BIBLICAL POOL OF SILOAM IS UNCOVERED IN JERUSALEM (John 9:7:11)
Workers repairing a sewage pipe in the old city of Jerusalem have
discovered the biblical Pool of Siloam, a freshwater reservoir that
was a
major gathering place for ancient Jews making religious pilgrimages
to
the city and the reputed site where Jesus cured a man blind from
birth,
the LOS ANGELES TIMES reports.

The pool was fed by the now famous Hezekiah's Tunnel and is "a much
grander affair" than archeologists previously believed, with three
tiers
of stone stairs allowing easy access to the water, according to
Hershel
Shanks, editor of Biblical Archeology Review, which reported the
find
Monday.

"Scholars have said that there wasn't a Pool of Siloam and that John
was using a religious conceit" to illustrate a point, said New
Testament
scholar James H. Charlesworth of the Princeton Theological Seminary.
"Now we have found the Pool of Siloam ... exactly where John said it
was."

A gospel that was thought to be "pure theology is now shown to be
grounded in history," he said.
--Drudgereport.com (8/9/05)