- Gabriel Barkay
Gabriel Barkay is a professor of Biblical archaeology at
Bar Ilan University and theHebrew University of Jerusalem . His academic areas of interest include the archaeology ofJerusalem , burials and burial customs, art, epigraphy, and glyptics in theIron Age . Professor Barkay's most famous discoveries are small silver plaques containing the priestly benediction from theBook of Numbers , which he discovered in 1979 atKetef Hinnom . These plaques are believed to contain the oldest biblically-related inscription, dating back to 600 BC. He also excavated the Iron Age tombs on the grounds of theÉcole Biblique in the early 1970s. Barkay frequently appears on theHistory Channel showThe Naked Archaeologist , which is hosted bySimcha Jacobovici .References
* [http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/041007a.aspx A Contentious Battle for the Temple Mount's Survival @ CBN News official website]
* [http://www.yahwehsnewkingdom.com/Yahweh-600BC.htm Yahweh-600BC]
*http://www.nd.edu/~stephens/2004faculty.html
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