Announcing the SECOND FALL LECTURE in the Trinity Biblical and Ancient
Near Eastern Archaeology Lecture Series. Please join us.
LECTURER: Gabriel Barkay, Jerusalem University College and Bar Ilan
University
TITLE: “New Discoveries in the Archaeology of Jerusalem”
DATE: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Hinkson Hall, Rodine Building
Dr. Gabriel Barkay (Ph.D) is Professor at Jerusalem University College
and Tel Aviv University. He has directed excavations at Ramat Rachel
and Ketef Hinnom and is currently the director of the Temple Mount
sifting project. He is the recipient of the 1996 Jerusalem Prize for
Archaeological Research.
Among some of his notable discoveries is that of the find of the
Silver Scrolls at Ketef Hinnom, two silver amulets that contain the
Priestly Benediction (Numbers 6:24-26), and which are the earliest
recorded biblical verses (dated to the late-7th century BC) that
mention the name YHWH “the LORD” (note logo above). These amulets
predate the Dead Sea Scrolls by over 400 years and are one of the most
important archaeological discoveries related to the Bible.
Under Dr. Barkay’s direction, an archaeological team at the Israel
Excavation Society Sifting Project that sifts through the excavation
debris in Jerusalem discovered the now-famous “Bethlehem Seal” dated
to the 7th century BC. Barkay was the first to translate the seal’s
significant three line inscription which says “In the 7th year,
Bethlehem, for the king.”
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