According to the Hebrew Bible, the Israelite God Yahweh drank the equivalent of a six-pack of beer each day (through ritual libation offerings) and even more on the Sabbath. So why doesn’t the word “beer” appear in English translations of the Bible? In “Did the Ancient Israelites Drink Beer?” author…
Aug 24
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Sadly @bibleq doesn’t get a mention.
Conveniently timed to coincide with the beginning of the academic year, our new CD-Rom is now available. We promised to bring out our immensely popular slide set, “Jerusalem in 30 A.D.”, in digital format and we hope you will be pleased with the result. Re-named
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From Justin Taylor’s blog:
For several years UCLA’s Urban Simulation Team has been working on a virtual reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount prior to the destruction of A.D. 70. In collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority they have put together a display at the Ethan and
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Aug 8
A bronze bracelet dating to the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550–1200 BC) has been found during an excavation at Ramat Razim in the vicinity of Zefat (Tsefat, Safad). Karen Covello-Paran, director of the excavation, says,
“We discovered a wide rare bracelet made of bronze. The ancient bracelet, which is extraordinarily
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Government ‘tried to bury’ report on Temple Mount excavations
This funny pun introduces an article about the suppression by the Government of Israel of a report on the illegal Temple Mount excavations.
We have commented several times about discoveries from the Tell es-Safi/Gath project. One reason for this is that Prof. Aren Maeir keeps us informed about significant developments during the excavation season. He also posts good photos suitable for use in teaching.
Gath is important because of several significant biblical accounts.…
For the first time in Israel, a document has been uncovered containing a law code that parallels portions of the famous Code of Hammurabi. The code is written on fragments of a cuneiform tablet, dating from the 18th-17th centuries B.C.
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