I am currently traveling back from a business meeting at Pearl Harbor. I just opened up the UK paper the Telegraph and under "The Most Viewed" articles was an article on the Old Testament. It was the 2nd most viewed article. (The most viewed was a marriage article on the World's tallest man (7ft 7in) and his bride (5ft 5in).)
The Old Testament story related to a cuneiform found by a visiting Austrian Professor at the British Museum. Professor Jursa came across a name in a Babylonian financial documents. The name was "Naby-sharrusu-ukin". The document described him as the chief eunuch of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon. Professor Jursa checked the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testatment and found the same name, unsurprisingly spelled differently, Nebo-Sarsekim. Nebo-Sarsekim is described in the Bible as Nebuchadnezzar II's chief officer. He accompanied Nebuchadnezzar during the siege and destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. The article notes that there are many verified people mentioned in the Bible but in this case the person in question is just a footnote. A British Musuem expert wonders that if the Bible is accurate on such a small point, it can help unlock more knowledge about the past. The story can be found here.
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