First Temple period scripture.

[tabibito]

I have been trying to track down some information about the silver scrolls (scrollettes?) reportedly inscribed with scripture in Paleo-Hebrew for some years now, and found in Jerusalem in 1979.

That video was brought to light while I was checking another report:- scripture dating to the First Temple Period written in ink on a stalactite, though the article is more interested in the Roman swords that were found while archaeologists were conducting a study of the stalactite.

Meanwhile, an article in Haaretz claims that literacy rates in Judah prior to the Babylonian exile may have been seriously underestimated. "Literacy existed at all levels of the administrative, military and priestly systems of Judah. Reading and writing were not limited to a tiny elite."

[One Bad Pig]

I have been trying to track down some information about the silver scrolls (scrollettes?) reportedly inscribed with scripture in Paleo-Hebrew for some years now, and found in Jerusalem in 1979.

That video was brought to light while I was checking another report:- scripture dating to the First Temple Period written in ink on a stalactite, though the article is more interested in the Roman swords that were found while archaeologists were conducting a study of the stalactite.

Meanwhile, an article in Haaretz claims that literacy rates in Judah prior to the Babylonian exile may have been seriously underestimated. "Literacy existed at all levels of the administrative, military and priestly systems of Judah. Reading and writing were not limited to a tiny elite."

ISTR the Lachish ostraca providing abundant evidence of pre-exilic literacy.

[tabibito]

ISTR the Lachich ostraca providing abundant evidence of pre-exilic literacy.

https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/Ostraca...zzar-587BC.htm

Lachish Ostracon #3:

YHWH, Hoshaiah, Uriah, Elnathan: Jer 26:20-23

This amazing ostracon directly relates to a story in the book of Jeremiah! Both prophets Jeremiah and Uriah ordered the Jews to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar and warned about fleeing from Nebuchadnezzar to Egypt.

"Uriah prophesied against Judah in words exactly like Jeremiah. King Jehoiakim sought to kill him but Uriah fled to Egypt. Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Achbor and men with him to Egypt, returned Uriah Jehoiakim, who killed him" (Jeremiah 26:20-23)

From what I can see, they provide additional confirmation of parts of the Biblical record, but they do not include actual scripture.

[Sparko]

Silver scrolls? sounds mormon.

[One Bad Pig]

I have been trying to track down some information about the silver scrolls (scrollettes?) reportedly inscribed with scripture in Paleo-Hebrew for some years now, and found in Jerusalem in 1979.

That video was brought to light while I was checking another report:- scripture dating to the First Temple Period written in ink on a stalactite, though the article is more interested in the Roman swords that were found while archaeologists were conducting a study of the stalactite.

Meanwhile, an article in Haaretz claims that literacy rates in Judah prior to the Babylonian exile may have been seriously underestimated. "Literacy existed at all levels of the administrative, military and priestly systems of Judah. Reading and writing were not limited to a tiny elite."

Are you talking about this?

The Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls are an artifact that contains what may be the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible, dating from the First Temple period around the late 7th to early 6th century BCE prior to the Babylonian Exile, and are now preserved at the Israel Museum. The Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls were discovered at Ketef Hinnom, an archaeological site southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem, adjacent to St. Andrew's Church, now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

[tabibito]

Are you talking about this?

The Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls are an artifact that contains what may be the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible, dating from the First Temple period around the late 7th to early 6th century BCE prior to the Babylonian Exile, and are now preserved at the Israel Museum. The Ketef Hinnom Silver Scrolls were discovered at Ketef Hinnom, an archaeological site southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem, adjacent to St. Andrew's Church, now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

Yes. I had seen report of them, but wasn't able to confirm it. It would have been useful if "Ketef Hinnom" had been mentioned in the write-up that I was reading.

[tabibito]

Silver scrolls? sounds mormon.

It also sounds very Hebrew. Writing media of the time being generally rather quick to deteriorate, anything that was considered important enough to preserve through generations was inscribed in lead, silver, or for the extremely important, gold. Of course, in the event that a treasury was sacked, anything so preserved would be confiscated and melted down by the people doing the sacking.