Phoenicians – Who Were They?

Below is from BAR here. The Bible records that the Phoenicians had a close relationship with the Israelites: Their royalty married each other; they traded with each other; and, significantly, they never went to war with each other. Who were the Phoenicians? Where did they come from? With whom did they trade? In this BAS […]

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Iron Age I & II Differences

From OpenAI. (2024). ChatGPT [Large language model]. https://chatgpt.com Prompt – What caused Iron Age I to be identified separately from Iron age II? Iron Age I and Iron Age II are distinguished based on cultural, technological, and political developments rather than a strict time period. Scholars separate these phases to reflect the significant changes in […]

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Israelites in the 3rd and 4th Centuries

Jews of Arabia: Ancient Inscriptions Reveal Jewish Diaspora at BAS. Extracts below. Imagine the scene just after 70 CE: The Zealots have led a disastrous revolt against the Romans, Jerusalem lies in ruins, the Temple has been burned to the ground, and many of your coreligionists have been taken as slaves. What to do? Then, […]

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