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Unmaking Eden: Genesis and the Domestication of the World by David M. Carr (Author). Watch for the Kindle version. Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, 7 Weeks. A conversation with John Collins and Joel Baden. C. J. Cornthwaite Interviews – https://www.youtube.com/@cjcornthwaite Links to Ronald S. Hendel’s many articles and two videos at BAS *** Dark Universe – […]
Continue ReadingA Lead Isotope Connection: The Talpiot Jesus Tomb and the Ancient Sepphoris/Nazareth Water System. Video by James Tabor, 2025 A Tale of Two Tombs-Part Two: The James Ossuary & The Talpiot Jesus Tomb by James Tabor, 2022 A Tale of Two Tombs–Part One:The Tomb of the Shroud by James Tabor, 2022 The Geochemistry of Intrusive […]
Continue ReadingExtracts from the BAS article Phoenicia and Its Special Relationship with Israel by Ephraim Stern. The Phoenicians were the nearest people to the ancient Israelites in every respect. They spoke the same language and wrote in the same script. Even their religion was similar, at least during the First Temple period. The Phoenicians and the Israelites built […]
Continue ReadingAt The Times of Israel December 2022 – https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-right-wing-group-to-fully-excavate-biblical-siloam-pool-in-east-jerusalem – The Pool of Siloam, a nearly 3,000-year-old water reservoir that likely served Jerusalem’s population during biblical times, will be fully excavated in the coming months, Israeli authorities said Tuesday. August 2025 – Huge dam shows ancient Jerusalem adapted to climate change with advanced engineering — […]
Continue ReadingBelow is from BAR here. The Bible records that the Phoenicians had a close relationship with the Israelites: Their royalty married each other; they traded with each other; and, significantly, they never went to war with each other. Who were the Phoenicians? Where did they come from? With whom did they trade? In this BAS […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT on 7/28/2025. The Byzantine and Crusader periods were two major eras in the history of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant, particularly significant for understanding Christian history, the development of church infrastructure, and interactions between Eastern and Western powers. 1. Byzantine Period (c. 324–638 CE) Overview: Characteristics: Sources: 2. Crusader Period (1099–1291 CE) […]
Continue ReadingThis post contains extracts from two great articles at BAR that provide a summary of information about the three kingdoms. Who Were the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in the Bible? Ancient Israel’s neighbors east of the Jordan at BAR by Megan Sauter, June 17, 2025. Her post has summary statements (extracted below) about the three kingdoms, […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains Comments and Responses to the post in BAR immediately below. Geographically Puzzled The article on Sodom (“Where Is Sodom? The Case for Tall el-Hammam,” BAR 39:02) was well reasoned and provocative, but it left me geographically puzzled. It is true that as Abraham and Lot looked down from the area near Ai and Bethel […]
Continue ReadingAll below was extracted from the BAR Library here. Sidebar to: Why Lachish Matters We [BAR] have written extensively on Lachish over the past decades, as indicated by the following bibliography. “Mystery Find at Lachish,” BAR, September/October 1979. David Ussishkin, “Answers at Lachish,” BAR, November/December, 1979. R. Wright, “Lachish and Azekah Were the Only Fortified Cities of Judah that Remained,” (Jeremiah […]
Continue ReadingSee at the BSA Library: Child Sacrifice at Carthage—Religious Rite or Population Control? Archaeological evidence provides basis for a new analysis by Lawrence E. Stager, Samuel Wolff Opening paragraph – “Tophet” is a Biblical word. It is the name of a place that was on the south side of ancient Jerusalem in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, where […]
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