2005-11-14

Earliest Philistine Artifact Mentions Name Goliath

Yet another Archaeology dig has unearthed evidence of the historical veracity of the Bible. While this should come as no surprise to the Bible-believing Christian, it helps solidify the story of David killing Goliath as a historical fact rather than some sort of allegory or myth that, as many claim, was written down and made up many years later. This is one of the things that makes Christianity different from other so-called religions. It is built on and revealed in history. God has worked and moved throughout history, creating time and space itself, and reveals Himself through history. We cannot know God apart from his intervention in history, the greatest of which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ! As other historical events are corroborated by Archaeology and other areas of discipline, may we use these events to share God's message of Salvation, knowing His Word is, indeed, true. You can find the following article HERE
Friday, November 11, 2005 JERUSALEM (AP) — Archaeologists digging at the purported biblical home of Goliath have unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an inscription of the Philistine’s name, a find they claimed lends historical credence to the Bible’s tale of David’s battle with the giant. While the discovery is not definitive evidence of Goliath’s existence, it does support the Bible’s depiction of life at the time the battle was supposed to have occurred, said Dr. Aren Maeir, a professor at Bar-Ilan University and director of the excavation. “What this means is that at the time there were people there named Goliath,” he said. “It shows us that David and Goliath’s story reflects the cultural reality of the time.” In the story, David slew Goliath with a slingshot. Some scholars assert the story of David slaying the giant Goliath is a myth written down hundreds of years later. Maeir said finding the scraps lends historical credence to the biblical story. The shard dates back to around 950 B.C., within 70 years of when biblical chronology asserts David squared off against Goliath, making it the oldest Philistine inscription ever found, the archaeologists said. Scientists made the discovery at Tel es-Safi, a dig site in southern Israel thought to be to be the location of the Philistine city of Gath.

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