A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
From BAS – This collection of articles paints a fascinating picture of Israel’s ancient neighbors, layering on fresh understanding of each ancient kingdom with archaeological evidence of what life was like for the biblical Iron Age societies of Ammon, Edom, and Moab. Read all these eye-opening articles and more from the pages of Biblical Archaeology Review and Bible […]
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 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 on 3/18/2025 Jephthah (JEF-thuh, Hebrew masculine name meaning “set free”) appears in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Let me provide context for Jephthah’s story, including the tragic account involving his daughter. Jephthah in the Bible Jephthah appears in Judges 11-12. He was a judge (a military and civil leader) […]
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