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The opening as it read in 2005

Ketef Hinnom ("shoulder of Hinnom ") near Jerusalem is the archaeological site in Israel that is most famous for the recovery in 1979 of two silver scrolls that were used as amulets , bearing in inscribed the well-known apotropaic priestly blessings of Book of Numbers 6:24-26 "The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace." Brief as they are, they rank as the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible , the first texts with the name Yahweh . Gabriel Barkay, professor of archaeology at Bar Ilan University, uncovered them from a site that had appeared to have been thoroughly looted over the millennia. The tomb had last been used for storing army rifles during the Ottoman period. A partial collapse of the ceiling long ago had preserved an ossuary , and the scrolls were among its contents. One of the larger tombs, which probably belonged to a wealthy family, was found almost intact, with over a thousand objects in it: many small pottery vessels; artifacts of iron and bronze including arrowheads, needles and pins; bone and ivory objects; glass bottles; and jewelry, including earrings of gold and silver. The larger of the two scrolls was 97 by 27 mm. when it was eventually unrolled, a delicate process that took three years. The date of the find, which is based on the form of the delicately-incised paleo-Hebrew lettering has been disputed. The tomb had been in use for several generations towards the end of the First Temple period, and continued to be used for new interments for some time after the destruction of Jerusalem in 587/6 BCE. The orginal discoverer and Yardeni suggest a date at the end of the First Temple period close to 600 BCE. Johannes Renz and Wolfgang Rollig, Handbuch der Althebraischen Epigraphik , 1995 , however, argue for a second century BCE date; See also: Epigraphy Paleography¹

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Ketef Hinnom ("shoulder of Hinnom ") is an archaeological site near Jerusalem . The site consists of a series of rock-hewn burial chambers based on natural caverns. In 1979 two tiny silver scrolls , inscribed with portions of the well-known apotropaic Priestly Blessing of the Book of Numbers and apparently once used as amulets , were found in one of a burial chambers by archaeologist Gabriel Barkay . The delicate process of unrolling the scrolls while developing a method that would prevent them from disintegrating took three years. Brief as they are, they rank as the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible , dating from around 600 BCE.

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The two scrolls on display at the Israel Museum Ketef Hinnom ( katef hinom , "shoulder of Hinnom ") is an archaeological site southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem , adjacent to St. Andrew's Church , now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center . It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. The site consists of a series of rock-hewn burial chambers based on natural caverns. In 1979 two tiny silver scrolls , inscribed with portions of the well-known apotropaic Priestly Blessing from the Book of Numbers and apparently once used as amulets , were found in one of the burial chambers. The delicate process of unrolling the scrolls while developing a method that would prevent them from disintegrating took three years. They contain what may be the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible , dating from around 700-650 BCE. A photographic view of the site, showing the entrance to the tombs, is available at this link .

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Ketef Hinnom Ketef Hinnom ( katef hinom , "shoulder of Hinnom ") is an archaeological site southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem , adjacent to St. Andrew's Church , now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center . It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.

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Archeological site in Jerusalem Ketef Hinnom The area of Ketef Hinnom (just east of St Andrew's church) shown in a 1940s Survey of Palestine map Ketef Hinnom ( katef hinom , "Shoulder of Hinnom ") is an archaeological site discovered in the 1970s southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem . Archaeological excavations held in the site uncovered a series of Iron Age period Judahite burial chambers, dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE. It is famous for the Ketef Hinnom scrolls , which are the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible currently known, dated to 600 BC. Ketef Hinnom is adjacent to St. Andrew's Church , now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center . It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Reconstruction of the burial caves in Ketef Hinnom, Israel Museum Barkay, G.

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Archeological site in Jerusalem Ketef Hinnom The area of Ketef Hinnom (just east of St Andrew's church) shown in a 1940s Survey of Palestine map Ketef Hinnom ( Hebrew : כתף הינום , romanized : ketef hinom , lit. ' Shoulder of Hinnom ' ) is an archaeological site discovered in the 1970s southwest of the Old City of Jerusalem . Archaeological excavations held at the site uncovered a series of Iron Age period Judahite burial chambers, dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE. It is famous for the Ketef Hinnom scrolls , which are the oldest surviving texts from the Hebrew Bible currently known, dated to 600 BC. Ketef Hinnom is adjacent to St. Andrew's Church , now on the grounds of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center . It is located where the Valley of Rephaim and the Valley of Hinnom meet, on the old road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Reconstruction of the burial caves in Ketef Hinnom, Israel Museum Barkay, G.

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