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King David Era Pottery Shard Supports Biblical Narrative
INN ^ | 1/8/10 | Avi Yellin

Posted on 01/08/2010 10:11:01 AM PST by Nachum

(IsraelNN.com) A breakthrough in the research of the Hebrew Scriptures has shed new light on the period in which the Bible books of the Prophets were written. Professor Gershon Galil of the Department of Biblical Studies at the University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David’s reign) and has proven the inscription to be ancient Hebrew, thus making it the earliest known example of Hebrew writing.

The significance of this breakthrough relates to the fact that at least some of the Biblical scriptures are now proven to have been composed hundreds of years before the dates presented today in research and that the Kingdom of Israel already existed at that tim

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: artifacts; david; epigraphyandlanguage; era; godsgravesglyphs; hirbetqeiyafa; historicity; holyland; khirbetqeiyafa; king; kingdavid; letshavejerusalem; pottery

1 posted on 01/08/2010 10:11:06 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Tim stands stil.


2 posted on 01/08/2010 10:12:30 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

Yes, he does.


3 posted on 01/08/2010 10:16:16 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Ping


4 posted on 01/08/2010 10:17:11 AM PST by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)
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5 posted on 01/08/2010 10:26:19 AM PST by worst-case scenario (Striving to reach the light)
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To: tet68

I was gonna as who’s tim? Glad I didn’t.


6 posted on 01/08/2010 10:32:34 AM PST by east1234 (It's the borders stupid! My new environmentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
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To: Nachum
The contents of the text express social sensitivity to the fragile position of weaker members of society

Yahweh to send rain for forty days and forty nights
Widows, orphans and slaves, disproportionately impacted, pharisees say.

7 posted on 01/08/2010 10:43:06 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (The CRU needs adult supervision.)
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To: tet68

Yup. And it’s not a tiny tim either.


8 posted on 01/08/2010 10:59:38 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: ConservativeMind

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Thanks ConservativeMind.

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9 posted on 01/08/2010 7:02:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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