Posted on 08/08/2012 6:52:49 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In 1969, barely two years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a team of Israeli archaeologists made an exploratory excavation at the base of one of the numerous sites in the Sinai Peninsula proposed as Biblical Mt. Sinai. It was not long before a member of the team exposed a piece of rock with a single Hebrew letter on it. This naturally led to more intensive excavation in this area, as a result of which additional, larger pieces of inscribed stones were recovered. They were taken to Israel for further study.
When examined by paleographers, experts in dating inscriptions by the shape and form of the letters, they were in agreement that this inscription dated to about 1200 B.C.E.
Gradually, the pieces of stone were fitted together. In the end, a few pieces from the end and on the side were missing, but they did not appear to have contained letters. What could be read was clear. Word for word, the inscription was identical to the text of the Ten Commandments...
It was difficult for the scholars to resist the obvious conclusion: These were the original Tablets of the Law that Moses destroyed when he came down from the mountain and found the Israelites worshiping the Golden Calf...
Since the Arab Spring and the revolution in Egypt, the new Egyptian government has learned of this archaeological discovery and made a formal demand for the return to Egypt of the two Tablets of the Law, claiming that they were recovered in territory under the sovereignty of Egypt. There can be no doubt is where they were found. Is Israel obligated to return them under international law if found in an excavation in the Sinai?
(Excerpt) Read more at bib-arch.org ...
These are actually the “tablets of the wal(l)” — turns out they were reading part of it backwards. ;’)
No. They would simply destroy them.
Just like they’re destroying everything in their museums now.
When the author misleads the reader, he breaks a pact with the reader. The article begins with Israel finding the broken tablets (that got my attention, and I wanted to know more), then says that they kept it secret for years (now I am incredulous - how could such a find be kept secret?)
At that point, the last thing I want to hear about is an argument about who has a right to such treasures, and then, good grief, after reading it twice, I realize it's all make-believe. He broke his pact with the reader big time. His subject, while interesting was nowhere near as interesting as the opening, which turned out to be false. The sense of disappointment was palpable.
How do you say Molon Labe in Hebrew?
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