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Posted on 07/07/2025 2:40:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A newly analyzed inscription found in Sinai, Egypt, has stirred new debate among scholars after a language researcher claimed it may include the words, “This is from Moses.” The carving, located near an ancient turquoise mine in the south-central region of the peninsula, was photographed using high-resolution imaging technology that brought faded markings into clearer view.
The markings belong to a group of rock-cut writings known as Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions. These early alphabetic characters were first documented in 1904 and are believed to date back to around 1800 BCE.
The particular panel under review, labeled Sinai 357 and located across from Mine L, includes stacked characters that independent researcher Michael Bar-Ron interprets as the Hebrew phrase zot m’Moshe—translated as “This is from Moses.”
Bar-Ron shared his findings on The Humble Skeptic podcast, noting that his reading has received support for further review from Egyptologist David Rohl and Pieter van der Veen, a lecturer at the University of Mainz. The phrase, if confirmed, could represent one of the earliest written references to Moses and offers potential support for connections to the biblical Book of Exodus.
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Nearby inscriptions discovered during the same survey include appeals to the Hebrew deity El and signs that the names of Egyptian goddesses—particularly Hathor, also known as Baʿalat—were deliberately scratched out. These patterns resemble the account in Exodus 32, where the worship of a golden calf sparked a religious rupture.
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The findings come from a field report released by the Patterns of Evidence project, which has been documenting ancient inscriptions across the region.
The team also announced that modern scanning tools, including structured light imaging, have expanded the known set of inscriptions to more than 20. The full catalog is expected to be released as open-access 3D models later this year.
Scholars note that the geographical spread of the script—from Egypt to Sinai and into Canaan—roughly mirrors the journey described in the Book of Exodus. Some of the vocabulary found in the newly translated texts also includes terms related to slavery and deliverance, adding circumstantial weight to the theory that a Semitic population once fled Egypt.
However, not all researchers are convinced. Experts such as Philippa Steele caution that the shapes of ancient characters alone cannot determine meaning or language. She argues that conclusions based solely on letter forms are not reliable.
Bar-Ron has submitted his 213-page manuscript, titled Proto-Thesis, to Ariel University for academic review. Meanwhile, Patterns of Evidence researchers are planning to take micro-core samples behind the key panels to test for pigment or tool markings, pending approval from Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Other teams are also preparing to rescan Sinai 357 using advanced imaging to determine whether the proposed letter sequence is evidence of human inscription or simply a natural feature in the stone.
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Moses or Epstein? Which one has more documentation now?
Of course ‘Moses’ is a very rare name ... jumping to conclusion is always the best idea. Right?
Any source that uses the idiotic “BCE” date label is suspect.
The Bible doesn’t need historical or archeological corroboration, as nicely affirming as it sometimes may be. The historical reliability of the biblical text has been proven many times over.
Kilroy was here.
Prior to the period in Egypt the Hebrews had no sacred edifices, temporary or permanent. “Alters” were erected where local custom chose and abandoned as families and clans migrated. Then Moses designated a specific tabernacle to be erected with the migrating Hebrews during the Exodus and its dimensions became the model for the Holy of Holies exclusive inner chamber in the later temple in Jerusalem. Moses, the experience in exile in Egypt, and the Exodus affected later formation of some Hebrew religious practices.
A lad, grown too tight, one supposes,
Was dreadfully sore with phimosis
The doctor said, “Why,
Circumcision we’ll try...
A plan recommended by Moses.
Owie owie
One of *those* topics, and a nice twofer.
But it looks like the Hebrews invented the zot. Who knew?
OK, you win the thread!
Could have been another Moses. It was not an uncommon name.
Well it is obvious that this is a significant discovery because there is the standard checkered ruler right beside it. It has been my observation that every time an archeologist finds one of those checkered rulers an important discovery is made close by. Maybe we should tune our satellites to look for those checkered rulers and we would find many more significant pieces of history much faster.
So most Archaelogists in the World are idiots? The designation of AD and BC was first ceated by a Christian monk named Dionysius Exiguus in 525 AD, who was trying to formalize the date for designated Easter. The Roman Calendar is a Solar Calendar, while most Middle Eastern Calendars were Lunar Calendars, and most folks did not recognize the Roman Calendar. Most observed their Holy days by it, not the Roman. Calendar. It was imposed forcefully by the Romans on all who it conquered. The AD and BC Roman Calendar was Venerable Bede popularized the “AD” system in his “Ecclesiastical History of the English People,” completed in 731 AD. Bede used the Latin “ante... incarnationem Dominicam” (in the year before the incarnation of the Lord) to refer to years prior to AD 1, Which cemented the time from the birth of Christo. If an Archaelogist is trying to recon time, he does so from the current date backwards, since so many cultures vary in their Calendars. Also, the Catholic Church arbitrarily labed the birth, and in their own Encyclopedia admit that the date is designated. They also mention that the date is four years off.
It’s what they’ve got to do to keep the grant money flowing.
Ping!........
Yeah, it didn’t say THE Moses.,.,.......
“Any source that uses the idiotic “BCE” date label is suspect.”
Agreed.
Kilroy was here.
I always write: Barb is cool.
'And yo, the Gyp-chum Fare-Road Man say "Who dat be who emerged from a semi-permeable membrane?"
"Osmosis!"
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