We live in an amazing time. Advances in science and technology are making possible things only dreamed of in times gone by. By way of example, consider the following article in the news this week, titled “Hear Richard III Speak 540 Years After Death: English King's Voice Recreated, Revealing A Yorkshire Accent”.
According to the Nov 19, 2024 summary article at www.Newswer.com...
A decade after the facial reconstruction of England's Richard III, experts have delivered what is said to be "the most accurate portrayal" yet of the medieval king who's found new popularity since his remains were discovered under a Leicester parking lot in 2012. A digital avatar of the king was unveiled Sunday at York Theatre Royal, per the Guardian. Created by the Face Lab research group at Liverpool John Moores University, led by craniofacial identification expert Caroline Wilkinson, the avatar is based on Face Lab's 2013 facial reconstruction of Richard III but aided by state-of-the-art technology, allowing the king to speak for the first time since his 1485 death in the Battle of Bosworth.
In a video, the avatar recites a speech Richard III gave two years before his death while conferring his son, Edward, as the Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. Most obvious is the accent, which "sounds more distinctly from Yorkshire than the English spoken by the likes of Ian McKellen and Laurence Olivier when portraying the monarch in the Shakespeare play," per the Guardian. "Light" is pronounced as "leet" and "shine" as "sheen," for example. Historian Philippa Langley, who discovered the king's remains in 2012, says "everything has been meticulously researched, meticulously evidenced," leading to "the most accurate portrayal of Richard III," per Sky News.
The project is the brainchild of vocal coach Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, who "went into a deep dive of finding evidence of how [the king] would speak through speech and language therapy, dentistry, forensic psychology and archaeology," she tells the BBC. She then worked with linguist David Crystal, an expert in 15th-century pronunciation, to come up with the king's voice. "This is as close as we can get," about 90% accurate, Crystal tells NBC News. The recording is from British actor Thomas Dennis, who was coached on how best to evoke the king's accent and personality. In terms of the latter, evidence suggests Richard III was kind, loyal, brave, and just, Langley tells the BBC. (That flies in the face of this theory of the king as a killer of kids.)
I don’t know about you; but I find it amazing that we can now hear from a man over half a millennium after he died. And yet, with 90% accuracy, here it is, available for all to hear. (Check out the YouTube clip below to see for yourself.)
As I read this article, I was reminded of the Bible verse that states: “he being dead yet speaketh”. The specific reference here, in the New Testament Book of Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 4, is to Abel, who was slain by Cain. Most scholars agree that what this means is that Abel’s righteous sacrifice was accepted by God while Cain’s was not. And for this reason, his approach testifies to us even today about the importance of what God expects of us.
Still, there are many examples in the pages of Scripture of the dead literally speaking from the grave. For instance, we read in the Old Testament Book of First Samuel (chapter 28) that the Prophet Samuel spoke to King Saul from beyond the grave.
In the New Testament Gospel of Luke (chapter 9), we read about Moses and Elijah, long since deceased, talking with Jesus as He was transfigured before the disciples.
Later in Luke’s Gospel (chapter 16), we read of a deceased rich man who speaks from beyond the grave. In this same passage, the venerable, but long deceased Abraham, himself, speaks as well.
Even later, at the very moment of Jesus’s death on the cross, we read in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew (chapter 27) that the graves opened up and many “holy” individuals were raised to life, and arose and walked about the vicinity where they interacted with the people of the day.
Perhaps the best example of people speaking after death is from the book of Revelation (chapter 19). Time and again here we read about the saints of the ages opening their mouths and praising God in His presence.
And so, my friend, it does indeed seem that the dead can speak again!
However, a far better question than “Can the dead speak again?” is perhaps “What would the dead say to us if they could but speak?”
According to Jesus’ words in Luke 16, they would most likely admonish us to heed the truth of God’s Word and make certain that we are prepared for eternity before we ever leave this world!
Given this, as Abraham affirmed in this same passage, one wonders whether or not so many people in this world would actually listen to the dead if they ever did speak!
STORY SOURCE:
https://www.newser.com/story/359710/hear-richard-iii-speak-540-years-after-death.html.
Click here for a YouTube Clip of the Recreated Voice of King Richard III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9923JwzT10.
SCRIPTURE SOURCES:
https://biblehub.com/hebrews/11-4.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/1_samuel/28.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/luke/9.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/luke/16.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/matthew/27.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/revelation/19.htm.
