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  • Captivating Twists

    Captivating Twists

    Welcome to my wife’s and my website.

    Captivating topics motivate the writing.

    Twists of Interest include:

    Others we aim to pursue.

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  • Solutions B & C

    Solutions B & C

    The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

    [Ebal, thirty-one of thirty-three]

    There are alternatives which, in fact, are more elegant than A.

    For example, Canada, rather than the United States, leases Joshua’s Altar.

    Why is that more elegant? Canadian law, unlike that of the U.S., does not gravely impede interactions with the Palestinian Authority.

    In exchange for Canada’s efforts, the U.S. would reward Canada with concessions.

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    Solution C is similar. It involves another country stepping forward with the lease. That one the P.A.trusts. It is also one that the U.S. is assured will accomplish the goals listed in this memorandum.

    Achieving B or C requires talent and finesse. Again, one should not expect such from a president’s son-in-law or golf buddy. However, it is attainable for an expert diplomatic corps.

    Now, for a question: What country, other than Canada, do you think is appropriate to lease Joshua’s Altar? 

    Let me know in the comments section.

    Next post: “Taking Action”

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  • Take Action!

    Take Action!

    The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

    [Ebal, thirty-two of thirty-three]

    What action should you take in this matter?

    Consider contacting your congressional delegation.


    One of the easiest ways is to visit your representative’s and your senators’ home pages. Then click the “Contact” button. There, you complete your personal information. Afterwards, you identify the subject of interest. I clicked “international relations”.

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    In the message block, you might write something like this:

    Dear Representative ________,

    (or Senator ________,)

    We should give Moses, Joshua, and the Hebrews of the Conquest a chance to prove who they are!

    Please work toward the U.S. leasing Joshua’s Altar in Judea / Samaria.

    In thirty-two posts, the website captivatingtwists.com details the altar’s plight. To access these, hover over topics in the site’s navigation bar. Then click “The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet.”

    There you find these arguments:

    • On Mt. Ebal, evidence of Joshua and the Hebrews of the Conquest may lie exposed;
    • Such evidence challenges world history; 
    • Threats of the altar’s destruction mandate its prompt excavation;
    • Despite the geopolitical dangers, the U.S. should intervene; and
    • A U.S. lease will best allay the issues presented.

    Please read these posts.

    Afterwards, support legislative measures to make the lease a reality.

    Thank you for representing me in Washington and on the world stage.

    I look forward to hearing from you.

    Sincerely,

    _____________

    Your name

    You can message something similar.

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    Now, for a question. How many such messages must your congressional delegation receive before they take notice?

    Let me know in the comments section.

    Next Post: “Curse Tablet Conclusion“

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  • The End of a Beginning?

    The End of a Beginning?

    The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet

    [Ebal, thirty-three of thirty-three]

    Do not ignore the Curse Tablet. Act on it!

    Why?

    “The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

    Winston Churchill

    We embarked on an epic journey. We glanced at the Late Bronze Age through the Greco-Roman period. In the modern era, we pondered Wellhausen’s musings. Afterwards, we witnessed Adam Zertal’s enigmatic discovery and Frankie Snyder’s curious find. We persisted through the scourge of COVID-19. Then we viewed Stripling’s rocky attempts to introduce the tablet to the world.

    We also engaged in a scientific assignment and a legal measure.


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    We have seen that Mt. Ebal’s Joshua’s Altar lies in a dangerous part of the world. There, it faces genuine threats.

    This highlights a truth: Without evidence of the past, we have little hope of discerning its wisdom.

    If destroyed, its secrets cannot hope to instruct our future.

    This situation demands a forceful response.

    This includes the U.S. leasing Joshua’s Altar.

    Why? Clarifying evidence may lie on Mt. Ebal, evidence of monumental importance.

    Losing it would constitute a disaster of incomprehensible proportions.

    Justifications for vigilance and action abound.

    Therefore, we must do something now! Do not let this opportunity to glimpse the remote past turn to dust! How, then, could it inform our future?

    For this reason, I wrote the congressional messages discussed in the previous post. They argue for leasing Joshua’s Altar.

    Why? The tablet presents actionable evidence. Its assault on history is credible. Delay imperils precious testimony.

    Final Thoughts

    We now reach the end of our Mount Ebal adventure.

    Share what you have learned. Tell of the forceful narrative of the Curse Tablet.

    Also, encourage the lease and proper excavation of Joshua’s Altar.

