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What Is the Arava? The biblical land of wandering at BAS by Nathan Steinmeyer, July 28, 2025. Within the Bible, the name Arava often refers to the entire Jordan Rift Valley, the narrow stretch of land running from the Sea of Galilee all the way down to the Red Sea, passing through the Dead Sea, the […]
Continue ReadingFrom 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 ReadingHow To Pronounce Qos The Edomite god Qōs (also spelled Qaus or Qos) is typically pronounced like the English word “coast” without the “t”. So, put together: Qōs = “Kōs” (One syllable, long “o”, hard “k”) In scholarly transliteration, the “Q” preserves the Semitic root consonant (qoph), but there’s no need to emphasize it unless […]
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 […]
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