Jerry Pattengale

Jerry Pattengale is an author at Religion News Service.

The Scientific Meltdown Over a Controversial Discovery of ‘Biblical Sodom’

What everyone agrees on is that something unusual happened at Tall el-Hammam, an ancient settlement near the Dead Sea. Whether it is the biblical city of Sodom and what year it was destroyed are subject to debate.

Earliest Mention of ‘Yahweh’ Found in Archaeological Dump

An ancient tablet discovered near the Palestinian city of Nablus with the inscription "Yahweh" may contain the earliest known mention of God’s name in proto-alphabetic Hebrew.

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