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Archaeology and the Bible. Mesa Church of Christ February - March 2011. Website – http://members.cox.net/theoutlet Email – AshbyCamp@cox.net. Babylonian Chronicle. Lachish Ostraca. Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet. Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet translation.
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Archaeology and the Bible Mesa Church of Christ February - March 2011
Website – http://members.cox.net/theoutlet • Email – AshbyCamp@cox.net
Nebo-Sarsekim Tablet translation [Regarding] 1.5 minas [0.75 kg = 26.5 oz. = 1.6 lbs.] of gold, the property of Nabu-sharrussu-ukin [= Hebrew name translated Nebo-Sarsekim], the chief eunuch, which he sent via Arad-Banitu the enuch to [the temple] Esangila. Arad-Banitu has delivered [it] to Esangila. In the presence of Bel-usat, son of Alpaya, the royal bodyguard, [and of] Nadin, son of Marduk-zer-ibni. Month XI, day 18, year 10 [of] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
James H. Charlesworth “Archaeological evidence is almost always hotly debated. What, then, is clear? The ‘house church’ in Capernaum that is celebrated as Peter’s house may well be the house in which Jesus taught. It is certainly not a ‘synagogue,’ but it seems to be Peter’s house. Thus, I fully agree with J. Murphy-O’Connor, who is unusually well informed of data relating to Jesus and archaeology and astutely critical; notice his judgment: ‘The most reasonable assumption is the one attested by the Byzantine pilgrims, namely, that it was the house of Peter in which Jesus may have lodged (Mt 5:20 [sic]). Certainly, nothing in the excavations contradicts this identification.’”