1 day ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

A burial cloth uncovered in a Jerusalem cave is said to cast doubt on the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. Matthew Kalman has the (very good) article on the find in the Daily Mail: Archaeologists have discovered the first known burial shroud in Jerusalem from the time of Christ’s crucifixion – a ...

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2 days ago by acagle

I have really no idea what any of this means, but it seems interesting: Hasmonean rule reached the Negev in Israel, declare archaeologists The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has announced that it had found physical proof that the Hasmoneans’ rule, which lasted from the middle of the second centu ...

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2 days ago by Charles

See Leen Ritmeyer's brief post on "Leprosy in Jerusalem" here .

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2 days ago by Izzy Bee

A team of archaeologists and scientists say they have for the first time found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb located in Jerusalem. The BBC's Bethany Bell reports. The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in Canada and the US, said the shroud was very diff ...

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3 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

The Biblical Archaeology Society has a free Christmas e-book entitled The First Christmas: The Story of Jesus’ Birth in History and Tradition. It takes a look at the Biblical history of the Christmas story and examines what the story of Jesus’ birth meant to the earliest Christians. The time-honored ...

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7 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

The Jerusalem Post has this interesting article: It is an ancient royal communiqué that details the appointment of a new tax collector. And its text, newly deciphered after four recent archeological finds were put together, brings demonstrable veracity to the events that precipitated the Maccabean R ...

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9 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

Gordon Franz at Associates for Biblical Research looks at the account of the slaughter of the innocents and asks whether of not it is historical fact or legendary fiction? In the December 2008 issue of National Geographic there was a well illustrated article on the recent excavations at the Herodian ...

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9 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

This book has definitely made its way to my ‘wish list’… From the product description: For 2,000 years and more, the Bible and its precepts have shaped world culture and civilization, whether Judeo-Christian or not. The Bible is a touchstone of religious belief, literary accomplishment, morality, an ...

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9 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

Dr Aren Maeir has posted an artist’s suggested reconstruction of the Aramean siege at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Of it, he writes, For the sake of the sceptics – this is a suggested reconstruction, based on the finds in the field, but adding “educated guesses” on various aspects. Don’t think that everything ...

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11 days ago by Fr Stephen Smuts

Biblical Archaeology Review has this e-featured article by Dr Ben Witherington III: The Christmas portions of the gospel are, perhaps, the most beloved, and the most belabored, texts in the New Testament. Like works of art that have been lacquered with coat after coat of varnish, the original storie ...

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