Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 A Temple Mount Model Made of Lego Bricks Posted on September 1, 2017 by Leen Ritmeyer "I have seen many models of the Temple Mount and designed some myself, but I have never seen a model made of Lego bricks. Joshua Hanlon made his model of the Second Temple of Jerusalem which is on display at Brickworld Fort Wayne 2016:" Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Contributors Justin Taylor READING THE GOSPELS: DO YOU KNOW THE 7 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GALILEE AND JUDEA IN THE TIME OF JESUS? August 30, 2017 R. T. France, in his commentary on The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT; Eerdmans, 2007), laments: Modern readers of the NT often know little about the geopolitical world of first-century Palestine. We tend to think, France says, that “the Jews” werean undifferentiated communityliving amicably in the part of the world we now call “the Holy Land”united in their resentment of the political imposition of Roman rule to which all were equally subject.Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hezekiah’s Tunnel Explained Posted on September 1, 2017 by Dr. John DeLancey "One of the most exciting “adventures” to experience in Jerusalem is to walk through what is known as Hezekiah’s Tunnel. It is also called the Siloah Tunnel." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Of interest: HOW THE GEZER BOUNDARY STONES SPEAK TO YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE Those stones are there for a reason you can trust—even if you don’t understand. Posted on Monday, August 28, 2017 Wayne Stiles "Think about the land you live on. The dirt beneath your house has been there for thousands of years. The hills that surround your neighborhood haven’t moved since God put them there at creation." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Victims of Great Revolt Against the Romans Laid to Rest in Ofra Posted on September 2, 2017 by Leen Ritmeyer "It has been reported, eg. here (Hebrew with pictures) and here, that remains of Jews who perished in the Great Revolt against the Romans and were discovered in Binyamin were secretly buried in Ofra." Continued also @ Israel National NewsVictims of Great Revolt Brought to Rest in Ofra "Remains of Jews who perished in the Great Revolt against the Romans and were discovered in Binyamin secretly buried in Ofra."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Scientists Discover Connection between 7000-Year-Old Food Storage Container and the Development of Community Elites By JNi.Media - 15 Elul 5777 – September 6, 2017 "The oldest evidence of food storage rituals has been found by researchers from the University of Haifa and the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in Berlin during excavations at the prehistoric site of Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley: an unusual pottery vessel. The vessel, which is over 7,000 years old, reveals for the first time the ritual and political significance of large scale food storage in the Ancient Near East."Continued Also @: Times of Israel Unique 7,200-Year-Old Clay Model Silo Forces Rethink of How Society Evolved "Discovered at Tel Tsaf in the Jordan Valley, one-of-a-kind vessel testifies to earliest agricultural rituals known in the ancient Near East" By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN September 6, 2017, 5:02 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 SEALS FROM JUDEAN KINGDOM PERIOD SHED LIGHT ON LIFE IN ANCIENT JERUSALEM - Jerusalem dig sheds light on 2,000-year-old eating habits of local Jews - Students unearth rare 900-year-old jewelry collection in Modiin excavation BY DANIEL K. EISENBUD SEPTEMBER 4, 2017 12:42 "Some of the seals are inscribed with biblical names, several of which are still used today, such as Pinchas." Continued Also @: Archaeology News Network First Temple Period Seals Discovered In City Of David Excavations 9/04/2017 06:00:00 PM "A collection of dozens of sealings, mentioning the names of officials dated to the days of the Judean kingdom prior to the Babylonian destruction, was unearthed during excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David National Park in the area of the walls of Jerusalem, funded by the ELAD (El Ir David) organization." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 How the Dead Sea Scroll Discovery Changed Christianity It's the anniversary of the massive discovery. BY ANDREW PERRIN GOD / CURRENT SEPTEMBER 05, 2017 "2017 marks the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Long story short, in late 1947 a young Bedouin boy tossed a stone into a cave, heard the clink of breaking pottery, and would later scramble in to find the tattered remains of ancient scrolls from the centuries leading up to and after the Common Era. By 1955, 11 caves off the northwest shores of the Dead Sea offered up fragments of nearly a thousand scrolls inscribed with content of ancient Jewish texts and copies of nearly every book of the Old Testament. Seventy years on, we’ve learned a lot about these accidental yet incredible finds. However, in many ways we’re just starting to understand their original contexts and contemporary impact." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 The Dead Sea Sinkholes September 07, 2017 Photo of the Week – Reflection on Sinkholes "These photographs are of reflections of the landscape by the shore of the Dead Sea that I saw by looking into a sinkhole that was filled with water. I am attracted to exploring the photographic possibilities of this strange and alien landscape. Because the water in a sinkhole is colored by the salts and minerals dissolved in it the reflection presents an image that is differently colored than the original." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 THE LYING PEN OF SCRIBES Manuscript Forgeries and Counterfeiting Scripture in the Twenty-First Century Post-2002 Dead Sea Scrolls-like Fragments Online: A (Really Exhausting) Guide for the Perplexed [still under construction; updated 23 September] By Årstein Justnes and Ludvik A. Kjeldsberg Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 ANCIENT JEW REVIEW SEPTEMBER 11, 2017 Reading the Scrolls and Experiencing Qumran Archaeology with Hanan Eshel by Joshua Matson in Articles Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Of interest: EXCLUSIVE: New Archaeology Shows ‘Refugee Camp,’ Not Just Rebels, Atop Masada Ilan Ben Zion September 10, 2017 Masada, Judean Desert Nikki Casey Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 A 2,000-Year-Old Murder Leads to an Illicit Burial in the Heart of the West Bank When archaeologists said 7 women and a youth found in caves were slain by Romans during the Great Revolt, settlers secretly stepped in to illegally pay their last respects By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN September 12, 2017, 3:11 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 The National Emblem Of Israel By Saul Jay Singer - 9 Elul 5777 – August 30, 2017 "When Israel declared its independence in May 1948, the new Jewish state needed an official emblem by which to demonstrate its sovereignty to the world. Toward that end, Minhelet Ha’am (the Provisional Council of State) announced a competition three weeks later seeking proposals from Israel’s graphic designers."