The Canaanite Wall - A Video Presentation
CNN has provided a video showing the massive Canaanite wall discovered in Jerusalem. The video also provides an interview with the archaeologists who discovered the wall.
After a small commercial, the video shows how amazing the Canaanite wall really was.
Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Tags: Archaeology, Canaanite Wall, Ronny Reich
Labels: Archaeology, Canaanite Wall, Ronny Reich
posted by Dr. Claude Mariottini @ 9/05/2009 01:32:00 PM
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Hi Dr. Claude,
Just wanted to ask what bearing will the discovery of this wall have upon Old Testament studies? Will it shed any new understanding on any portion of the OT text? Thanks!
Chris,
Thank you for your comment.
The discovery of this Canaanite wall may not shed any light on a specific text of the Bible, however, as the archaeologist who discovered the wall said, it will show that Jerusalem was more than just a small village in the Bronze Age.
The building of the wall required organization and special labor. People who believe that Jerusalem was only a small village may disagree with this assessment, but the wall confirms that Jerusalem was an organized city-state in the Bronze Age.
Claude Mariottini
I see...so the fact that Jerusalem was an organised city-state during the Bronze Age would lend historical credibility to the Former Prophets' account of David conquering such a city-state and/or to the possibility of there being a mini-Empire centred on Jerusalem under the early Davidic dynasty?
Chris,
That is another benefit of this discovery. Some of the minimalists have said that Jerusalem was a small place when David conquered. I think this walls reveals that Jerusalem was more than just a small village.
Claude Mariottini
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