Researchers Use X-Ray on Item Found at Biblical Site, Make Incredible Discovery That Could Connect to 1 Specific Verse

www.westernjournal.com ^ | May 16, 2023 at 4:10am | Richard Moorhead

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On a site in modern-day Israel, academics believe they’ve found the oldest Hebrew text ever discovered, with an apparent link to a scene described in the Old Testament.

The text is described as a “curse tablet” — with an inscription one might expect to find in some of the darker passages of the Old Testament.

“You are cursed by the God YHW,” the text reads — using the sacred Hebrew name for God.

“You will die cursed—cursed you will surely die. Cursed you are by yhw-cursed,” the tablet reads, according to the Jewish News Syndicate.

*** Reference: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/scholars-expound-on-mount-ebal-curse-tablet-with-oldest-hebrew-text/2023/05/12/

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[JonPreston]

On the right is the symbol for peace.

[texas booster]

Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed ...

Tracing Hebrew back and back into the earliest history of man.

[bert]

Tempestuous teapottiest

[DocRock]

X-rays that read through lead. Interesting.

[Libloather]

Awful lot of cursing back then.

[9YearLurker]

Grudges as old as...

[ptsal]

bkmk

[COBOL2Java]

“Once a religious functionary inscribed the text and sealed the tablet, the incantation became binding. It could not be erased since the tablet would crumble and the curse would disappear, if opened. Neither humans nor supernatural beings could cancel or negate an occult message since they could not see it. However, this has changed in recent decades as scientists have gained the ability to see the interior of lead tablets using X-ray computed tomography and advanced data processing,” the paper states.

I thought X-rays couldn't penetrate lead...

[Bayard]

I’ve been interested in the results of this discovery.

What it tends to support is an earlier time for the Exodus, Middle Bronze age, and supports the conclusion that a form of ancient Hebrew existed at the time of Moses. Some Biblical critics doubt Moses could have written the pentateuch on the grounds that Hebrew wasn’t a written language then.

This would rebut some of that criticism.

[Bayard]

Don’t envy the man with x-ray eyes.

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[Varda]

Yeah they didn’t use x-rays, says something about the reporter or headline writer.

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Don’t envy the man with x-ray eyes.

Heh. Great movie

[Mr. K]

“If thine eyes offend thee...”

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Further References:

1- Scholars Expound on Mount Ebal Curse Tablet with Oldest Hebrew Text
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/archaeology-news/scholars-expound-on-mount-ebal-curse-tablet-with-oldest-hebrew-text/2023/05/12/

2- Archaeologist Claims to Find Oldest Hebrew Text in Israel
https://www.touchpointisrael.com/2022/04/05/archaeologist-claims-to-find-oldest-hebrew-text-in/

3- Why does a 3,300 year-old piece of rock from Mount Ebal matter?
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-does-a-3300-year-old-piece-of-rock-from-mount-ebal-matter/

[Varda]

Here’s another one:
https://biblearchaeology.org/current-events-list/4896-abr-researchers-discover-the-oldest-known-proto-hebrew-inscription-ever-found

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Someone wanted somebody else really, really, really cursed - wow.