{"id":2008627,"date":"2023-08-22T19:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T23:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T19:49:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T23:49:23","slug":"tablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"1980s Israeli tablet initially unopenable, but X-rays led to groundbreaking find."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008627&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>An\u200c Ancient\u2063 Hebrew Tablet Reveals Hidden Curse<\/h2>\n<p>An Israeli-European group of scientists recently used X-ray imaging technology on an ancient, Hebrew tablet believed to have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-denies-charges-it-failed-to-deliver-erased-texts-from-january-6-to-house-panel\/\" title=\"Secret Service Denies Charges it Failed to Deliver \u2018Erased\u2019 Texts from January 6 to House Panel\">hidden message<\/a> that\u200d dates back to biblical times.<\/p>\n<p>Upon further analysis since its initial discovery from\u200d Mount Ebal during the 1980s, a curse was engraved inside the 13th-century-B.C. lead tablet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/archaeology\/article-743039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jerusalem Post<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>Several\u2062 scientists who collaborated on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-declares-war-on-gas-stoves\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Declares War on Gas Stoves\">peer-reviewed research published<\/a> the find in the <a href=\"https:\/\/heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40494-023-00920-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Science<\/a> \u200djournal in May.<\/p>\n<p>The inscription read: <strong>\u201cYou are cursed by the God\u200d YHW,\u201d<\/strong> the last three letters referring to Yahweh or the Hebrew name for God. It \u200bis believed to be the oldest known Hebrew text.<\/p>\n<p>The tablet could not be opened without destroying it, which \u200cis where the X-ray tomographic measurements came in handy, allowing\u2064 the scientists to read what was written on the ancient\u200c artifact.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tablet-discovered-in-1980s-israel-couldnt-be-opened-then-they-introduced-x-rays-and-made-monumental-discovery\/\" title=\"1980s Israeli tablet initially unopenable, but X-rays led to groundbreaking find.\">published research revealed<\/a> the excavated tablet was found near two altars, one of which is speculatively connected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Joshua%208%3A30&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joshua 8:30<\/a>, in which\u2062 Joshua \u2064built an altar on\u200b Mount Ebal to renew ancient Israel\u2019s covenant \u200dwith\u200b the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe folded lead defixio, the subject of this paper, probably derived from \u2063the fill of the altars,\u201d the \u200dacademic article \u200dread.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Stripling, one of the article\u2019s authors, announced\u200d the news over a year before the paper was published, \u2062a decision that would cast doubt on \u200bits authenticity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING NEWS: Dr. Scott Stripling\u200d just announced the discovery of a lead \u201ccurse tablet\u201d \u2064containing a Hebrew inscription \u201ccenturies older than any \u200cknown Hebrew inscription from ancient Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is huge \u200cnews for the field\u2063 of biblical archaeology!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpNtrPHJxw\">https:\/\/t.co\/MpNtrPHJxw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology \u2062(@ArmstrongIBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArmstrongIBA\/status\/1507025357555351564?\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Though the 3,200-year-old tablet was a major discovery \u2064among the scientists who found \u2064it, other experts were less convinced, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Times of Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists and epigraphical experts particularly \u2062took issue with the inscription\u2063 itself after Stripling reassured skeptics the proto-alphabetic letters were there. Some academics claimed\u2063 they \u2063couldn\u2019t see the letters at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe published images reveal some striations in the lead and some indentations (lead is, of course, quite soft and so \u200bsuch things are understandable), but there are no actual discernible letters,\u201d said Christopher Rollston, an\u200c ancient Near East scholar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u2062 article is basically a text-book case of the Rorschach Test, and the authors of this article have projected upon a \u2064piece of lead the things they want it \u2064to say,\u201d he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p>Rollston added that the \u201carticle is very short on facts and very \u200clong on boundless speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aren\u200d Maeir, an Israeli archaeologist, simply said, \u201cI don\u2019t accept all the interpretations that were suggested in the article, and I plan to publish a different opinion \u200cin an academic journal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stripling responded to these accusations, saying\u200b he knew other experts would have different\u200d interpretations of the tablet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can argue it\u2019s a resh instead of a vav, because some are clear, some are not,\u201d he said, referring to the names of two Hebrew letters. \u201cWe expect a healthy exchange of\u200c ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Are more amazing discoveries waiting \u200dto be found in the Holy Land?<\/h3>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Are more amazing discoveries waiting to be found in the Holy Land?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting this\u200c poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. 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However, it remains uncertain who is correct\u200b in this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s potentially a huge breakthrough for us on several levels, \u200chistorically, archaeologically,\u200d epigraphically, \u200cand theologically,\u201d Stripling said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we have evidence of a much earlier presence of Israel than we\u2019ve had proof of in the past? Many\u200c of us believe that Israel was already there at the end of the Late Bronze Age, but we haven\u2019t had absolute proof. So if we\u2019re correct with the reading, then the ramifications are really large.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tablet-discovered-1980s-israel-couldnt-opened-introduced-x-rays-made-monumental-discovery\/\">Tablet\u200b Discovered\u200d in 1980s \u200bIsrael Couldn&#8217;t Be Opened, Then\u2063 They Introduced X-Rays and Made Monumental Discovery<\/a> \u200b appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>used X-ray imaging on an ancient Hebrew tablet. Found in the 1980s, the tablet from Mount Ebal contains a curse dating back to biblical times. The Israeli-European team of scientists made this discovery during their analysis of the 13th-century-B.C. lead tablet. 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