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Extracts from and links to the BAS LIBRARY EXPLORER March 30, 2025 Considered sacred ground even before Solomon’s Temple stood there and bitterly contested in our own day, the Temple Mount is one of the most fascinating and important places on earth. BAS editors have compiled a special collection of articles from Biblical Archaeology Review that highlight […]
Continue ReadingExcavating Philistine Gath: Have We Found Goliath’s Hometown? by Aren M. Maeir, Carl S. Ehrlich Three of the five cities of the famous Philistine Pentapolis have long been known—Ashkelon, Ashdod and Gaza. A fourth, Ekron, has recently been confirmed by an inscription, locating it at modern Tel Miqne. Gath, the fifth, remains somewhat of a mystery. We believe […]
Continue ReadingScripture Related to Earthquakes Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. ASV Zechariah 14:5 And ye shall flee […]
Continue ReadingThe Volcano Explains Everything—Or Does It? Does this crater from an ancient volcanic eruption hold the answer to the mysteries of the Exodus? by Manfred Bietak. BAR Article in 2006 with much info to refute a film by Simcha Jacobovici. He has many concerns about the film and those related to the eruption are extracted below: […]
Continue ReadingSearching for Cana: Where Jesus Turned Water into Wine by C. Thomas McCollough Extracts from his post at the BAS Library are below. Khirbet Cana (“the ruins of Cana”), a bare 8.5 miles from Nazareth (and, equally important, 5 mi northeast of Sepphoris) in lower Galilee, has long been identified as New Testament Cana, although not without […]
Continue ReadingThe italicized text below are extracts from the very good post here by Ephraim Stern titled the same as this post. The pdf of that post is embedded at the bottom of this page. His post discusses at length: Opening paragraph – The Bible imagines the religion of ancient Israel as purely monotheistic. And doubtless […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai – Present how critical bible scholars support the belief that the main task of the Messiah is to regather the tribes of Israel, to gather the nations and pull them back to the one God, and turn them to the way of the ancient Torah. Isaiah 2 and 11, Jeremiah 16, Jeremiah 3, […]
Continue Reading3/22/2025 – In the 28-minute video embedded below, Dr. James Tabor shared yesterday, he explains why he believes Paul’s version of the Last Supper changed the meal from Jesus showing his disciples they again share a meal when the Kingdom comes. Paul changed it to be a ritual for the Corinthians who had turned the […]
Continue ReadingLargely from Claude.ai 3/21/2025. The ascension of Jesus into heaven is primarily cited in three places in the New Testament plus the later ending of Mark. See also the info below about Paul’s inference of an ascension. Mark 16:19 It’s worth noting that the Gospel of Mark also mentions the ascension, but in a passage […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s Missing from Codex Sinaiticus, the Oldest New Testament? by Biblical Archaeology Society Staff Compare differences between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus, March 20, 2025. Extracts from that very good article are listed below. Significant omitted verses King James Version Codex Sinaiticus Luke 24:51: “And it came to pass, while he blessed them, […]
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