    Afterwards, the Curse Tablet may testify not to a possibility. Then it could underscore an inescapable reality.

    What might this reality be?

    Weigh:

    John 5:46

    If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

    Deuteronomy 18:15

    The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.

    John 1:45

    Philip found Nathanael and told him “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold–Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

    John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

    Romans 3:21

    But now apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, as attested by the Law and the Prophets. 1

    What is the key takeaway? It is this: Evidence clarifying the above must not remain at risk! 1

    Now, for questions: How likely are authorities to respond accordingly? What circumstances could improve those chances?

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    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (45:50), 11 May 2023. ↩︎

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  • Composite Footnotes

    The Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet


    Post 5
    Journey Essentials

    1. William Smith, Sermon Index, Ebal, Mount, Smith’s Bible Dictionary, (1863), paragraph 1, https://sermonindex.net/encyclopedia/e/ebal-mount/ ↩︎
    2. James Orr, Sermon Index, Ebal, Mount, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia,(1915), paragraph 1, https://sermonindex.net/encyclopedia/e/ebal-mount/ ↩︎
    3. Id. ↩︎
    4. Id. paragraph 2 ↩︎
    5. Id. paragraph 1 ↩︎
    6. Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph 3, February 4, 2022 ↩︎
    7. Id. paragraph 1 ↩︎
    8. Id. paragraph 6 ↩︎
    9. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 2,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/ (7 October 2024) p.2 ↩︎
    10. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (02:00), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    11. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (12:34), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    12. Breaking News “Mt Ebal Curse Tablet Peer Review Complete”, Appian Media In Roads, May 12, 2023 (24:56) ↩︎
    13. Stripling, S., Galil, G., Kumpova, I. et al. “You are Cursed by the God YHW:” an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal. Herit Sci 11, 105 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00920-9 ↩︎
    14. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, supra at paragraph 38 ↩︎
    15. Id. paragraphs 18-21 ↩︎
    16. Haughwout, M.S. Mt. Ebal curse tablet? A refutation of the claims regarding the so called Mt. Ebal curse tablet. Herit Sci 12, 70 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-01130-z, paragraph 57.

    Post 6
    A Mysterious Tease

    1. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 37,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024).
      and
      Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (33:59), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Id. 4:51 and 30:54; and
      Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 15,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    3. Scott Stripling, “You are Cursed by the God YHW,” an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal,  Heritage Science, 12 May 2023,  Supplementary Information, Additional file 1, https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40494-023-00920-9#Fig7, (7 October 2023).

    Post 7
    The Paradigm

    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (20:00 & 33:49), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israe,14 May 2023, paragraph 5,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    3. Id., paragraph 2. ↩︎
    4. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (20:00 and 35:02-14), 11 May 2023;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, https://biblearchaeology.org/current-events-list/4896-abr-researchers-discover-the-oldest-known-proto-hebrew-inscription-ever-found, (33:35); 24 March 2022, Updated 26 April 2023. ↩︎
    5. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (6:18), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    6. Greg A. King, The Documentary Hypothesis, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 12/2001, pp. 22-30, p. 25, paragraph 7

    Post 8
    Joshua’s Altar?

    1. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year-old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraphs 1, 5, 38, and 40, https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024).
      and
      Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph 3, February 4, 2022.  ↩︎
    2. Id., paragraph 1. ↩︎
    3. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (5: 26-44), 11 May 2023.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part One, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (04:29; 05:21), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    4. Chris & Jenifer Taylor, The Bible Journey, https://thebiblejourney.org/biblejourney2/27-the-israelites-move-into-canaan/joshua-builds-an-altar-at-mt-ebal/, paragraph 4, © 2024. ↩︎
    5. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (5:40-7:00) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    6. Id. 6:15 ↩︎
    7. Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph 5, February 4, 2022
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part One, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (10:29), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    8. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part One, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (12:08), May 1, 2023, ↩︎
    9. Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Skeptics of Ebal Curse Tablet Accuse Christian Researchers of “Seeing the Face of Jesus in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich”, israel365news.com, Archeology, paragraph 3, December 6, 2023. ↩︎
    10. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (15:32), March 24, 2022.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Four, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (11:25 and 12:48), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    11. Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph 4, February 4, 2022. ↩︎
    12. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 38,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024) ↩︎
    13. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (14:37), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    14. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (11:25), 11 May 2023.

