OPINION (Express) – A new analysis of a mysterious stone slab proves a key Old Testament king really did exist, an eminent archeologist has announced. The historicity of the Bible, or the Christian book’s acceptability as a history, is a controversial and contested field study. Few archaeological discoveries have so far supported many of the Old Testament’s narratives as history. But a groundbreaking study of an ancient stone tablet may have overturned a thousand years of Old Testament understanding.
King Balak of Moab, located in modern-day Jordan, features in a passage of the Bible’s Book of Numbers. The reading ‘Balak’ instead of ‘House of David’ … makes Balak a historical figure Professor Israel Finkelstein The biblical story, finds King Balak asking the prophet Balaam to curse the people of Israel. And archaeologists researching the 9th century BC Mesha Stele now believe a line previously thought to read “House of David” actually refers to the biblical king. READ MORE
