When archeologists Philippe Le Bas and William Henry Waddington discovered the ruins of an ancient Christian church in Syria in the 1800's, not only did it contain the world's oldest carved inscription bearing the name of Jesus Christ - they unearthed an unstained memory that the Roman Empire and Judaizers tried to erase from history.

Show Notes:

1.  Philippe Le Bas and William Henry Waddington, Greek Inscriptions grecques et latines recueillies en Grèce et en Asie Mineure (1870), volume 3, inscription 2558. Minor reference in Gerhard Kittel, Theological Dictionary of the New Testament, under Synagogue. Also referenced in the Catholic Encyclopedia article on Marcionites, using Le Bas and Waddington as a reference.
2. Modeling the Antiquities Trade in Iraq and Syria (MANTIS) https://isac.uchicago.edu/research/projects/mantis
3. Marcionite Christian Church https://www.marcionitechurch.org/
4. The Very First Bible https://www.theveryfirstbible.org/

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Deuteronomy 25:12  11If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, 12you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity. Leviticus 11 "All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be detestable to you.21There are, however, some winged creatures that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground.22Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper."