New Study Supports Authenticity of Yehoash Inscription

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BAR has defended the authenticity of the James Ossuary inscription (“James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”)a and the Ivory Pomegranate inscription (“(Belonging) to the Temple of [Yahwe]h; holy to the priests”).b But we have taken no position regarding the Yehoash (or Jehoash) inscription, a lengthier text on a black stone plaque that records repairs to the Temple. The reason is that distinguished philologists and paleographers of ancient Hebrew have disagreed regarding the authenticity of the Yehoash inscription.c Now a team of scientists has weighed in on the Yehoash inscription. In a highly respected, peer-reviewed scientific journal, the Journal […]

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Footnotes

See André Lemaire, “Burial Box of James the Brother of Jesus,” BAR 28:06.

See André Lemaire, “Probable Head of Priestly Scepter from Solomon’s Temple Surfaces in Jerusalem,” BAR 10:01.

See Hershel Shanks, “Is It or Isn’t It?” BAR 29:02.

See “IAA Geologists Repeatedly Err” sidebar to Hershel Shanks, “The Seventh Sample,” BAR 30:02.

Endnotes

Shimon Ilani, Amnon Rosenfeld, Howard R. Feldman, Wolfgang E. Krumbein and Joel Kronfeld, “Archaeometric Analysis of the ‘Jehoash Inscription’ Tablet,” Journal of Archaeological Science 35 (2008), pp. 2966–2972.

Amnon Rosenfeld and Shimon Ilani.

Joel Kronfeld.

Wolfgang E. Krumbein.

Howard R. Feldman.