A tiny receipt for a Babylonian temple payment may confirm a minor detail in Jeremiah, and rekindles the debate as to the historical accuracy of the Bible. Also see the comments for the usual internet idiocy, ramping all the way up to full-on British-Israelism. Is there a variant of Godwin’s Law that says that all internet discussions of the historicity of the Bible will progress until some fool tells us that the British are lost Israelites? If there is, then I want naming rights. Call it Sebold’s Law.
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