"There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God." --Psalm 46:4

My Photo
Serving God with His people at Faith OPC has been a great joy and blessing. When I grow up, I want to umpire Little League Baseball. I will revel on that day when I can say to a 10-year-old boy after four pitched balls, "Take a walk in the sunshine." My wife of 30+ years, Peggy, consistently demonstrates the love of Christ and remains my very best friend. Our six children, our four lovely, sweetie-pie daughters-in-law, and our four grandchildren serve as resident theologians.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Old Testament Archaeology


Archaeologists found this old Hebrew script near the O.T. Valley of Elah, near the place of David's conquering of Goliath. The news about this ancient text hit the world's papers about 10-12 days ago. The activity of digging up old ostracon like this one gets big-time attention! Ostracon is a broken potsherd that was used for ancient Syria-Israelite writing. See the full BBC story about this discovery here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7700037.stm One OT scholar says it appears the script comes from the time of David, and that it is the oldest Israelite inscription yet found. Like all archaeological findings, accuracy on dating and matters of the relative importance of the discovery get top-shelf attention. Let the debates begin! This inscription was found about 12 miles south-west of Jerusalem.

G. Mark Sumpter

Posted by at
Labels:

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

One Potato, Two Potato