A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
The Mesha Stele The Mesha Stele, also known as the Moabite Stone, is a stele dated around 840 BCE containing a significant Canaanite inscription in the name of King Mesha of Moab (a kingdom located in modern Jordan). Mesha tells how Chemosh, the god of Moab, had been angry with his people and had allowed them to be subjugated to the Kingdom of Israel, but at length, Chemosh […]
Continue Reading6,500-Year-Old DNA Points to Ancient Migration – BAS by Robin Ngo, August 31, 2018. “The genetic analysis provided an answer to the central question we set out to address,” said co-author Dr. David Reich. “It showed that the Peqi’in people had substantial ancestry from northerners—similar to those living in Iran and Turkey—that was not present in earlier […]
Continue ReadingSee James Tabor’s site for many posts. Links to related info is below. For Tabor’s lenghty presentation of the evidence he finds to be important see the PDF file of his paper The Talpiot “Jesus” Tomb: A Historical Analysis, James D. Tabor, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. That file is in the TRC […]
Continue ReadingA New Reconstruction of Paul’s Prison The link above is to a BAR article with maps, layouts and photos about the building of the temple Mount to incorporate The author’s proposed location of Herod’s Antonia fortress; i.e. the praetorium. The two images and the two italicized paragraphs below are extracts. The Antonia, the palace/fortress lavishly […]
Continue ReadingJesus in Arabia: Tracing the Spread of Christianity into the Desert Published by BAR; written by Ahmad Al-Jallad. This is a very detailed article with maps and photos. Read it here. The Earliest Evidence of Christianity in Arabia? A rock inscription from the Jordanian desert invokes Jesus at BAR by Marek Dospěl July 25, 2023. Read it […]
Continue ReadingThe Archaeological Quest for the Earliest Christians Part 2 by Douglas Boin, February 01, 2018 Extract text and photo of bowl – In part one of this series, I debunked the idea that the Christian fear of making objects or images grew out of the Second Commandment of the Hebrew Bible. In this post, I challenge […]
Continue ReadingGo to Estimating the Population of Ancient Jerusalem – Archaeology provides a new more accurate method for estimating ancient populations. Davidic Jerusalem was home to fewer than 2000 people. By Magen Broshi. Info below was extracted from that article. Also see the pdf of the article in DropBox and an epub copy on the Kindle.
Continue ReadingArchaeological Proof for Hilkiah the High Priest – A handful of ancient Hebrew inscriptions verify the existence of a biblical high priest. By Eleanor Clarke • July 9, 2019 It’s a Natural: Masada Ramp Was Not a Roman Engineering Miracle at BAS Library. “Another aspect of the Masada story that has to be carefully reexamined is the […]
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