    Post 9
    Zertal Rejected

    1. Greg A. King, The Documentary Hypothesis, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, 12/2001, pages 23 and 24. ↩︎
    2. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (35:23), 11 May 2023.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (02:20), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    3. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (44:35), March 24, 2022.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Two, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (23:45), May 1, 2023.
      and
      One For Israel,The Curse from Mount Ebal that became an Archeological Blessing!, oneforisrael.org, paragraph 2, April 2, 2022. ↩︎
    4. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three), Digging for Truth Episode 200, YouTube, (03:50), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    5. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (11:55) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    6. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (34:50), 11 May 2023.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (04:10), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    7. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (6:20) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    8. Ariel David, “New Studies Debunk Controversial Biblical ‘Curse Tablet” from Mt. Ebal”, haaretz.com, paragraph 3, November 30, 2023;
      Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (40:00-11), 11 May 2023;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part One, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (15:17), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    9. Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Skeptics of Ebal Curse Tablet Accuse Christian Researchers of “Seeing the Face of Jesus in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich”, israel365news.com, paragraph 13, December 6, 2023;
      and
      Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph 9, February 4, 2022 ↩︎
    10. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (06:09), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    11. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part One, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (14:00), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    12. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (22:14), 11 May 2023;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (14:52), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    13. Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Skeptics of Ebal Curse Tablet Accuse Christian Researchers of “Seeing the Face of Jesus in a Grilled Cheese Sandwich”, israel365news.com, Archeology, paragraph 13, December 6, 2023. ↩︎
    14. For instance, how did fourth or third century authors accurately record in scripture these now archaeologically attested events of the 6th through the 10th century B.C.:
      -Close archaeological correlation between the biblical text and the destruction of Timri and the founding of Sumeria in the 9th Century B.C.; (Associates for Biblical Truth; King Omri: Digging for Truth Episode 105; (01:39), youtube.com, 27 September 2020.)
      -The discovery of the ancient palace of Omri, a 9th Century B.C. King of Israel, and his son Ahab; (Associates for Biblical Truth; King Omri: Digging for Truth Episode 105; (15:50), youtube.com, 27 September 2020.);
      -The Moabite Stone, also known as the Mesha Inscription:This stella describes the exploits of King Omri as seen through the eyes of an enemy; (Associates for Biblical Truth; King Omri: Digging for Truth Episode 105; (18:45), youtube.com, 27 September 2020; and (Curse Tablet: A Response (w/ Chris Rollston), Youtube, Sen McDowell, (38:28) June 2, 2023.
      -The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III also discussed Omri and a subsequent King of Israel, Jehu (Id. 41;24) and (Associates for Biblical Truth; King Omri: Digging for Truth Episode 105; (01:39), youtube.com, (20:15), 27 September 2020.)
      -The Tel Dan Inscription evidences that Judah’s royalty in the 9th Century B. C. considered itself a descendant of the House of David. It also likely refers to a conspiracy suggested in 1 Kings 19:15-18 between Hazael, King of Aram-Damascus, and Jehu. (CBN Israel Blog, Biblical Artifact: Tel Dan Inscription, Marc Turnage, https://cbnisrael.org, (paragraphs 1-5), 2021/10/26).
      -The 700 B.C. Deir Alla Plaster mentioning Baalam son of Beor a Seer, evidencing at least an ancient memory of the character portrayed in Numbers 22-24  (Curse Tablet: A Response (w/ Chris Rollston), Youtube, Sean McDowell, (42:47) June 2, 2023).
      Geomagnetic dating verifies an intricate biblical sequence of military campaigns of the Arameans, Assyrians, Babylonians, Edomites,th and Egyptians from around 930 B.C. to 586 B.C. (Israel 21C, Geomagnetic field dating confirms the Bible’s narrative, Marion Fischel, paragraph 1, October 26, 2022, Updated November 2, 2022, israel21c.org.

      The Documentary Hypothesis must also account for such things as these:
      -The Silver Scrolls of Ketef Hinnom, 6th Century B.C., the earliest known Biblical text; and
      -Evidence of the use of an early alphabetic script in the Middle East extending beyond the 15th to even the 18th century B.C. (Curse Tablet: A Response (w/ Chris Rollston),(52:12 and 51:41) Youtube, Sen McDowell, June 2, 2023.

