Part of combating PaleoBabble is exposing it -- and Egyptology seems to breed more paleo-nonsense than most fields. Another need is dispensing solid information in its place. I'm adding these two blogs to PaleoBabble's blogroll, but I wanted you to know about them...
archaeology
For You Ancient Chronology Buffs …
If you're following the Naked Bible Podcast we've had several episodes where we get mired in the quagmire that is ancient chronology. Years ago I read the book Centuries of Darkness by Peter James. It's fundamental exposure to why the accepted chronologies of...
Apkallu in the News
I couldn't resist posting this -- hat tip to Matthew for it! "Record-Setting Sale Of An Ancient Assyrian Stone Relief Sparks Looting Fears In Iraq" $28 million for a seven-foot carved relief of an apkallu. Readers will recall that apkallu are either depicted with...
Has Isaiah’s Signature Been Uncovered in Jerusalem?
Well, if you can read paleo-Hebrew that sure looks like: [לישׁעיה[ו] נבי[א as in: ל = "belonging to" [ישׁעיה[ו] נבי[א= Isaiah the prophet (with some letters missing) We'll see. I can hardly wait for the minimalist crowd to come up with another "what you see really...
Gods of the Biblical World
This looks like a useful online resource. Here is the explanation on the site landing page: Welcome! This website was constructed to supply resources for an undergraduate class at Wofford College, called “Gods of the Biblical World: Polytheism, Magic, and Israelite...
Elongated Skulls: Professional vs. Amateur Research
Below are three informative essays on elongated skulls that anyone interested in the topic should read. They are informative because they provide a good survey (and sources in the notes) of the sort of research professionals conduct on these skulls, and because they...
Ancient City Gate Associated with the Time of Hezekiah Under Excavation
Here's the story. Here's how the piece begins: An ancient city gate and shrine that King Hezekiah ordered to be destroyed during the eighth century B.C., according to the Hebrew Bible, are seeing the light of day following an excavation in Israel, archaeologists...
Reviews of Scholarly Books in Biblical Studies, Archaeology, and Theology
I don't recall ever having blogged about the RBL site and blog (Review of Biblical Literature). Both the website and blog provide free access to book reviews on scholarly books for biblical studies, archaeology, and theology. The most recent issue showed up in my...
The Myth of Gobekli Tepe: What the Archaeological Fringe Isn’t Telling You
If you're into archaeology, neolithic civilization, ancient religion and, of course, paleobabble, you've head of Gobekli Tepe. But in case not, Gobekli Tepe is an archaeological site in Turkey whose use dates back to the 10th-8th millennium B.C. The site has been...
Hebrew, Ugaritic, and ANE Archaeology Titles That Need Some Love
As readers know, every once in a while some items that we're working on at Logos Bible Software are in need of a a little push to get them into production. There are hundreds of such items on the Logos website, but these are near and dear to someone like me. I'm...
Another Reason Why Biblical Studies and Archaeology Should Not Be Done Via the Mainstream Popular Media
Ah, the paleobabbling media now gives us proof that it is also clueless with respect to intellectual discourse. Mark Goodacre reports that Nicole Austin, the Associate Producer on The Resurrection Tomb Mystery documentary (The Jesus Discovery in Canada) has accused...
Archaeology and the Israelite Exodus from Egypt
As Passover approaches, we will get the obligatory articles (usually written by devoted skeptical journalists) about "the real truth" behind Passover (and Easter, of course). The article you'll find at this post over at Todd Bolen's Bible Places blog isn't of that...
Caves Beneath the Giza Plateau
Not Paleobabble; this is for real. A couple weeks ago I blogged about Andrew Collins' discovery (and Zahi Hawass' ridiculous denial). Here's a link to a video of the caves. And the Talking Pyramids blog is a cool one. Editor's note: broken link replaced with the...
Works of George Wesley Buchanan Available on Logos Platform
Logos is publishing a compilation of George W. Buchanan’s works. Why do I mention this item out of the 3-4,000 items Logos publishes each year? Because I helped put this on the radar. Buchanan is one of the few serious NT scholars who is open to an alternative...
There’s PaleoBabble in the Evangelical World, Too
What's fair is fair. Sanctified paleobabble is still paleobabble. The excellent Evangelical Textual Criticism blog posted this back in February: "Debunking Silly Statements about the Bible." Most of the items are examples of claims that over-extend the data. That sort...