>Archaeologists have discovered a lead tablet containing a sex curse. The tablet was found in the old city kingdom of Amathus in Cyprus.
The curse was written in Greek and it reads:
“May your penis hurt when you make love.”
I wonder what this guy did to deserved such a curse.
Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Tags: Archaeology, Curse, Sex
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I am Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary. I was born in Brazil. I graduated from California Baptist College, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, The Southern Baptist Seminary, and have done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union. I have pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. I have published more than 200 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. My academic works have been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, The Expository Times, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, and Biblical Archaeologist.
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>I tell you why–That guy refused to circumcise as one of the members of Israel’s twelve Tribes:)
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>Lou,Good guess, but the tablet was found in Cyprus, not in Israel.Claude Mariottini
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>Things you don’t expect to read on your Old Testament professor’s blog #12.My guess? Probably had something to do with either sports or a girl.
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>John,It is amazing what Old Testament professors can do and write when they read outside their area of studies.Good guess, but I do not think the curse has anything to do with sports or a girl. My guess is that this curse reflects the action of a betrayed husband who went to a shaman to put a curse on the man who had sex with his wife.Claude Mariottini
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