      Regarding The Book of Daniel: Linguists found that the Hebrew of Daniel is earlier than that of the Second Century Dead Sea Scrolls

      Plus they determined that its Aramaic ranges between 600 and 330 B.C. They reached that conclusion in assessing it against official documents of that earlier period as opposed to that of the second century B.C. (K.A. Kitchen, “The Aramaic of Daniel” in Notes on Some Problems in the Book of Daniel, ed. P.J. Wiseman, et al. (London: Tyndale, 1964). Online: https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/tp/notes-daniel/daniel_kitchen.pdf (Accessed Aug.11,2022).

      The large number of fragments of the Book of Daniel found among the Dead Sea Scrolls signifies it canonization much earlier than the Second Century B.C. Also, supporting this is references to the Book of Daniel in other scrolls found at Qumran.(Randall Prie and H. Wayne House, Zondervan Handbook of Biblical Archaeology (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2017), p. 177-178; Gerhard Hasel, “New Light on the Book of Daniel from the Dead Sea Scrolls.” Associates for Biblical Research, July 31, 2021; and https://biblearchaeology.org/research/topics/ancient-manuscripts/3193-new-light-on-the-book-of-daniel-from-the-dead-sea-scrolls (Accessed Aug. 11, 2022).

      There are other archaeological discoveries that disparage the idea that scribes could have written Daniel in the Second Century. These include evidence of specific knowledge about events and people that would likely have been available at that late time. Those discoveries are:

      -The Nebuchadnezzar Stele;
      -The Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet;
      -Nebuchadnezzar’s Palace;
      -The Esagila (Temple of Marduk);
      -The Ishtar Gate and Processional Way;
      -Babylonian Chronicle 5;
      -The Nabonidus Cylinders;
      -The Nabonidus Chronicle; and
      -The Cyrus Cylinder. (Bible Archaeology Report, Ibid. ↩︎
    15. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (08:19), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    16. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Four, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (05:00), May 1, 2023;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (31:41), March 24, 2022.

    Post 10
    Whoa!

    1. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 2,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024).
      and
      Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (08:27), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (01:12), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    3. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (10:46), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    4. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (16:36), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    5. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (03:35), 11 May 2023;
      and
      Steve Law, patternsofevidence.com, Ancient Hebrew Writing on Tablet Discovered at Joshua’s Altar, paragraph14 and 15, February 4, 2022. ↩︎
    6. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (15:59), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    7. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (27:25)
      1 November 2024. ↩︎
    8. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (27:32)
      1 November 2024. ↩︎
    9. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (28:17) 1 November 2024.

    Post 11
    A Defixio?

    1. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/ current-events-list/, Youtube, (06:24), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    2. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (27:18) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    3. Id. (27:57) ↩︎
    4. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/ current-events-list/, Youtube, (11:15), March 24, 2022.(11:15) ↩︎
    5. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (28:16) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    6. Breaking News “Mount Ebal Curse Tablet Peer Review Complete”, Appian Media In Roads, May 12, 2023 (!0:20)  ↩︎
    7. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (28:43) 1 November 2024.

    Post 12
    An Inscription!

    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (8:49), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (12:37), March 24, 2022;
      and
      Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 26,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    3. Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (12:39), March 24, 2022. ↩︎
    4. Id.
      and
      Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (4:31 and 12:22), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    5. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (12:22), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    6. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Two, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (12:30), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    7. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 27,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    8. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (39:34 and 40:38), 11 May 2023;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, “ABR Researchers Discover the Oldest Known Proto-Hebrew Inscription Ever Found”, biblicarchaeology.org/current-events-list/, Youtube, (08:08), March 24, 2022;
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Two, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (14:35), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    9. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Two, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (15:00), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    10. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch,
       (14:28 and 24:09), 11 May 2023.

    Post 13
    Staking a Claim

    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (17:08), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. L. J. Hooge, “The Favorable Year of the Lord”, Biblical Chiasmus, Discovering and Exploring Reverse Parallelism in the Bible, https://biblicalchiasmus.wordpress.com/2014/08/03/luke-416b-20-the-favorable-year-of-the-lord/, August 3, 2014, ↩︎
    3. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (25:00), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    4. Id. at (42:24) ↩︎
    5. Id. at (42:52) ↩︎
    6. Id. at (43:00) ↩︎
    7. Id. at (43:08)

    Post 14
    A Firestorm!

