Archaeology - Proving the Truth of Scripture - Part 9

Baruch the son of Neriah Bulla confirms the Bible

 A bulla is tiny piece of clay used to seal documents in ancient times. In 1975, a small clay seal impression surfaced in the antiquities market. It was barely the size of a thumbnail. But the name stamped into it stopped scholars cold: “Belonging to Berekhyahu, son of Neriyahu, the scribe.” Baruch ben Neriah was the personal secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. A man named in the Book of Jeremiah itself, who wrote down the prophet's words, preserved them, and risked his life to protect them during the fall of Jerusalem to Babylon in 586 BCE. His name is mentioned 22 times in the prophecies of Jeremiah. Scripture declares, “Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him” (Jer. 36:4). This tiny bulla is literally this man’s fingerprint. The clay still bears the impression of the papyrus cord it once sealed. And some scholars believe his actual fingerprint may be pressed into the clay beneath the stamp. One man. One seal. A direct physical link to the world of the Hebrew prophets.