{"id":56123,"date":"2007-11-24T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2007-11-25T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=56123"},"modified":"2022-11-24T18:21:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T00:21:45","slug":"evidence-from-a-pottery-shard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/evidence-from-a-pottery-shard\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence from a Pottery Shard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\tby Jeffrey W. Hamilton\n\"\"Skeptics of the Bible long have tried to deny that the text is as ancient as the Bible claims. One popular myth is to claim that the Old Testament was written during the Babylonian captivity and was a record of the Israelite’s legends. To that is added the claim that David and Solomon’s reigns were tales much like the English tales of King Arthur.\nA pottery shard discovered in 2006 in the Elah valley has been dated back to the 10th century B.C. It is written in ink and the words have been translated as:\n
\n1′ you shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
\n2′ Judge the sla[ve] and the wid[ow] \/ Judge the orph[an]
\n3′ [and] the stranger. [Pl]ead for the infant \/ plead for the po[or and]
\n4′ the widow. Rehabilitate [the poor] at the hands of the king.
\n5′ Protect the po[or and] the slave \/ [supp]ort the stranger.\n<\/blockquote>\nThe similarity to passages, such as:\n
\n“Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow<\/em>” (Isaiah 1:17).\n“Thus says the LORD: “Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place<\/em>” (Jeremiah 22:3).\n<\/blockquote>\nShows the strong influence of the Scriptures in the writer’s life. The fact that it dates from the time of David’s reign demonstrates that Israel did indeed occupy the land and its language was used.\n

A good account of the find can be found at:\u00a0Most Ancient Hebrew Biblical Inscription Deciphered, Scholar Says<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Skeptics of the Bible long have tried to deny that the text is as ancient as the Bible claims. One popular myth is to claim that the Old Testament was written during the Babylonian captivity and was a record of the Israelite’s legends. 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Why\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":978,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-we-know-the-bible-is-inspired\/","url_meta":{"origin":56123,"position":3},"title":"How do we know the Bible is inspired?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 26, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: How do we know absolutely that the Bible is the infallible and inspired Word of God? How did the Bible as we know it today come into existence? Answer: Entire books have been written on the subject of the inspiration of the Bible. 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At this time, he was losing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23643,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-isnt-the-tales-of-the-patriarchs-included-in-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":56123,"position":5},"title":"Why isn’t “The Tales of the Patriarchs” included in the Bible?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I recently learned about \"The Tales of the Patriarchs,\" a scroll found among the Dead Sea scrolls. If other books of the Bible were found among the Dead Sea scrolls, why isn't this book included in the Bible? 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