You can read the short post on the Evangelical Textual Criticism blog here . I recommend clicking through to the links, especially to April DeConick’s blog. April, as readers may recall, is strongly opposed (for very coherent reasons) to the notion that the...
Inscriptions, dubious
University of Chicago Analysis: Archaic Mark is a Forgery
Looks like Stephen Carlson was right.[Carlson has also charged that a text known as “Secret Mark” is a forgery – see here .] From this article: The Divinity School’s Margaret M. Mitchell, together with experts in micro-chemical analysis and medieval...
Israel Knohl and April DeConick (and now Heiser) on the Gabriel Stone
April DeConick just posted a letter from Prof. Israel Knohl, the transcriber of the Gabriel Stone. Prof. Knohl comments on her previous post (which I in turn posted for you all). The response notes a suggestion by Dr. DeConick with which Dr. Knohl disagrees. You can...
More Media PaleoBabble on the Gabriel Stone
Sometimes I come across something that makes me wish I’d named this blog PaleoDiarrhea. I usually have that thought when the popular media dips its toe into archaeology and biblical studies (or ancient astronauts). Here’s another example brought to my...
Debunking of “Yahweh Inscription” (Allegedly) from Jebel al-Lawz
Talk about great timing. Just this past Wednesday in my Ancient Israel class at Western Washington University I covered some of the hokey “evidences” put forth by less-than-reputable Christian archaeologists in defense of Jebel el-Lawz as the true location...
Evidence for the Biblical Joseph Discovered?
This just in from the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), who translated the news release from Al-Ahram. The claim is that archeologists have discovered ancient Egyptian coins bearing the name and image of the Biblical Joseph. You can read excerpts of the...
Micromorphologic Examination of the ‘Gabriel Revelation’ Stone
An update from April DeConick on the Gabriel Inscription. Editor's note: content of the link has been reproduced below:From The Forbidden Gospels: Article Note: "Micromorphologic Examination of the 'Gabriel Revelation' Stone (Yuval Goren), originally published January...
Apocalypse of Gabriel Stone Update
From April DeConick's blog. Editor's note: link's content is reproduced here.From The Forbidden Gospels: Report on the Apocalypse of Gabriel Stone, originally published on Jan. 2, 2009: Report on the Apocalypse of Gabriel Stone Over the holidays, I did have a chance...
Still More on Gabriel’s Inscription
Israel Knohl and J. Collins go at it here. Editor's note: the text of the linked blog post is included below for easy-access. Original content, published August 26, 2008, found here at John Hobbins' Ancient Hebrew Poetry blog: Collins vs. Knohl on the Vision of...
April DeConick on Gabriel’s Revelation
This pertains to the ignorant media hysteria over the Gabriel inscription (blogged about earlier). April DeConcick of Rice University has questions. She is correct in that the 2nd temple texts cited by Israel Knohl may have been revised by Christians, and therefore...
New Inscription and the Jewish Roots of Christianity: The “Aaargghh! Award”
My thanks to OJA, Debra, and TH (from elsewhere) for sending me the link to the NYT article entitled, “Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection.” This article is especially noteworthy in that I have decided to keep tabs on hyped media...