Wyrick, D. A Representation of the Two Stones with the Characters Inscribed Upon Them, That were Found by D. Wyrick, during the Summer of 1860.

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

Near Newark, Ohio

(1861)

Eight illustrations.

A peculiar work dealing with ancient stones with Hebrew inscriptions, including an abridgment of the Ten Commandments, unearthed in a sinkhole in North America by the author during a dig in 1860. At a loss to explain his find, Wyrick declares; “Would it not require a very profound scholar in Hebrew to make such an abridgment of the Hebrew Decalogue with foreign characters…?” Though shortly after their supposed"discovery" the inscriptions were exposed as a hoax, it must be stated for the sake of objectivity, in some quarters at least, discussion continues to this day whether the inscriptions are authentic or fabricated. See J. Huston McCulloch,"An Annotated Transcription of the Ohio Decalogue Stone," Epigraphic Society Occasional Papers, Vol. 21 (1992) pp. 56-71.