Researchers have found an ancient clay seal from around the time he was reportedly alive, marked with the Biblical figure Isaiah's name. Called a bulla, the seal was retrieved from a 2,700-year-old midden in the Ophel, dating it to around 8th century BCE, and it's inscribed with the Jewish prophet's name. It was found just 3 metres from where the bulla of King Hezekiah of Judah, to which Isaiah was an adviser, was found in 2015.

The bulla, sadly broken, is about a centimetre (0.4 inches) in diameter, stamped with the name Yesha'yah[u] (Isaiah) in Hebrew letters. Following it were the letters NVY, which are the first three letters of the Hebrew word for prophet, which is spelled nun-beit-yod-aleph. Whether or not the aleph was present is impossible to determine, since the bulla is broken after the yod. But if it had been, the seal would have read, in its entirety, "Isaiah the Prophet."

"The absence of this final letter ... requires that we leave open the possibility that it could just be the name Navi," lead author Eilat Mazar said. "The name of Isaiah, however, is clear." The seal could have belonged to some other Isaiah hanging around at the time, since the name was a common one, and bullae commonly reference the signatory's father. Isaiah's father was not Navi, but Amoz.

However, if the bulla does refer to Isaiah the Prophet, it would constitute the first evidence for his existence outside of religious texts, including the Bible, where his exploits are described in the Book of Isaiah.

https://www.sciencealert.com/biblical-prophet-isaiah-clay-bulla-seal-found-jerusalem-8-bce

Dalaman everyday the Bible which you claim is "mythical" is being proven to be true by experts while you a nairaland atheist without a scientific background sits where you are and tries to convince yourself that it is mythical.

E go do you vaaam for eye

butterflyl1on:
Dalaman everyday the Bible which you claim is "mythical" is being proven to be true by experts while you a nairaland atheist without a scientific background sits where you are and tries to convince yourself that it is mythical.

E go do you vaaam for eye

Even the report clearly shows that this is a conjecture. They are assuming that a seal that contains a name Isaiah which is a popular Jewish name might be that of Isaiah the prophet even though they concluded that there is no enough evidence. But as the lie lie and spinner that you are you have concluded that the bible is true because some assumptions which they article clearly stated was made. Well done.

dalaman:


Even the report clearly shows that this is a conjecture. They are assuming that a seal that contains a name Isaiah which is a popular Jewish name might be that of Isaiah the prophet even though they concluded that there is no enough evidence. But as the lie lie and spinner that you are you have concluded that the bible is true because some assumptions which they article clearly stated was made. Well done.

Yet there was evidence of King Hezekiah who was unearthed in 2015 and Isaiah was his prophetic adviser.

Maybe king Hezekiah was also a conjecture. It would make sense that Isaiah is seal would be found near his own and from the provides link it says,

Although the bulla can't constitute definitive proof that Isaiah existed, it's still an extraordinary find, Mazar said. Its proximity to the bulla of Hezekiah and the fact that only persons of status used bullae at least opens the very plausible possibility that the seal belonged to the Biblical Isaiah.

It's still mythical right?

I just read the report again. It is even clear from the report that the name is not that of Isaiah of the Bible.

From the report:


"The absence of this final letter ... requires that we leave open the possibility that it could just be the name Navi," lead author Eilat Mazar said. "The name of Isaiah, however, is clear." The seal could have belonged to some other Isaiah hanging around at the time, since the name was a common one, and bullae commonly reference the signatory's father. Isaiah's father was not Navi, but Amoz".

But as always our resident Mr lie lie will always come and say something else.

dalaman:
I just read the report again. It is even clear from the report that the name is not that of Isaiah of the Bible.

From the report:


"The absence of this final letter ... requires that we leave open the possibility that it could just be the name Navi," lead author Eilat Mazar said. "The name of Isaiah, however, is clear." The seal could have belonged to some other Isaiah hanging around at the time, since the name was a common one, and bullae commonly reference the signatory's father. Isaiah's father was not Navi, but Amoz".

But as always our resident Mr lie lie will always come and say something else.

It says "could have". However the reason why they are leaning more toward it being for the biblical Isaiah is due to the fact that it was found just 3 meters from that of King Hezekiah who Isaiah was an adviser to.

Maybe King Hezekiah was also mythical

Try to read and understand.

Mr "the Bible is a mythical book" e go do you vaam for eye.

butterflyl1on:


Yet there was evidence of King Hezekiah who was unearthed in 2015 and Isaiah was his prophetic adviser.

Maybe king Hezekiah was also a conjecture. It would make sense that Isaiah is seal would be found near his own and from the provides link it says,




It's still mythical right?

Even if we agree that Isaiah existed, it still doesn't discount the fact the many of the things written inside the book of Isaiah and the bible as a whole are mythical and fictional. Let's go to the book of Isaiah and see these mythology on full display.


13:19 "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.


These verses from Isaiah very clearly talks about mythical creatures like the satyrs and dragons as if they were real.

We all know that dragons and satyrs are mythical beings.