According to the Nov 19, 2024 summary article at www.Newswer.com...
A decade after the facial reconstruction of England's Richard III, experts have delivered what is said to be "the most accurate portrayal" yet of the medieval king who's found new popularity since his remains were discovered under a Leicester parking lot in 2012. A digital avatar of the king was unveiled Sunday at York Theatre Royal, per the Guardian. Created by the Face Lab research group at Liverpool John Moores University, led by craniofacial identification expert Caroline Wilkinson, the avatar is based on Face Lab's 2013 facial reconstruction of Richard III but aided by state-of-the-art technology, allowing the king to speak for the first time since his 1485 death in the Battle of Bosworth.
In a video, the avatar recites a speech Richard III gave two years before his death while conferring his son, Edward, as the Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester. Most obvious is the accent, which "sounds more distinctly from Yorkshire than the English spoken by the likes of Ian McKellen and Laurence Olivier when portraying the monarch in the Shakespeare play," per the Guardian. "Light" is pronounced as "leet" and "shine" as "sheen," for example. Historian Philippa Langley, who discovered the king's remains in 2012, says "everything has been meticulously researched, meticulously evidenced," leading to "the most accurate portrayal of Richard III," per Sky News.
The project is the brainchild of vocal coach Yvonne Morley-Chisholm, who "went into a deep dive of finding evidence of how [the king] would speak through speech and language therapy, dentistry, forensic psychology and archaeology," she tells the BBC. She then worked with linguist David Crystal, an expert in 15th-century pronunciation, to come up with the king's voice. "This is as close as we can get," about 90% accurate, Crystal tells NBC News. The recording is from British actor Thomas Dennis, who was coached on how best to evoke the king's accent and personality. In terms of the latter, evidence suggests Richard III was kind, loyal, brave, and just, Langley tells the BBC. (That flies in the face of this theory of the king as a killer of kids.)
I don’t know about you; but I find it amazing that we can now hear from a man over half a millennium after he died. And yet, with 90% accuracy, here it is, available for all to hear. (Check out the YouTube clip below to see for yourself.)
As I read this article, I was reminded of the Bible verse that states: “he being dead yet speaketh”. The specific reference here, in the New Testament Book of Hebrews, chapter 11, verse 4, is to Abel, who was slain by Cain. Most scholars agree that what this means is that Abel’s righteous sacrifice was accepted by God while Cain’s was not. And for this reason, his approach testifies to us even today about the importance of what God expects of us.
Still, there are many examples in the pages of Scripture of the dead literally speaking from the grave. For instance, we read in the Old Testament Book of First Samuel (chapter 28) that the Prophet Samuel spoke to King Saul from beyond the grave.
In the New Testament Gospel of Luke (chapter 9), we read about Moses and Elijah, long since deceased, talking with Jesus as He was transfigured before the disciples.
Later in Luke’s Gospel (chapter 16), we read of a deceased rich man who speaks from beyond the grave. In this same passage, the venerable, but long deceased Abraham, himself, speaks as well.
Even later, at the very moment of Jesus’s death on the cross, we read in the New Testament Gospel of Matthew (chapter 27) that the graves opened up and many “holy” individuals were raised to life, and arose and walked about the vicinity where they interacted with the people of the day.
Perhaps the best example of people speaking after death is from the book of Revelation (chapter 19). Time and again here we read about the saints of the ages opening their mouths and praising God in His presence.
And so, my friend, it does indeed seem that the dead can speak again!
However, a far better question than “Can the dead speak again?” is perhaps “What would the dead say to us if they could but speak?”
According to Jesus’ words in Luke 16, they would most likely admonish us to heed the truth of God’s Word and make certain that we are prepared for eternity before we ever leave this world!
Given this, as Abraham affirmed in this same passage, one wonders whether or not so many people in this world would actually listen to the dead if they ever did speak!
STORY SOURCE:
https://www.newser.com/story/359710/hear-richard-iii-speak-540-years-after-death.html.
Click here for a YouTube Clip of the Recreated Voice of King Richard III:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9923JwzT10.
SCRIPTURE SOURCES:
https://biblehub.com/hebrews/11-4.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/1_samuel/28.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/luke/9.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/luke/16.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/matthew/27.htm;
https://biblehub.com/niv/revelation/19.htm.