it is interesting. I will wait to read more about it in Biblical Archaeology Review before I know of its implications.

Answer 8

It should be some interesting archaeology. It's strange that the people who are citing it as proof of the Bible are the same people who vehemently dismissed the tomb of Jesus recently.

Answer 9

I personally don't see what the big deal is. The supposed possible finding of a tomb that might or might not be that of the King Herod mentioned in the Bible is akin to finding a gravesite near Atlanta, Georgia with the name R. Butler on it and using that to prove that Gone With The Wind was a work of nonfiction.

Answer 10

I just heard that on Fox News this morning. This could get very interesting.