[ April 23, 2024 ]
The inscription, as found on a column drum unearthed during the dig (Danit Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority)
A thousand years before the invention of Islam.
Another important archeological discovery further solidifying the long Jewish identity of Jerusalem:
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‘Last winter, archaeologists working near the entrance of Jerusalem discovered the foundations of a Roman structure dating to the 1st century B.C. But it was the unassuming drum of a column that once supported the building that really caught their eye. The limestone drum is etched with the oldest known inscription of the city’s name, spelled out in FULL.’
This discovery won’t matter. The Muslim world is on a jihad to annihilate Judaism. Their own texts have been poached from Jewish texts. They steal Jewish holy places and declare the original religion false. It’s not just Judaism, the “people of the book” includes Christianity. They claim Jesus is a Muslim prophet, and all the while they demand we respect Islam and call for the death of anyone who criticizes Islam. As for other religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, they are considered idolatry under Islam.
2,000-Year-Old Stone Inscription Is Earliest to Spell Out ‘Jerusalem’
In ancient times, a shorthand spelling was typically used
By Brigit Katz, Smithsoninan, Smithsonian, October 20, 2018:
Last winter, archaeologists working near the entrance of Jerusalem discovered the foundations of a Roman structure dating to the 1st century B.C. But it was the unassuming drum of a column that once supported the building that really caught their eye. As Nir Hasson reports for Haaretz, the limestone drum is etched with the oldest known inscription of the city’s name, spelled out in full.
When modern Hebrew speakers talk or write about Jerusalem, they refer to it as “Yerushalayim.” But in ancient times, a shorthand spelling was often used: “Yerushalem.” In fact, of the 660 times that Jerusalem is mentioned in the Bible, only five of them use the full spelling. So while undertaking the recent excavation, which was conducted before the planned construction of a road in the area, archaeologists were surprised to find the drum’s inscription read “Hananiah son of Dodalos of Jerusalem.”
The drum on which the inscription was found recently went on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The stone appears to have been repurposed from a building even older than the Roman structure where it was discovered. According to a statement from the museum, the inscription was written in Aramaic, a Semitic language commonly spoken by Jews of the ancient world, using Hebrew letters. This style was typical of the era when Herod the Great, a Roman-appointed king, ruled over Judea from 37 to 4 B.C., during the Second Temple Period.
“First and Second Temple period inscriptions mentioning Jerusalem are quite rare,” Yuval Baruch, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, and Ronny Reich, a professor of archaeology at Haifa University, note together in the statement. But it is the unique spelling of Jerusalem that really makes the stone special. The full version of the city’s name has been found on just one other artifact from the Second Temple Period: a coin dating between 66 and 70 A.D., a period of Jewish revolt against the Romans.
Archaeologists don’t know who Hananiah son of Dodalos was, though they have a theory about his occupation. “Hananiah” was a common name in ancient Israel, but “Dodalos” was an unusual one. According to Laura Geggel of Live Science, experts think the name might be a modification of “Daedalus,” the craftsman of Greek mythology. Perhaps Hananiah and his father, then, were craftsmen.
The area where the stone inscription was found certainly seems to suggest as much. Located near what is now Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, the site was once home to the “largest ancient pottery production site in the region of Jerusalem,” according to Danit Levy, one of the archaeologists who has been leading excavations in the area, in the museum statement . Ruins pointing to an extensive pottery operation—kilns, water cisterns, pools for preparing clay, work spaces for drying and storing vessels—have been discovered across the site.
This potter’s quarter was active for three centuries. During Herod’s reign, production seems to have been focused on cooking vessels, and activity at the site continued on a smaller scale following the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. By the early 2nd century A.D., the workshop appears to have been taken over by a Roman legion for the mass production of ceramic vessels like pipes, roof tiles and bricks. Archaeologists also discovered tableware and cooking utensils that are “typical of the Roman army,” according to the museum statement.
Of course, experts can’t say for sure where the column drum originally came from, or whether it was sourced from a site near the potter’s quarter. Other questions—like why Hananiah son of Dodalos emphasized his place of residence in the inscription, and spelled “Jerusalem” in an atypical way—only add to the mystery of this curious artifact.
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15 Comments
5 years ago
Muslims can only grab land lie about it.
Trump was conned by Abbas initially but when he found out the truth boy was he mad as hell at the jihadi http://bit.ly/2rOmfyJ
That’s when he decided enough is enough and that inspite of huge opposition led to shifting of Embassy to Jerusalem and No more funding to the jihadis.
5 years ago
Steven Mnuchin: White House Plans to Increase Contribution to Israel’s Infrastructure
http://www.oann.com/steven-mnuchin-white-house-plans-to-increase-contribution-to-israels-infrastructure/
5 years ago
Fascinating!
5 years ago
The word “invention” is used correctly concerning islam. islam, the enemy of mankind
5 years ago
Reply to
bannedquran20
Islam is a fake “religion”.
It is a bastardization of Judaism and Christianity.
It’s an authoritarian, conquering ideology parading around as a “religion”.
5 years ago
May peace reign forever in the Eternal City.
5 years ago
We used to have a subscription to the Biblical Archaeology Society https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/
You can learn allot from their online website. They are constantly coming up with NEW EVIDENCE of the Bible.
More on THIS discovery.
2,000-Year-Old Jerusalem Inscription Bears City’s Name
Bible and archaeology news
Robin Ngo
10/09/2018
For the first time, archaeologists have unearthed a Second Temple period stone inscription that spells the name Jerusalem as Yerushalayim (as it’s spelled in Hebrew today), rather than Yerushalem or Shalem.
The inscription, dating to the first century B.C.E., reads:
Hananiah son of
Dudolos
of Jerusalem
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/inscriptions/2000-year-old-jerusalem-inscription/
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/biblehistorydaily/
Here’s another example:
The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible
Tel Dan inscription references the “House of David”
Biblical Archaeology Society Staff • 09/10/2018
5 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
When modern Hebrew speakers talk or write about Jerusalem, they refer to it as “Yerushalayim.” But in ancient times, a shorthand spelling was often used: “Yerushalem.”
5 years ago
This is awesome – especially that the name Jerusalem is written in Hebrew
letters one thousand years before Islam was invented.
No wonder Muslims are always so gung-ho on destroying ancient artifacts.
They never want to be confronted with the truth – such as Jerusalem was
a Jewish city long before Islam even existed.
5 years ago
You are right it won’t matter to Moslems. They are from the book of LIES. Only LIES matter to them. Satan is the father of LIES.
So it won’t matter to the left in America, either. Satan is their father too.
5 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
Notice the similarities. How the Bible describes Satan “comes to steal, kill and destroy.” And the actions of Muslims and Islam practitioners, they steal, kill and destroy everything they come in contact with!
5 years ago
“Separate a people from their history and they are more easily persuaded.”
~ Karl Marx
“The most effective way to destroy a people is to deny and obliterate their
own understanding of their history.”
~ George Orwell
5 years ago
The Jewish people were enslaved in Egypt. They go way back.
5 years ago
This is so cool! Every turn of the archaeologist’s spade confirms our faith.
