Tag: hebrew
Ignorance is the mother of religious devotion
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I love this quote from the erudite Rev. Dr. Geddes so much that it will be prominently featured in my book Did Moses Exist? “On the whole, then, I think it may be laid down as an axiom that the bulk of Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, cannot be said…
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Archaeologists find oldest artifact to mention Bethlehem, traditional birthplace of Jesus
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Here we go again: Archaeologists in Israel have found an allegedly biblically relevant artifact, an ancient seal with the Hebrew word “Bethlehem” on it that apparently dates to the seventh century BCE. Bethlehem, of course, is represented in the New Testament (Mt 2:1) as the birthplace of Jesus Christ. Well,…
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Oldest piece of the Bible ever found?
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So now the writing on the potsherd recently deciphered in Israel has morphed into the “earliest known Hebrew BIBLICAL inscription!” I don’t recall reading anything from the scholar that this inscription represented the earliest scrap of the Bible! Has something changed, or is this yet another example among many of…
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