This essay is a summary of an article by Northwest Semitic epigrapher Christopher Rollston in the current issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. The article itself is behind the subscription wall, but the summary is informative.
For PaleoJudaica's coverage of the Hebrew lapidary inscription fragment that may have mentioned King Hezekiah, see here and links and here (with more from Rollston); of the Mount Ebal curse tablet/fishing weight, see here and links; and of the fake Darius ostracon, see here (eighth item) and links.
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