Why the Fuss?

The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

Preface II

[Post three of thirty-two]

Why fuss over an artifact no bigger than a business card folded in half?

The focus of this question differs from that of my last post. It captured reasons for interest in the Curse Tablet. In political terms, I addressed a candidate’s hair, smile, and social grace. Here, I turn to why you should take a stance on the tablet. Politically, the direction is more like economics, crime, and foreign policy.

Note

This is the third post of my memorandum about the Curse Tablet.

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Thus, three reasons for the fuss are:

A Thought Tsunami

This artifact could trigger a thought tsunami!¹ From it, massive philosophical changes could ensue. It could alter historical, archaeological, epigraphical, and even political understandings.

There is much at stake. This “Curse Tablet” may answer whether Moses could have written the Torah. It may establish Moses, Joshua, and the Hebrews of the Conquest as historical realities.

Preservation of Ancient Evidence

This matter also asks these questions about potential biblical evidence:

• Does sufficient proof support the tablet’s biblical claims?; and
• Could Joshua’s Altar harbor other evidence?

War and Peace

The third reason why this topic deserves the fuss is this: Joshua’s Altar lies in a war zone.

Excavations here could inflame tensions in a troubled region.

Questions, thus, include:

• Are excavations here reasonable? and,
• If so, how might they proceed?

As you see, this memorandum addresses both smiles and substance.

But before proceeding, I should answer another important question. It is: “Why should you consider my views on these matters?”

This, I discuss in the next post.

Now, a question for you: How might resolving “Who wrote the Torah?” impact your life or that of others?

Respond in the comment section below.

Thank you for engaging with this topic thus far!

Our next post I entitle “Why Me?”

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1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (33:12), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
2. Id. ar (33:50) ↩︎