I've seen a couple news items in the last several days about the possible discovery of a gold mine that archaeologists suspect may be associated with the biblical story of the Queen of Sheba. Examples include this story and this post from the Bible Places blog. This...
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Islamic Temple Mount Conspiracy?
Read about it here (the details of secret, off-limits digging are real; the motivation or object is the question). My guess is "no." It wouldn't matter with respect to attempts to erase the Jewish altar remnants if Leen Ritmeyer is right (see the link at the bottom...
Where Was Abraham's Ur?
Let's file this one under "What you know may not be so." What could be more obvious than Abraham coming from the southern Mesopotamian (Sumerian) city of Ur? Plenty. Check out this three-page article I'm having my Ancient Israel students read this quarter (I...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 6
Now that we're out of the covenants, it's time to move on to other items that demonstrate how anyone's position on end times is driven by presuppositions. Our discussion of the covenants (and some reader comments) brought to light how readily many Christians assume...
Google Earth and Biblical Studies
A pretty sweet combination for biblical geography and archaeology. Check it out.
Has the Original Labyrinth Been Found?
Could be. This isn't from a paleo-babbling source, either. Real archaeologists doing what they do. Read about it here.
Debunking of “Yahweh Inscription” (Allegedly) from Jebel al-Lawz
Talk about great timing. Just this past Wednesday in my Ancient Israel class at Western Washington University I covered some of the hokey "evidences" put forth by less-than-reputable Christian archaeologists in defense of Jebel el-Lawz as the true location of Mount...
Abraham Was from Ur in Mesopotamia . . . Right?
I don't think so, and I'm in good company. Why? You'll know that after reading this 1958 article by Cyrus Gordon, one of my favorite scholars: "Abraham and the Merchants of Ura." You'll wonder why it's been so overlooked.
Two Very Nice Blogs on the Pyramids
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...
Micromorphologic Examination of the ‘Gabriel Revelation’ Stone
An update from April DeConick on the Gabriel Inscription. Editor's note: content of the link has been reproduced below:From The Forbidden Gospels: Article Note: "Micromorphologic Examination of the 'Gabriel Revelation' Stone (Yuval Goren), originally published January...
The Naked Bible’s Thoughts on Inspiration, Part 4 – Which Edition of the Book of Joshua Originated with God but not the Human Writers?
My focus for this post is Joshua 8:30-35. For centuries scholars have considered the placement of Joshua 8:30-35 to be a odd problem in that book. The reason is that it is completely out of place (or so it seems) with the campaigns of Joshua. In Joshua 5 the new...