biblicalarchaeology.org
Biblical Archaeology Society
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org › daily › biblical-artifacts › inscriptions › what-does-the-mesha-stele-say
The Mesha Stele and King David
The Mesha Stele and "House of David" take center stage yet again. In the Winter 2022 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, André Lemaire and Jean-Philippe Delorme examined the possible reference to the dynasty of King David of the Bible in the Mesha Stele, a Moabite inscription from the ninth century BCE.Their article, "Mesha's Stele and the House of David," explored new ...
The Moabite Stone
A product of archaeological looting, the Mesha Stele, or Moabite Stone, provides another instance of the value of unprovenanced Biblical artifacts, that is, Bible artifacts found outside of a professional excavation.Although the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) and the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) have strict policies regarding the publication of articles and the ...
Defending the "House of David"
In our article "Mesha's Stele and the House of David" (Biblical Archaeology Review, Winter 2022), we showed that new photographs of the stone and the paper squeeze of the ninth-century BCE Mesha Stele confirm the reading of btdwd ("House of David") in line 31 of the inscription. In the subsequent Spring 2023 issue of BAR, scholars Matthieu Richelle and Andrew Burlingame raised ...