A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
What Is the Shephelah? Exploring the heartland of ancient Judah by Nathan Steinmeyer, January 27, 2025 The five paragraphs below were extracted from the above article. The Shephelah is a transition zone between the Judean Highlands in the east—the area of Jerusalem and Hebron—and the coastal plain in the west. Consisting of gently rolling hills, the […]
Continue ReadingExtracts below are from the BAS article Who Are the Nephilim? The Mysterious Beings of Genesis 6 by Ellen White, January 30, 2025. The Nephilim, the product of the sons of god mingling with the daughters of Adam, the great biblical giants, “the fallen ones,” the Rephaim, “the dead ones”—these descriptions are all applied to one group of […]
Continue ReadingEvidence of Elusive Edom – Researchers may have found signs of biblical Edom—the kingdom of the descendants of Esau—in the Arava desert by John Drummond. Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Ezra Ben-Yosef of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Easter Cultures, and Tom Levy of the University of California, San Diego have […]
Continue ReadingFrom Claude.ai Comparing the Sea of Galilee and Mobile Bay The Sea of Galilee and Mobile Bay differ significantly in size, with Mobile Bay being substantially larger. Let me provide a detailed comparison of these two bodies of water: Sea of Galilee Mobile Bay To put this in perspective, Mobile Bay is roughly 6 times […]
Continue ReadingLinks in addition to those below this list with extracts. Who Returned First—Ezra or Nehemiah? at BAS by Aaron Demsky, April 1996. Forty-seven years after the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in 586 B.C.E. and deported many of the people to exile in Babylon, Cyrus the Great, king of Persia, who had conquered the Babylonians and […]
Continue ReadingThis page contains links to the ten episodes of his podcast that were devoted to the Tanakh, or Old Testament and lists of subsections in the episodes that I found particularly interesting and insightful.
Continue ReadingThis page links to a great transcript with links to the podcast at Literature and History.com [For more on Herod the Great’s son Herod Antipas’ rule of the Galilee, see Antipas—The Herod Jesus Knew by Morten Hørning Jensen] Episode 76: Judea Under Herod. 1 hr. 52 min. The Roman client king Herod (c. 73-4 BCE) ruled Judea […]
Continue ReadingFrom OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com. 12/27/2024. Walking from Nazareth to Ein Kerem (traditionally associated with the village where Elizabeth and Zechariah lived) would be a significant journey, both in terms of distance and terrain. Here are the details: 1. Distance and Travel Time 2. Elevation Changes Elevation Changes Along the Way: Additional […]
Continue ReadingFrom ChatGPT Prompt – Provide a timeline of the conflicts and controls between Israel/Judea, Assyria, Egypt, and Cush when the Assyrian ruler, proceeded south along the Mediterranean coast to the Egyptian border at Gaza, where he defeated the Egyptian army. Include all sources. The interactions among Israel (later Judah), Assyria, Egypt, and Cush (Kush) during […]
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