Israel
More on the Temple Mount ‘debris’
Friday, April 11th, 2008This isn’t exactly “new” news … but here is a short article
Latest Read: Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament
Thursday, April 10th, 2008Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old TestamentBy John H. Walton
So far it’s quite good, and I rather like Walton’s style — he also has an interesting lecture I recently listened to in which he discusses the meaning of Genesis 1 & 2 during a “Science Symposium” at Wheaton where he teaches.
Hint: he doesn’t […]
Digging on the Mount …
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008I just watched at least two specials on the National Geographic Channel that had something to do with the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The archaeologists interviewed kept referencing with thinly veiled disdain that the Waqf (Muslim authorities) would not allow digging on the site.
Sure, we’d all love if archaeologists could dig there — but […]
Mayors Join to “Save” the Jordan River
Monday, April 24th, 2006In Earth Day news …
The river where tradition has it Jesus was baptised has lost 97 per cent of its water supply and is now little more than a sewage canal, says the international environmental group, Friends of the Earth (FoE).
Two mayors from Israel and one from Jordan met at the Jordan yesterday, Earth Day, […]
Archaeologists Find Ancient Israeli Tunnels
Monday, March 13th, 2006JERUSALEM - Underground chambers and tunnels used during a Jewish revolt against the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago have been uncovered in northern Israel, archaeologists said Monday.
The Jews laid in supplies and were preparing to hide from the Romans during their revolt in A.D. 66-70, the experts said. The pits, which are linked by short […]