Journal Chacham's Journal: News: Bible confirms carbon-dated tunnel 15
IsraelNationalNews.com (A.K.A. Arutz-Sheva) has a story titled "Science And Bible Meet"
Jerusalem's Shiloah Spring Tunnel, or Siloam Tunnel, has been radiocarbon-dated to around 700 BC - in confirmation of the Biblical account. The London-based Nature journal reported the finding on Sept. 11, noting that the half-kilometer tunnel, which today carries the name of its builder, King Hezekiah of Judea, still carries water from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem's ancient City of David. Hebrew University geologist Amos Frumkin and colleagues looked at the decay of radioactive elements in plants and stalactites in tunnel samples, and came up with a study that archaeologist Henrik Bruins of Ben-Gurion University says "makes the tunnel's age certain."
According to Kings II 20 and Chronicles II 32, the tunnel was built to protect the city's water supply against an imminent Assyrian siege. "The tunnel was a major technological achievement," said Frumkin. "It's one of the most ancient structures that's still in use." It is also one of the longest ancient water tunnels without intermediate shafts.
It's nice to know that "Science" in finally making progress.
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Is this from the Torah or is it from a Christian Bible?
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Hmm... the reference link [crosswalk.com] didn't get posted.
Sorry about that.
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32 The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign and his acts of devotion are recorded in The Vision of the Prophet Isaiah Son of Amoz, which is included in The Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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Oh, that happens a lot of times! The New Testament refers to the Old Testament, different prophets and writers in the Old Testament refer to other prophets/writers in the Old Testament, etc. Basically that happens because the original text of the Bible was written over hundreds of years by a bunch of different people and compiled at different times in history to finally form the Bible (canon) in its current form*.
* Applies to either the Torah or the Christian Bible.
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Heh - yeah I can see that.. Sort of like if I refered to myself in the 3rd person during a conversation or something..
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There is, however, a self-reference to the Bible once or twice in Deuteronomy.
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So congrats, somebody actually wrote down something that happened in the Bible, not like it is the first time that has ever happened.
"Ooh, look, something historical got written down!!!"
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I made a wise crack remark back!
*G*
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Yeah you're right, it's not the first time - it actually happens a lot with the Bible, but it's cool to have something historical unearthed to be able to actually examine it right?.. Exploration, scientific method and all that?
I thought it was cool anyway.. scene of some historic battles and stuff.