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Epic Quest to Document 'Miracle' of Hebrew Language September 14, 2017 by Mike Smith "The bespectacled man with two pens in his shirt pocket and a black skullcap atop grey hair points to his computer screen and explains an epic project spanning generations. Gabriel Birnbaum, 66, is a senior researcher helping document and define every Hebrew word ever—from ancient texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls to the contemporary novels of Israeli literary figures like Amos Oz. It is a mammoth task under way since 1959, and even though a milestone has been reached on the digital project, there are still many years to go." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Where Did the Temple Menorah Go? Did it go back to Jerusalem? Marek Dospěl • 09/18/2017 "After quelling a dangerous revolt in the Roman province of Judea in 71 C.E., Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus returned to Rome to publicly celebrate their victory. Following an ancient martial tradition, they marched victoriously through the city center in a riotous triumphal procession, parading prisoners and spoils of the war." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 How Ancient Jews Dated Years As published in Strata in Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Archaeology Society Staff • 09/19/2017 This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2013.—Ed. “During the First Jewish Revolt against Rome (66–70 C.E.), which ended with the destruction of the Temple, Jews minted their own coins dated to the first, second, third, fourth and, more rarely, even fifth year of the revolt. In other words, dating began with the beginning of the revolt. Many of the coins also bore legends like “Jerusalem the Holy” or “Freedom of Zion.” Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Shofar Announces the Jewish New Year Posted on September 21, 2017 "Our Jewish friends are currently celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. The ram’s horn is blown leading up to the celebration. The ram’s horn was important in the history of Israel. One of the words often used for the horn is shofar (or shophar)."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2017 Fall 2017, Featured Articles, Reports Adapting PlanGrid to Archaeology By Chris McKinny and Itzhaq Shai Tue, Sep 12, 2017 Abstract "This report presents the past four years of our adaptation and implementation of the construction program PlanGrid as a digital field registration system at the Tel Burna Archaeological Project (Israel). In this report, we will discuss the following: (1) the benefits of using PlanGrid with tablets and smartphones; (2) details related to our specific adaptation at Tel Burna; (3) this past season’s innovation of replacing traditional architectural top plans with photographs taken with a camera attached to an overhead apparatus; and (4) instructions on how other projects may implement PlanGrid as a digital archaeological tool."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2017 Afterlife Snack: Jar of Toads Popped Open in 4,000-year-old Canaanite Tomb Dig Excavation just outside Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo gives window into funerary rites, with unexpected remains of decapitated toads and not-local myrtle and date pollen By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN September 25, 2017, 2:31 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2017 Herod the Great and the Herodian Family Tree From Lawrence Mykytiuk's BAR article identifying real New Testament political figures Lawrence Mykytiuk • 09/25/2017 "In “New Testament Political Figures Confirmed” in the September/October 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Purdue University scholar Lawrence Mykytiuk examines the political figures in the New Testament who can be identified in the archaeological record and by extra-Biblical writings. Below, see a visualization of the Herodian family tree and key events in the New Testament related to members of the Herodian family.—Ed."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2017 In Unsubtle Critique, Israel Gifts UNESCO Arch of Titus Replica "Cultural agency's chief Irina Bokova accepts frieze of menorah being carted off by Romans as 'recognition of the strength of our partnership with Israel'" By RAPHAEL AHREN September 26, 2017, 7:08 pm Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2017 Lost First-Temple Jewish City Discovered Under IDF Training Base By JNi.Media - 8 Tishri 5778 – September 28, 2017 "A few weeks ago, the staff of the Archeology Department of the IDF Civil Administration arrived at the area of a now abandoned training base, next door to the town of Beit El in Samaria, and, digging under the old parade grounds, they were astonished to discover a hidden Jewish city, Yedioth Aharonot reported Thursday. The dig revealed a Jewish settlement of several dozen residents, dating back to the First Temple period. It was later inhabited during the Persian period and expanded in the Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods, remaining in Jewish hands until the Roman era."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2017 Disproving 'Temple Mount Denial' One Bucket at a Time BY DANIEL K. EISENBUD OCTOBER 6, 2017 08:03 "No civilized person in the world can claim Temple denial or lack of a Jewish link to Jerusalem." "When Wakf bulldozers illegally ascended the Temple Mount in 1999 to surreptitiously remove thousands of tons of ancient soil to make way for a subterranean mosque, two archeologists found hope in recovering some of the Jewish heritage that crime destroyed. As countless invaluable artifacts dating from the First Temple period at Judaism’s holiest site were dumped in a garbage heap in the capital’s Kidron Valley, Dr. Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira saw an opportunity."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Remains of Roman Odeon Found in Jerusalem Posted on October 16, 2017 by Leen Ritmeyer "The Israel Antiquities Authority and The Western Wall Heritage Foundation made an important announcement today, reporting the discovery of the remains of a small Roman theatre or odeon in Jerusalem, just below Wilson’s Arch. This report includes a video in English. The Jerusalem Post also reports this find." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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