YHWH Archaeology

[Inquisitor]

An incredibly rare archaeological discovery could change everything we know about ancient Israelite literacy. A small lead tablet that was engraved with early proto-alphabetic Hebrew text has been unearthed at Mt. Ebal, dated to the 15th century BC. The find, which predates the Dead Sea Scrolls by more than a millennium, represents the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, lead archeologist Dr. Scott Stripling argued that the discovery dashes assumptions that the Bible was written long after its events took place. He noted that the author of the tablet would have been highly educated for his time.

“One can no longer argue with a straight face that the biblical text was not written until the Persian period or the Hellenistic period as many higher critics have done, when here we do clearly have the ability to write the entire text at a much, much earlier date,” Stripling said.

This is a major development for our understanding of how the ancient Israelites kept their records. It was previously thought that all biblical accounts were handed down through a vast oral tradition, and later transcribed for preservation. This discovery opens up the possibility that the Israelites kept documents of their own as early as the Late Bronze Age.

(aleteia.org/2022/03/29/archaeologists-just-found-the-oldest-inscription-of-the-hebrew-name-of-god)

 

[XavierJesusLovesIndia]

An incredibly rare archaeological discovery could change everything we know about ancient Israelite literacy. A small lead tablet that was engraved with early proto-alphabetic Hebrew text has been unearthed at Mt. Ebal, dated to the 15th century BC. The find, which predates the Dead Sea Scrolls by more than a millennium, represents the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, lead archeologist Dr. Scott Stripling argued that the discovery dashes assumptions that the Bible was written long after its events took place. He noted that the author of the tablet would have been highly educated for his time.

“One can no longer argue with a straight face that the biblical text was not written until the Persian period or the Hellenistic period as many higher critics have done, when here we do clearly have the ability to write the entire text at a much, much earlier date,” Stripling said.

This is a major development for our understanding of how the ancient Israelites kept their records. It was previously thought that all biblical accounts were handed down through a vast oral tradition, and later transcribed for preservation. This discovery opens up the possibility that the Israelites kept documents of their own as early as the Late Bronze Age.

(aleteia.org/2022/03/29/archaeologists-just-found-the-oldest-inscription-of-the-hebrew-name-of-god)

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. Wow.

 

[Locoponydirtman]

Very interesting.
Of coarse i never believe those critics. Its good to have evidence that they are wrong rather than to just know it.

 

[JohnDB]

An incredibly rare archaeological discovery could change everything we know about ancient Israelite literacy. A small lead tablet that was engraved with early proto-alphabetic Hebrew text has been unearthed at Mt. Ebal, dated to the 15th century BC. The find, which predates the Dead Sea Scrolls by more than a millennium, represents the oldest known mention of the Hebrew name of God.

In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, lead archeologist Dr. Scott Stripling argued that the discovery dashes assumptions that the Bible was written long after its events took place. He noted that the author of the tablet would have been highly educated for his time.

“One can no longer argue with a straight face that the biblical text was not written until the Persian period or the Hellenistic period as many higher critics have done, when here we do clearly have the ability to write the entire text at a much, much earlier date,” Stripling said.

This is a major development for our understanding of how the ancient Israelites kept their records. It was previously thought that all biblical accounts were handed down through a vast oral tradition, and later transcribed for preservation. This discovery opens up the possibility that the Israelites kept documents of their own as early as the Late Bronze Age.

(aleteia.org/2022/03/29/archaeologists-just-found-the-oldest-inscription-of-the-hebrew-name-of-god)

I tend to believe Moses....

From my understanding,
Egyptian hieroglyphs were one of the first types of writing. Ebla tablets with Ugarit were actually first. But Egyptian was "hot on its heels".
Phonetians also had a unique form of writing that came later.

As these former slaves were wandering about in the desert they taught themselves how to read and write...a very highbrow skill in a day and time that literacy was for the elite of the elite.

The common man was not allowed to "handle" scriptures as in reciting them to another common man...but he was expected to know them.

Hebrew was originally a pictographic alphabet with phonetic components for a metaphoric language. Complicated but easy for the beginners to understand and use in that day and time....it revolved heavily upon the culture and anthropology.

 

[markss]

I tend to believe Moses....

Archeology playing catch up!

Much love!

 

[Blade]

It is amazing what God can and can't do according to man.

 

[JonathanBentley]

It would be interesting to find older. text and see what they say.

 

[soberxp]

The discovery of the ark on Mount Ararat did not change anything.

 

[persistent]

This is a major development for our understanding of how the ancient Israelites kept their records. It was previously thought that all biblical accounts were handed down through a vast oral tradition, and later transcribed for preservation. This discovery opens up the possibility that the Israelites kept documents of their own as early as the Late Bronze Age.

This link to Taylor Caldwell may interest some on this chat. Another coincidence for me that I read her book 'Glorious Physician', about Luke, while I was agnostic and now I see again it was intended for me to read it as per...Psalms 104:11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.))))))Of course I didn't know why I would read her book at the time. In the preface she posits the possibility of a much more advanced society which is being supported by finds such as per your post. I imagine her works are out of print and only available used but some may find her work enlightening. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Caldwell
The Psalm refers to my sense that even in my agnostic state God was looking out for me.