Posted on 12/30/2004 10:01:34 AM PST by OESY
The Temple Pomegranate
The Joash Tablet
Recently, the press and media have been discussing another inscribed tablet that was discovered in the summer of 2000 at Jerusalem's Temple Mount. The find was made by Islamic Trust renovators of the El-Aqsa mosque which occupies part of the Haram el Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) site, and the tablet is know held by an Israeli collector.
Partially broken, the Arkosic Dead Sea sandstone tablet measures 31 x 24 x 7 cms, and carries 15 lines of text written in ancient Hebrew with elements of Aramaic and old Phoenician. It describes repairs to Solomon's Temple as ordered by Solomon's descendant, King Joash of Judah in the 9th century BC.
Joash (Jehoash) reigned about 839-799 BC and, in accord with this, carbon-14 dating by Israel's Geological Institute, under Shimon Ilani, has authenticated the inscription as being around 2,800 years old. The Institute's director, Amos Bean, reported that they had discovered flecks of gold burnt into the stone, indicating that it was probably in the Temple when the building was destroyed by invading Babylonians in about 586 BC.
In line with the Bible text of 2-Kings 12:1-6 and 11-17, the tablet describes how the King instructed the priests to "take holy money … to buy quarry stones and timber and copper and labour to carry out the duty with faith."
I've got an old Phoenician oil lamp that's dated 500 B.C. If anyone's interested, let me know; I'm short of cash right now and am forced to sacrifice.
I have one dated from about 500 B.C. also. I didn't realize until I bought this one that even the Phoenicians bought a lot of stuff from China.
What do you know about the House of Yahweh, if anything? My sister and brother in law are very involved with them. It worries me quite a bit.
Do you think other artifacts like the shroud of tourin is a fake as well?
Sorry, bad news for you. I just took one to the "Antiques Road Show" and had it appraised for $19.95.
I have some Roman coins stamped "527 BC" I'm willing to trade for them. ;)
"Maybe many of the christianity arifacts could be faked."
You mean like the hundreds of bone fragments etc of saints and "pieces of the True Cross?"
Religious people would NEVER fake stuff! Just ask Benny Hinn. ;)
So many people desperately wanted to believe it was the real deal.
Rub it real hard first, you might change your mind about selling it.
Check with AAA.
Ping.
Maybe you are the fake one.
I am as true and fake as you my brother.
lol..Jacques De Mol
Damn! Now if General M'boto of Nigeria doesn't come through I'll have to continue working for a living!
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