Ancient Psalmbook discovered in Ireland!

The approximately 20-page book has been dated to 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. According to Trinity College manuscripts expert Bernard Meehan, is the first discovery of an Irish early medieval document in two centuries. Never before has such a fragile, old document been discovered buried in the soggy earth of Ireland.

The Irish National Museum of Ireland (www.museum.ie) writes in a press release 26 July 2006:“ In discovery terms this Irish equivalent to the Dead Sea Scrolls is being hailed by the Museum’s experts as the greatest find ever from a European bog”.

The book was found open to a page describing, in Latin script, Psalm 83. What is the exact meaning of the text? It can be interpreted in many ways. Doomsayers have focused on the passage that the 20-page text, written in Latin, was opened to when it was first uncovered: Psalm 83. In the King James Bible, the psalm is a lament to God describing the attempts of nations to wipe out the name of Israel. It’s an interesting coincidence seen in the light of the war in the Middle East now a days.

Another strange discovery recenty was that researchers found Adolf Adolf Hitler`s Nazi Bible. He was the most evil person of our times, and he believed in God. Hitler considered himself as Christian and believed in the bible. He wanted to write his own bible including the Nazi version of 12 amandments. This is another discovery and story that is also a interesting coincidence in the current crise in the Middle East.

Stein Morten Lund, 8 August 2006

Additional information

Information sources and links to website and articles:

National Geographic: www.NationalGeographic.com

Direct link: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060727-book-psalms.html

Bible Gateway: www.biblegateway.com

Direct link Psalm 83 (New International Version) - A song. A psalm of Asaph: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2083&version=31

National Museum of Ireland: www.museum.ie

Direct link to article about the discovery: http://www.museum.ie/news/details_news.asp?sPressType=1&newsid=230