Wednesday 19 October 2011

Old Testament and Pattanam Archaeology Links Provided by church

http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/syrian-malabar-nasrani/history.html
Accession Date and Time-19-10-2011; 5.05PM
The Syrian Malabar Nasrani people, also known as Saint Thomas Christians and Nasranis are an ethnoreligious group from Kerala, India, adhering to the various churches of the Saint Thomas Christian tradition.

During the time of Moses and King Solomon, the Malabar coast traded spices and luxury articles with Israel. ‘’Bible’’; I Kings. 9:26-28; 10:11,22; 2 Chronicles: 8:18; 9:21. Excavations carried out at Pattanam in 2008 provided evidence that the maritime trade between Kerala and the Mediterranean ports existed back in 500 BC or earlier Kerala Council for Historical Research findings in 2006-08.. It is possible that some of those traders who arrived from the west, including Jews, remained in Kerala. Edna Fernadez. The last Jews of Kerala.- The two thousand year history of India’s forgotten Jewish community. Skyhorse Publishing. c.2008. p. 80
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While Augustus Caesar (31 BC- 14 AD) was the Emperor of Rome and Herod the Great (37-4 BC) was King of Judea, ambassadors from Malabar visited the Emperor Augustus. Nicolaus of DamascusMathew N.M. St. Thomas Christians of Malabar Through Ages, Tiruvalla, C.S.S. 2003. ISBN 81-7821-008-8. Nasranis believe that these ambassadors were The Wise Men From the East, of the Bible.Matthew 2:1Mathew, N.M. Malankara Marthoma Sabha Charitram, (History of the Marthoma Church), Volume 1.(2006). Page 68-69. Thus the Malabar Nasranis are some of the earliest people who joined Christianity in India

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