11 hours ago by Stephen Smuts

The Jerusalem Post has a short article today entitled Olive oil: Liquid gold. Olive oil has been part of Jewish life in the land of Israel since Biblical times, characteristic of its landscape. My love for olive oil pushed me observe its creation, since the olives fall from the trees at the harvest ...

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2 days ago by Stephen Smuts

Israel Radio has an interesting archaeological based programme with interviews that can be listened to here. HT: Bible Places here.

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2 days ago by Stephen Smuts

Xmarks, which is some sort of bookmark synchronization, search enhancement website (formally know as Foxmarks) has out the Top 10 Sites about Biblical Archaeology. The results may surprise those who pursue this field of study from an academic perspective and fight against the distortion of Biblical ...

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3 days ago by Stephen Smuts

There is a new exhibit of a 2,000 year-old Temple Mount coins opening in Jerusalem next week. Arutz Sheva, Israel National News, has more: (IsraelNN.com) A very special exhibition opens next week in Jerusalem, revealing to the public for the first time all of the ancient coins uncovered in excavatio ...

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3 days ago by Charles

Note: There is some political commentary before you get to the presentation on Babylon itself.

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4 days ago by Stephen Smuts

Gary Beyer has a very good book review of, The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, by Leen Ritmeyer, at Associates for Biblical Research. In a sense, this book is the culmination of Leen Ritmeyer’s life and career. Of the April 1984 International Congress of Biblical Archaeology in Jerus ...

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4 days ago by Stephen Smuts

Dr Gabriel Barkay in an interview with IsraelNNTV has that Arabs have been illegal digging at Temple Mount, and in doing so, broken the status quo. Arutz Sheva, Israel National News has more: In wake of the claims that Israel is excavating under the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount and undermini ...

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5 days ago by lukechandler

Foundation Stone has released a new 3-1/2 minute promotional video on Khirbet Qeiyafa (The Elah Fortress) and its significance. I thought I recognized my arms, gloved hands and shoes in a shot of dirt being swept into a pan, but the other footage appears to have been shot in 2008, so it is probably ...

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5 days ago by Stephen Smuts

Associates for Biblical Research has the article, Once More: Quirinius’s Census, which is a reprint of Jared Compton’s article that was published in the Detroit Baptist Theological Journal (Fall 2009, p. 45-54). He is a PhD student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In the brief article, Jesus’ ...

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5 days ago by Pastor Eric

This morning I got an email from a pastor who is part of a group that exchanges emails on church-related topics. Much to my surprise, his email was an endorsement for an Internet shopping sight. I was sure that wouldn't sit too well with group. Later I found out that his email account had been hijac ...

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