Ketef Hinnom: Valley of Hinnom, the Silver Scrolls (Biblical Archaeology) | 14 min

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Gabriel Barkay, an archaeologist, used student volunteers to help him with his dig in the valley of Hinnom in 1979. This site unexpectedly became a significant discovery for Biblical Archaeology. Dr. Barkay kept sending one of the very bored volunteer children back into a cleaned out tomb hoping to get some peace. It turns out this child’s boredom lead to one of the biggest accidental discoveries in recent history: the silver scrolls! Join us as Michael explains what makes this discovery so valuable to our faith as Christians.

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Detailed drawing showing the legible letters from the first silver scroll
Bible and Spade, Spring 2006 Issue, Associates for Biblical Research
Detailed drawing showing the legible letters from the second silver scroll
Bible and Spade, Spring 2006 Issue, Associates for Biblical Research
biblical archaeological artifact from the 6-7 Century BC, a silver scroll, containing the priestly blessing we find in our modern Bibles in Numbers 6:24-26, evidence for the Bible that our manuscripts are accurate.
The silver scrolls at the Israel Museum
biblical archaeological artifact from the 6-7 Century BC, a silver scroll, containing the priestly blessing we find in our modern Bibles in Numbers 6:24-26, evidence for the Bible that our manuscripts are accurate.
The silver scrolls at the Israel Museum
biblical archaeological artifact from the 6-7 Century BC, a silver scroll, containing the priestly blessing we find in our modern Bibles in Numbers 6:24-26, evidence for the Bible that our manuscripts are accurate.
The silver scrolls at the Israel Museum
the empty tomb where the young boy fell in and found the silver scrolls.
This cavity under the burial bench had a false floor that gave way.
The original tomb in Ketef Hinnom, the hinnom valley, where the silver scrolls were found.
The boy was sent inside the hole under the burial bench.
The original tomb in Ketef Hinnom, the hinnom valley, where the silver scrolls were found. This tomb could lay 7 bodies at one time.
This tomb could lay 7 bodies at one time.
A reconstruction in the Israel museum of one of the tombs at kitef hinnom to show how they were discovered.
A reconstruction in the Israel museum of one of the tombs

CREDITS: Photograph of Gabriel Barkay by אסף אברהם – אסף אברהם, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60474671 | Detailed drawings of silver scrolls from Bible and Spade, Spring 2006 Issue, Associates for Biblical Research, https://biblearchaeology.org/research/divided-kingdom/3567-the-blessing-of-the-silver-scrolls | Stock Music provided by mv_production, from Pond5

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