Thursday, January 13, 2022

More from the Sifting Project on those Hebrew seals

THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: ANALYSIS OF CLAY SEALINGS REVEALED EVIDENCE OF THE TEMPLE TREASURY AND THE ROYAL TREASURY OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH IN THE FIRST TEMPLE PERIOD.
Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries?

Deut. 32:34

A study we have conducted on dozens of clay sealings recovered in sifting of Temple Mount soil and in excavations at the Ophel Park (adjacent to the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount) has successfully identified evidence of both the Temple Treasury and the Royal Treasury of the Kingdom of Judah.

The post contains a link to the text of the full article forthcoming in the Jerusalem Journal of Archaeology.

I noted the story here last week.

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