Does 'curse amulet' prove the discovery of Joshua's altar on Mount Ebal?

https://m.jpost.com/christianworld/article-703046

by scop • 4 years ago

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scop2• 4 years ago

It should be noted that this has not gone under peer review yet. While I find the news exciting, these sort of pre-peer-review press releases annoy me.

rolph2• 4 years ago

ive edited this comment to fit the current situation. thanx scop !

scop2• 4 years ago

Thanks for the tip. I was unaware of that and have edited accordingly.

turndown• 4 years ago

A very evocative post but I am always sad to see interesting archaeology being used to assert claims about some biblical passage being literal or historical.

There is an interesting conversation about the connection between Bronze Age Greece and the curse’s lead that’s totally missed here; I was also always under the impression that it was the more northern cities(that is, Phoenicia) had invented this particular writing system but I believe that this find eliminates that idea, no?

jglmn• 4 years ago

Normally when a 2 inch piece of lead changes history, it's a bullet.

Does 'curse amulet' prove the discovery of Joshua's altar on Mount Ebal?

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