    1. Melainie Kidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel, 14 May 2023, paragraph 32, 33, and 34, https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    2. Breaking News, “Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet Peer Review Complete”, Appian Media, In Roads, youtube.com/watch?v=_15tYO4hqJS, (33:35), May 12, 2023. ↩︎
    3. Melainie Kidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel, 14 May 2023, paragraph 32, 33, and 34, https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    4. Id.

    Post 15
    Peer Review

    1. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200-year –old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel,14 May 2023, paragraph 3,  https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    2. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (25:25), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    3. Id. at (25:35) ↩︎
    4. Id. at (40:00) ↩︎
    5. Id. at (39:09) ↩︎
    6. Id. at (36:40) ↩︎
    7. Id. at (39:13) ↩︎
    8. Id. at (43:38)

    Post 16
    Troubled Waters

    Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (29:23) 1 November 2024.

    Post 17
    Stripling’s Article

    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (16:33), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Stripling, S., Galil, G., Kumpova, I. et al. “You are Cursed by the God YHW:” an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal. Herit Sci 11, 105 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-023-00920-9, paragraph 84.
      and
      Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (36:17) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    3. Id. at 36:20. ↩︎
    4. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (16:39), 11 May 2023.

    Post 19
    YHW,” “Yahweh!”

    1. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (39:14) 1 November 2024 ↩︎
    2. Id. at (36:55). ↩︎
    3. Id. at 37:17.

    Post 22
    Between WWN, Sun, and Earth

    1. Melanie Lidman, Academic article on controversial 3,200 -year old ‘curse tablet’ fails to sway experts, The Times of Israel, 14 May 2023, paragraph 18, https://www.timesofisrael.com/academic-article-on-controversial-3200-year-old-curse-tablet-fails-to-sway-experts/, (7 October 2024). ↩︎
    2. Id., paragraph 37. ↩︎
    3. The Mt. Ebal “Inscription” is actually a Folding Lead Clasp … YouTube, Bible & Archaeology, Dec 2, 2023.

    Post 23
    A Plan

    Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (25:28), 11 May 2023.

    Post 24
    Letters?

    1. Haughwoout, M. S. Mt. Ebal curse tablet? A refutation of the claims regarding the so called Mt. Ebal curse tablet, Herit Sci 12, 70 (2024). htts://doi.org/101186/s40494-023-01130-z, paragraph 16. ↩︎
    2. Id. paragraph 17. ↩︎
    3. Id. paragraph 56.

    Post 26
    The YHW Debate

    1. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (40:20) 1 November 2024 ↩︎
    2. Hebrew Alphabet Made Easy, Hei, Lesson Three, Line 16, https://www.hebrewpod101.com/lesson/hebrew-alphabet-made-easy-3-hei; and
      Lobliner, Jacob, The Story of H, paragraph 36, 2008, http://faculty.ce.berkeley.edu/coby/essays/h.htm ↩︎
    3. Vowels in Hebrew, Lilmod Aleph Beth, https://lilmod-aleph-beth.com/vowels-in-hebrew/, The Mater Lectionis are consonants that function as vowels. paragraph five.

    Post 27

    Pre-1250 B.C. Hebrew?

    1. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch,
      (14:28 and 24:09), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    2. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (5:16), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    3. Id. at (9:05 and 21:28).

    Post 29
    A Loose End

    1. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Three, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (16:20), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    2. Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com > watch, (17:35), 11 May 2023. ↩︎
    3. Associates for Biblical Research, Cursed! The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet (Part Two, Digging for Truth Episode 200), YouTube, (10:35), May 1, 2023. ↩︎
    4. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (42:22) 1 November 2024. ↩︎
    5. ELIZABETH FERNANDEZ, Big Think, Earth’s magnetic field supports biblical stories of destruction of ancient cities When battles raged in ancient cities, their rocks blazed so brightly that they could be reoriented according to Earth’s magnetic field, December 25, 2023 ↩︎
    6. Associates for Biblical Research, YaHWeh Curse Tablet: A Tsunami from Mt. Ebal, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU5njOpRCHQ&t=85s, (13:15) 1 November 2024.

    Post 30
    Solution A

    Here We Go Again: The U.S. Withdrawal from UNESCO,
    https://ucigcc.org/blog/here-we-go-again-the-u-s-withdrawal-from-unesco/,United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

    Post 33
    Conclusion (33).

    Sean McDowell, Oldest Hebrew Writing? Mt. Ebal Curse Tablet (Revisited) m.youtube.com>watch, (45:50), 11 May 2023.

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