Stèle de Tel Dan — Première mention extra-biblique de la « Maison de David »

Di stele fun Tel Dan, gefundn in 1993–1994 fun der arkheoleg Avraham Biran in di khoyfarungen fun der alter-shitn fun Dan (tsafon Yisroel), iz eyner fun di vikhtikste arkheolegishe matzies far der geshikhte fun der tanakh. Dos inscription in alt-arameyish, tsugeriknt tsum melekh Hazaël fun Aram-Damas, gedenkt zayn nitsokhn ibern melekh fun Yisroel un ibern melekh fun der "Beys David" (bytdwd) — vos oysmakht di ershte ayszernish-biblishe ervenung fun der daveydishe dinastye. Di matzie volt zeyer an ek tsu der debaте ibern ge-ish-kayt fun melekh David, vos etlikhe "minimalistishe" biblishe veln betrakhten vi a purely legende-hafte figur. Dos inscription meynt oykh di milkhome tsvishn Aram un di malkhus Yisroel un Yehude, in eyntrog tsum toyre fun 2 Melukhim 8–10.

מקורים און רעסורסן

• Avraham Biran, "David" Found at Dan, Biblical Archaeology Review (BAS Library) (1994) ↗
• BAS Staff, The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible, Biblical Archaeology Society (2026) ↗
• David Danzig, Tel Dan Stele, c. 840 BCE, Center for Online Judaic Studies (cojs.org) (2026) ↗