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First Temple seal found in Jerusalem


--- Quote ---A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled to Babylonia has been uncovered in an archeological excavation in Jerusalem's City of David, a prominent Israeli archeologist said Wednesday.

The 2,500-year-old black stone seal, which has the name "Temech" engraved on it, was found earlier this week amid stratified debris in the excavation under way just outside the Old City walls near the Dung Gate, said archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar, who is leading the dig.

According to the Book of Nehemiah, the Temech family were servants of the First Temple and were sent into exile to Babylon following its destruction by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
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--- Quote ---"The seal of the Temech family gives us a direct connection between archeology and the biblical sources and serves as actual evidence of a family mentioned in the Bible," she said. "One cannot help being astonished by the credibility of the biblical source as seen by the archaeological find."
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Splashdown:
But, but but the Bible is entirely fiction!!!11!!!!1111oneone eleven {/DUmmie mode}

Lord Undies:
That is an amazing find.  Too bad it will be explained away by desperate deniers as some sort of misinterpretation.     

jtyangel:
This is an incredible find, however it's not needed for faith. Faith is independent of physical evidence, as it should be. But there is indeed something very affirming and exciting about finds like these, not to prove a thing, but to know today someone is touch something with such historical significance. BTW, this makes me think of Moses for some reason :-)--> :old:...a burning bush and the effect would be complete

Chris_:

--- Quote from: jtyangel on January 17, 2008, 08:45:06 AM ---This is an incredible find, however it's not needed for faith. Faith is independent of physical evidence, as it should be. But there is indeed something very affirming and exciting about finds like these, not to prove a thing, but to know today someone is touch something with such historical significance. BTW, this makes me think of Moses for some reason :-)--> :old:...a burning bush and the effect would be complete

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Some of the cable channels were running programs before Christmas to try to explain things like the great flood, and how Moses "really" parted the waters.  The had a bunch of "scientists" who told us how it really happened.  They kept trying to use physics, geology, climatology, etc. but just couldn't acknoledge that none of those laws apply to God.   :whatever:

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