![]() These remains verify that crucifixion was being done and that the crucifixion of Jesus was done exactly as outlined in the biblical narrative. There have been those that argued that the crucifixion of Christ was a hoax because that was not a form of capital punishment in Christ’s time. The foot bone contains a bent crucifixion nail. Caiaphas was the priest that presided over the false trial of Jesus (Matthew 26:57-67).Ĭrucified Man: This is the remains of a full skeleton of a man crucified in the first century. This verifies that there was a high priest at the time of Jesus and his name was Caiaphas. The Caiaphas Ossuary bears the inscription “ Yeosef bar Qafa” and is dated to the second temple period. This is the only extra-biblical reference to the House of David that has been discovered to date.Ĭaiaphas Ossuary: An ossuary is a stone or pottery box in which the remains of a deceased person are buried (an ancient casket). This inscription dates to the 9th century B.C., thus giving us accurate dating to the Davidic dynasty as well as verifying its existence. The inscription makes reference to a military victory and corresponds to the biblical account in 2 Chronicles 22. It was erected by Hazael, king of Aram, which is present-day Syria. Tel Dan Inscription: This stone tablet contains an inscription that is the first reference to the Davidic dynasty outside of the Bible. No other secular manuscripts can make the same claim. ![]() This gives us the assurance that the text we have today in our Bible is the same as the early church had two thousand years ago. Incredibly, none of the variants changed the meaning of the text, nor did they contain any significant theological differences. The vast majority of the variants (about 99 percent) are punctuation or spelling errors. The significance of the find is the age of the documents and the astonishing lack of variants to documents that have been most trustworthy such as the Masoretic Text, Codex Vaticanus, and Codex Sinaiticus. 100 and include a complete copy of the book of Isaiah. There are approximately 900 documents and fragments that comprise the find. Let’s briefly look at each one of these to see why they are significant.ĭead Sea Scrolls: One of the most important finds in the field of biblical archaeology is the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 in the Qumran area on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. Some of these finds have been the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Tel Dan Inscription, the Caiaphas Ossuary, the Crucified Man, the Ketef Hinnom Amulets, the House of God Ostracon, and the Pilate Inscription. There have been thousands of archaeological finds that have advanced the study greatly, but some are more significant than others. For almost two hundred years, those who study biblical archaeology have been working in the Middle East in their quest to recover the past. Biblical archaeology involves the study of architecture, language, literature, art, tools, pottery and many other items that have survived the ravages of time. Biblical archaeology is the science of investigating and recovering remains of past cultures that can validate, or at least shed new light on, the biblical narrative. ![]()
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