Archaeologist says he found oldest Hebrew writing

By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer Matti Friedman, Associated Press Writer –




In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, Archeologist Yossi Garfinkel AP – In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, Archeologist Yossi Garfinkel displays a ceramic shard bearing …

HIRBET QEIYAFA, Israel – An Israeli archaeologist has discovered what he believes is the oldest known Hebrew inscription on a 3,000-year-old pottery shard — a find that suggests Biblical accounts of the ancient Israelite kingdom of David could have been based on written texts.

A teenage volunteer discovered the curved shard bearing five lines of faded characters in July in the ruins of an ancient town on a hilltop south of Jerusalem. Yossi Garfinkel, the Israeli archaeologist leading the excavations at Hirbet Qeiyafa, released his conclusions about the writing Thursday after months of study.

He said the relic is strong evidence that the ancient Israelites were literate and could chronicle events centuries before the Bible was written. This could suggest that some of the Bible's accounts were based on written records as well as oral traditions — adding credence to arguments that the Biblical account of history is more than myth...

3,000 year old Hebrew writing

Now...what a shock this would be...to find a pot shard witn 3000 year old Hebrew written on it! I really don't know why so many want to deny that there ever was a "real" King David? It is as I asked one group once, "What actual evidence can be presented that proves that there was not a real King David?"

Of course there is none...just as there is no evidence that there was no exodus out of Egypt as described in the Bible...etc.