Cuneiform tablet corroborates Old Testament veracity

Post by **_Ely** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:53 pm

Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament
By Nigel Reynolds, Arts Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:28am BST 11/07/2007

The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum's great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years.

But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based on fact.

Searching for Babylonian financial accounts among the tablets, Prof Jursa suddenly came across a name he half remembered - Nabu-sharrussu-ukin, described there in a hand 2,500 years old, as "the chief eunuch" of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.

Whole story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... let111.xml

Interesting stuff!

Post by **_Murf** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:13 am

Thanks for posting this. I use tidbits like this when discussing the Bible with my Zen Buddhist co-workers. They have a hard time with absolute truth.

Post by **_Allyn** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:43 am

Murf, ask your Zen Buddhist co-workers if it is absolute truth that there is no absolute truth. That should turn them into a tailspin.

Post by **_Perry** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:09 pm

Thanks for the link Ely... that's pretty cool.

Post by **_loaves** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:48 pm

Additional newspapers reporting on it:

http://news.google.com/news?ncl=1118046805&hl=en

Post by **_Asimov** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:27 pm

Allyn wrote:Murf, ask your Zen Buddhist co-workers if it is absolute truth that there is no absolute truth. That should turn them into a tailspin.

Post by **_Derek** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:30 pm

Asimov,

Welcome back.

Post by **_kaufmannphillips** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:23 pm

Ely - thanks for the interesting post.

For what it is worth, of course, such an item does not demonstrate the theological truth of Jeremiah any more than verification of a reference to a minor undersecretary would demonstrate the theological truth of the LDS Doctrine & Covenants (to fabricate a parallel).

Shlamaa,
Emmet

Post by **_Murf** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:26 pm

I agree and I think most of here understand that historical finding don't prove the bible. What I think is important is to continue to point out that the bible is always shown to be factual from a historical point like no other book in history.

My point about absolute truth was not stated very well. My co-workers believe that Jesus is God because everything is God. You are God, I am God, and the words I'm typing are God. So unfortunately logical arguments, like Allyn’s, don't have much of an impact on them either. Their favorite phrase is everything is "both and". They do have a problem a single God separate from creation. That is the absolute Truth they can’t accept.

I just point out the historical accuracy of the bible and ask them to compare it to their favorite book and hope the Holy Spirit does the rest.

Post by **_Asimov** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:50 pm

Derek wrote:Asimov,

Welcome back.

Thanks, Derek.