Tag: Textual scholarship
American, Israeli Archaeologists Attack Authenticity of ‘Jerusalem Papyrus’
"The money that modern forgers and dealers can make on modern forgeries is astronomical, consistently in the five and six figure range. The motivation is strong."
First Temple Era Document Mentioning ‘Jerusalem’ Revealed [video]
In a complex enforcement operation, IAA inspectors seized a papyrus with the earliest reference to Jerusalem in an extra-biblical document, dating back to the time of the Kingdom of Judah.