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Title: Finding Said to Boost Proof of Goliath
Source: AP
URL Source: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/st ... 51111%2F0951790442.htm&sc=1107
Published: Nov 11, 2005
Author: AP
Post Date: 2005-11-11 16:20:25 by mehitable
Keywords: Finding, Goliath, Boost
Views: 223
Comments: 13

JERUSALEM (AP) - 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.

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. 11/11/05 09:50

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I frequently read that scientists find something that bolsters some story or information from the Bible but I don't recall the last time I've read them finding anything that disproved anything in the Bible.

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#5. To: mehitable (#0)

Okay here's something funny. Phillistine, and Palestinian are the same thing. Palestine is a Roman Bastardization of the word Phillistine, as they were contemptuous of the people they found there.

Now, with that said, do we really need to have proof of Goliath? Who would likely be a gigantic Phillistine? Is it so important to unearth the corpse of a giant dead guy who likely was probably only 6' 6"?

People back in the day didn't get very tall.

At any rate, what does it prove that David Slew Goliath? Of what importance is there to this event that applies to our current history? That we with a rock, and a sling can defeat our enemies of today wielding machine guns, and missiles?

Perhaps we should be calling the Palestinians by their true names, the Phillistines, instead of the bastardized insult placed upon them by Rome.

TommyTheMadArtist  posted on  2005-11-11   18:53:53 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: TommyTheMadArtist (#5)

To me it proves one again that there is truth in the old texts and myths and legends - maybe not the whole truth, but some truth certainly. We should pay more attention to our past and our history (and the Bible as history rather than just religion) as we're doomed to repeat what we don't know and understand. What we think is new really isn't - we may be fighting with missiles and rockets instead of slingshots but we're still fighting over the same piece of real estate thousands of years later and for much the same reasons.

mehitable  posted on  2005-11-12   13:38:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#9. To: mehitable (#8)

It's all history, recorded and churched up so that people can learn life lessons.

Anyone know of a savior who lived a good life, preached the gospel he got from God, who was killed, and then three days later rose from the grave?

Yep, Me too. His name??? Zoroaster. That's right, Zoroaster.

I rest my case.

TommyTheMadArtist  posted on  2005-11-12 13:41:27 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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