CORRECTION: A previous version of this article stated that the discovery by Stripling’s team could be proof of the true time period of the biblical exodus. It has been corrected to read that the discovery could be proof of the true age of the Bible itself.
A tablet containing the words of an ancient Hebrew curse predating the Dead Sea Scrolls has been uncovered and translated by an archaeologist from Katy. The discovery, announced Thursday, could be proof that the Bible is hundreds of years older than scholars previously thought.
Dr. Scott Stripling – director of the Archaeological Studies Institute at The Bible Seminary in Katy – led the team that discovered the small, folded lead tablet on Mount Ebal in Israel. It reads, âCursed, cursed, cursed – cursed by the God Yahweh. You will die cursed. Cursed you will surely die. Cursed by Yahweh â cursed, cursed, cursed.â…
