08/18/2025
Moses found by Archaeology???
Evidence for Moses and the Exodus from the actual time that he lived is so limited that many scholars do not believe that he lived, let alone was like the Bible stories. Perhaps this changes, based on a new claim that an ancient inscription actually names Moses. Israeli epigrapher, Michael Bar-Ron claims to have identified just that. It will be quite a while before we will be able to point to this with confidence. A lot of scholarly work will be needed to evaluate this claim. Nevertheless, it is really interesting that this could be true. It also demonstrates that just one verified archaeological discovery could quickly overturn all of the skeptic’s objections to the Biblical accounts. Arguments from silence are always of limited value. We should recognize that it will always require faith to believe that the miracles in the Bible occurred, but new discoveries mean that we can have increased confidence in their historic setting.
American-Israeli epigraphist interprets ancient inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim that could be the oldest written mention of Moses, predating the Bible by centuries.