A Virtual File Cabinet for Our Studies of Christian Origins & Hebraic Faith
Below is an extract from Dr. Joel Baden’s book The Historical David: The Real Life of an Invented Hero. This extract was posted at BSA here. Jerusalem had a cult before David, but it was not an Israelite cult because Jerusalem was not an Israelite city. As the very name of the city shows, Jerusalem […]
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 […]
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