Episode 68 - That Curse Tablet and Biblical Archaeology

Doubts Aloud Podcast

Show Notes
Andrew has been following a story about a ‘Curse Tablet’ found at an archaeological site in Israel which proponents claim should up-end Biblical Archaeology in such a way as to confirm the conservative evangelical view of the Torah – the first five books of the OT. We look into it and hear from both sides.
This led on to Ed introducing the chapter in the ‘50 Arguments for God’ book on Biblical Archaeology. It concentrated on the NT and we picked up especially on one claim in the chapter, that the archaeology concerning 1stC tombs around Jerusalem helped confirm the gospel account. After some digging (yes, a pun) we think that we unearthed (sorry) a different story.

Links:
Link for apologists making hay on Curse Tablet: Sean McDowel with the main proponent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEVEKX_0x08
And after the push back, another episode with a Christian scholar who dismissed the Curse Tablet
https://youtu.be/SBmuNw59AOg
Responses from academic, Dr. Robert Cargill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkBByBE2OUo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0Scp85Nlnk