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 Discovery Validates Book of Jeremiah: "This is a fantastic discovery, a world-class find. If Nebo-Sarsekim existed, which other lesser figures in the Old Testament existed? A throwaway detail in the Old Testament turns out to be accurate and true. I think that it means that the whole of the narrative [of Jeremiah] takes on a new kind of power." -- Nigel Reynolds/TN
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(United Kingdom)-Reporter Nigel Reynolds, writing for The Telegraph U.K., notes: "The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum's great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years. But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view [of] the historical books of the Old Testament."
According to the article, Professor Jursa suddenly came across a name he half remembered: Nabu-sharrussu-ukin, described there in a hand 2,500 years old, as "the chief eunuch" of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. Subsequently, he found the same name-spelled differently, in Jeremiah 39.
The report notes that the small tablet-dated to the 10th year of Nebuchadnezzar II's reign, in 595BC-is a bill of receipt acknowledging Nabu-sharrussu-ukin's payment of 0.75 kg of gold to a temple in Babylon.
"This is a fantastic discovery, a world-class find," said Irving Finkel, a British Museum expert. "If Nebo-Sarsekim existed, which other lesser figures in the Old Testament existed? A throwaway detail in the Old Testament turns out to be accurate and true. I think that it means that the whole of the narrative [of Jeremiah] takes on a new kind of power."
Click here to read full story. Used by Permission: www.breakingchristiannews.com / Source: The Telegraph U.K. - (Jul 12, 2007)
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