114 JEDP, The Mount Ebal Curse Tablet, and C. S. Lewis’s ”Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism,” Part7

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We complete (with a small residue for our final episode) C. S. Lewis's case for a skeptical approach to the work of the Higher Critics in his article, "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism." If all goes as planned, we will complete this series with a final episode next week!

Satell, Greg. “Why the Experts Always Seem to Get it Wrong,” Forbes, 2014. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/gregsatell/2014/02/19/why-experts-always-seem-to-get-it-wrong/?sh=163664d73a36

On March 24th, 2022, the Associates for Biblical Research announced the discovery of an ancient curse tablet (defixio) on Mount Ebal at the site of "Joshua's altar."

In this series, as we promised in episode #52, we revisit this discovery following the publication of the scholarly paper on May 12th of this year. We hope to lay out the context and reasons this discovery and its controversial interpretation is so important. To do so, we must become acquainted with modern theology and biblical criticism as practiced in the contemporary West, the ongoing scholarly debate over the defixio, and finally to discuss C. S. Lewis's article, "Modern Theology and Biblical Criticism."

I would suggest that our listeners review our original episode, The Christian Atheist #52: “The Curse Tablet: Archaeology and Faith.”

Jenny and I discuss the curse tablet on No Compromise #47 & #48.

Episode 47 on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/F5Ahh53zM_0

Episode 47 on Podcast: https://pod.link/thechristianatheist/episode/fd17351c74d4b4c18710232055614b55

Links to critical comments by Drs. Rollston and Cargill:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkBByBE2OUo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBmuNw59AOg

Episode 48 on YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/vJWZca8wLig

Episode 48 on Podcast: https://pod.link/thechristianatheist/episode/3d7081b2ada978aed5db7250f04ab605

Heritage Science Journal publication (open access):

“You are Cursed by the God YHW:” an early Hebrew inscription from Mt. Ebal | Heritage Science | Full Text (springeropen.com)

Below find important websites for further information on this topic:

https://biblearchaeology.org/current-events-list/4896-abr-researchers-discover-the-oldest-known-proto-hebrew-inscription-ever-found

ABR's announcement of the discovery with Dr. Scott Stripling

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-how-curse-inscription-from-the-west-bank-ended-up-in-israeli-and-american-hands-1.10718635

An article critical of the procedures with which this discovery came to light

http://www.rollstonepigraphy.com/?p=949

Dr. Christopher Rollston offers important critical and methodological cautions on the discovery and its meaning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdE9-55gMzo

Dr. Stripling answers questions

https://armstronginstitute.org/678-interview-with-dr-stripling-joshua-mt-ebal-and-the-discovery-of-an-ancient-hebrew-amulet

Christian Atheist Book: Through the Looking Glass: The Imploding of an Atheist Professor's Worldview

Page: https://a.co/d/1Sp3rf5

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