Article Title

Antiquity of Silver Scrolls Confirmed

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silver scrolls, technology, inscriptions, Hebrew Bible

Abstract

A recent New York Times article reported new developments in the research on two ancient silver scrolls discovered in Jerusalem’s Hinnom Valley in 1979 and subsequently dated to the late seventh century BC . They were engraved with words that appeared to be text from Numbers 6:24–26. How-ever, because of the aging of the metal, researchers were unable to read several of the inscriptions and thereby confirm the age of the scrolls.

Recommended Citation

(2004) "Antiquity of Silver Scrolls Confirmed," Insights: The Newsletter of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship: Vol. 24: No. 5, Article 4.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/insights/vol24/iss5/4