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Old 12-08-2005, 08:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Scientists find ‘Goliath’ inscribed on pottery
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JERUSALEM - 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.
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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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Old 12-08-2005, 09:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 12-08-2005, 11:06 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 12-08-2005, 11:26 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Most of the old testament stories are dated back to previous myths. Though I don't know much about this particular myth, I would imagine it's much older than the one in the bible.

Still, the find is excellent. Very interesting.
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Old 12-08-2005, 11:28 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Very interesting indeed.......

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Old 12-09-2005, 04:57 AM   #6 (permalink)
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^I agree, this proves that the bible is true. I mean, the story of Goliath, AND a person called Goliath? There is a God!
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Old 12-09-2005, 05:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 12-09-2005, 06:14 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I don't think the historians are trying to use this as evidence that the Bible is true. In fact, most Christian demoniations believe the Old Testament to be fable.

I think this is proof that the people living at the time the pottery was made believed in the story of David and Goliath, but it is not a historical documentation of the character. Sort of like how the Greeks and Romans created art to depict stories of their pagan gods.
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