A dragon is a legendary creature, typically scaled or fire-spewing and with serpentine, reptilian or avian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures around world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon


satyr
[sey-ter, sat-er]
noun
Classical Mythology.one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.

dalaman:


Even if we agree that Isaiah existed, it still doesn't discount the fact the many of the things written inside the book of Isaiah and the bible as a whole are mythical and fictional. Let's go to the book of Isaiah and see these mythology on full display.


13:19 "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

13:20 It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.

13:21 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.

13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.


These verses from Isaiah very clearly talks about mythical creatures like the satyrs and dragons as if they were real.

We all know that dragons and satyrs are mythical beings.


A dragon is a legendary creature, typically scaled or fire-spewing and with serpentine, reptilian or avian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures around world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon


satyr
[sey-ter, sat-er]
noun
Classical Mythology.one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.

LMAO so now the Bible Ian mythical but some writings in it are?

Yesterday you were dragging the word Shamayim which is the Hebrew origin for the word heavens and today you are talking about dragons without first looking at the Hebrew origin before calling it a myth.

Why don't you for once show some true intelligence and look for the Hebrew word from which "dragon" was translated from so as you get the context from there rather than reading at face value as you always do when you wish to be dishonest

These are all the translations of Isaiah 13:22 below

New International Version
Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

New Living Translation
Hyenas will howl in its fortresses, and jackals will make dens in its luxurious palaces. Babylon's days are numbered; its time of destruction will soon arrive.

English Standard Version
Hyenas will cry in its towers, and jackals in the pleasant palaces; its time is close at hand and its days will not be prolonged.

New American Standard Bible
Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.

King James Bible
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Christian Standard Bible
Hyenas will howl in the fortresses, and jackals, in the luxurious palaces. Babylon's time is almost up; her days are almost over.

Contemporary English Version
Hyenas and wolves will howl from Babylon's fortresses and beautiful palaces. Its time is almost up!

Good News Translation
The towers and palaces will echo with the cries of hyenas and jackals. Babylon's time has come! Her days are almost over."

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hyenas will howl in the fortresses, and jackals, in the luxurious palaces. Babylon's time is almost up; her days are almost over.

International Standard Version
Hyenas will howl in its strongholds, and jackals will make their dens in its citadels. Its time is close at hand, and its days will not be extended any further.

NET Bible
Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged.

New Heart English Bible
Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Hyenas will howl in Babylon's strongholds, and jackals will howl in its luxurious palaces. Its time has almost come. Its days will not be extended.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And jackals shall howl in their castles, And wild-dogs in the pleasant palaces; And her time is near to come, And her days shall not be prolonged.

New American Standard 1977
And hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged.

Jubilee Bible 2000
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their palaces, and dragons in their pleasant palaces; and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

King James 2000 Bible
The hyenas shall cry in its towers, and jackals in their pleasant palaces: her time is near, and her days shall not be prolonged.

American King James Version
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

American Standard Version
And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And owls shall answer one another there, in the houses thereof, and sirens in the temples of pleasure.

Darby Bible Translation
And jackals shall cry to one another in their palaces, and wild dogs in the pleasant castles. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

English Revised Version
And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the wild beasts of the isles shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

World English Bible
Wolves will cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.

Young's Literal Translation
And Aiim have responded in his forsaken habitations, And dragons in palaces of delight, And near to come is her time, And her days are not drawn out!

Even though the main King James version does not mention dragons I will work with your angle.

The Hebrew word for dragon is tannin or tannim and research them and see if you are right or wrong.

Your time starts now!

butterflyl1on:



LMAO so now the Bible Ian mythical but some writings in it are?

Yesterday you were dragging the word Shamayim which is the Hebrew origin for the word heavens and today you are talking about dragons without first looking at the Hebrew origin before calling it a myth.

Why don't you for once show some true intelligence and look for the Hebrew word from which "dragon" was translated from so as you get the context from there rather than reading at face value as you always do when you wish to be dishonest

Which context? A mythical creature was talked about as if it were real and you are trying to hide behind the original Hebrew word as an excuse abi?

These are all the translations of Isaiah 13:22 below

Clearly we can see that the different bible translations are totally confused. It doesn't even sound as if the different translations are talking about the same thing.

Some say Hyenas and Jackals , others say Hyenas and wolves, some say Wild beats and Wolves, another says owls and Jackals while some say wild beats and Dragons.

Ordinary translations sef don cause confusion. Yahweh can not even inspire people to translate his word properly into the English language. Na wah oo. This Yahweh God so much loves confusion.

Even though the main King James version does not mention dragons I will work with your angle.

More lies from Mr lie lie. The king James version mentioned dragon.


King James Bible

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged

The Hebrew word for dragon is tannin or tannim and research them and see if you are right or wrong.

Your time starts now!

Tannin (Hebrew: תנין‎) or Tunannu (Ugaritic: ��� Tnn, vocalized tu-un-na-nu) was a sea monster in Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology used as a symbol of chaos and evil.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannin_(monster)