Academic article on controversial 3,200-year-old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts
Year after team hails bombshell discovery of oldest Hebrew writing in Israel, details of
the find hit a peer-reviewed journal. But some academics don’t see any inscription at all.
by Melanie Kidman, Times of Israel, May 14, 2023
[www.timesofisrael.com]

Archaeologist claims to find oldest Hebrew text in Israel, including the name of God
Scholars date tiny ‘curse tablet,’ found at Mt. Ebal, to 1200 BCE – which would prove
Israelites were literate when they entered Holy Land; but findings have not been
peer-reviewed by Amanda Borschel-Dan, Times of Israel, March 24, 2022
[www.timesofisrael.com]

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Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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