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| 1: | A Note on an Inscription from Kuntillet Ajrud, Debra Chase
Ajrud, Debra A. Chase, 1982 AD) Introduction In 1975-76 several Hebrew and Phoenician inscriptions were discovered in a fortress-like ... Among this material is a photo-graph of a fragment of a pithos (Meshel 1978b: photo no. 11), as well as Meshel's transliteration and ... Say to my lord, 3 hslm Is it well with you? 4 brktk [y] I bless you by 5 hwh Yahweh... 6 wlr srth yb and by his/ its (?) asherah. 7 rk. wysmrk May he bless and keep you 8 wyhy m d[n] and be with my lord. 9 y ] At issue is the reading of line 3, where Meshel has only h . . . ... Fig. 1. Drawing of the significant elements of the inscription, line 3. Palaeography The he at the beginning of line 3 is clear.6 Both the ... Next to the sae is the large round head of qop; its long tail runs alongside of the he. A re§, again with an elongated tail, is juxtaposed with the qop. The head of the re§ is below that of the qop. Following the re§ and at the same level as its head is a .fin.8 An x-shaped taw, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-inscription-from-kuntillet-ajrud-debra-chase-1982ad.htm | 97%  Size: 17K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 2: | Did Yahweh Have a Consort, Kuntillet Ajrud, Ze'ev Meshel, 1979 ... Ze'ev Meshel BAR 5:02, Mar/Apr 1979 (Did Yahweh Have a Consort, Kuntillet Ajrud, Ze'ev Meshel, 1979 AD) The new religious inscriptions from the Sinai The book of ... The inscriptions contain the names of El and Yahweh, words for God used in the Hebrew Bible. Yahweh (spelled YHWH in Hebrew consonantal writing) is the holy name ... pithos) or storage jars. Each of these storage jars is over three feet high and weighs (empty) almost thirty pounds. Although both pithoi were found in fragments, they proved to be almost completely restorable. On the outside of each of these pithoi were several crude, folk-art drawings in red and black ink as well as a ... It reads: ... brk.ymm.wysûb'w/hytb.yhwh ... (The slash indicates a new line.) The religious content is clear. Brk.ymm means "blessed be their day" and hytb.yhwh ... This pithos also contains a number of inscriptions and four Hebrew abecedariesd. In these abecedaries the letter pe precedes the ayin, rather than the reverse, as is usually ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-did-yahweh-have-a-consort-kuntillet-ajrud-zeev-meshel-1979ad.htm | 67% Size: 26K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 3: | bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-anchor ... in ancient Hebrew script, were found in the debris of the entrance to the W storeroom. Only one inscription was found in situ on the N doorpost of the opening leading from the bench room to the courtyard, but it was the most fragmentary and faded. Several phrases could be read on the second, two-line inscription: ... since on their respective shoulders were also incised the letters 'alef and qop-reg. Among the inscriptions are four repetitions of the al-phabet, with the letter pc preceding the letter cayin and not following it. There is also a list of personal names, as well as a text containing phrases echoed in the OT: There are two blessings written ... These inscriptions, with their references to "Yahweh of Samaria (or of Teman) and his Asherah," have generated a great deal of scholarly discus-sion (see Meshel ... KUN.03. Drawings and inscriptions on a pithosKuntillet <Ajrud. (Courtesy of Z. Meshel) yellow squares; but also a picture of people standing atop a fortified ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-kuntillet-ajrud-zeev-meshel-anchor-bible-dictionary-1991ad.htm | 56% Size: 25K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 4: | Archaeology and the Religions of Canaan and Israel, Beth Alpert ... ... The Gezer High Place consists of ten large stone maoeoeebôt and a partially hollowed stone block, erected in a north-south line. The surface in front of the stelae was plastered and the complex ... Information about the exploitation of Canaanite agricultural resources to alleviate these shortages comes from a letter found at Aphek. It documents a transaction that took place in Jaffa, an ... Two shallow bowls inscribed with the Hebrew letters qop and kap (an abbreviation for µynhk çdq [q.deå k.hanîm], "set apart for [or holy to] the priests") were found at the foot of the stone altar. ... They bore the names of members of priestly families known in Jerusalem at the time of Jeremiah and Ezra,44 as well as Yahwistic names including Eshiyahu and Netanyahu. They may have been used for ... Its plastered walls were decorated with religious motifs and it contained a number of inscribed vessels (Meshel 1978). The religious expression attested in these drawings and inscriptions is ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-archaeology-and-the-religions-of-Canaan-and-israel-beth-alpert-nakhai.htm | 52% Size: 576K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 5: | The "Aharoni Fortress" Near Quseima and the "Israelite Fortresses ... Just below the summit, to the west, is a deep saddle, between the spur and the continuation of the ridge toward the north. Converging on the saddle from the north and south is a broad fan of paths, which comes together to form a well-defined road ... The Quseima region was always an important junction (Meshel 1979a), and that is still the case today. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was originally published in Hebrew by Zeev Meshel and Avner Goren, under the title "`Aharoni Fortress' Another 'Israelite Fortress' ... This may have created a vulnerable point, explaining why the wall was partly destroyed. Alongside the destroyed section, in line with the northern end of Wall 12, is a seemingly natural depression in the rock, measuring 0.35 x 0.25 x 0.15 m. ... At a height of -7.36 m is a layer of dark ashes, overlying the bedrock, which slopes steeply down to the south. The finds included a few sherds of cooking pots, sherds of jars, and a sherd of a pithos (no Negev ware). Also found here were four ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-aharoni-fortress-near-quseima-israelite-fortresses-in-negev-zeev-meshel-1994ad.htm | 48% Size: 92K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 6: | Kuntillet Ajrud Fortress and Ostraca: One of Solomon's network ... Kuntillet Ajrud Fortress and Ostraca on Pithos Jar: (Possibly one of Solomon's network of military border fortresses) Click to View Introduction document: Solomon's network of military border fortresses Click to View Click to View ... The pottery and the form of the script suggests the end of the 9th to the beginning of the 8th centuries. (Did Yahweh Have a Consort, Kuntillet Ajrud, Ze'ev Meshel, 1979 AD) b. The date of the site, determined by typological and ... king of Judah, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and seized the treasures of the Jerusalem temple and palace (2 Kgs 14:1-16 = 2 Chr 25:1-24) seems especially well suited. This would be reinforced if the reconstruction of on the top line of the Bes figurine inscription indeed is a reference to Joash. ... In 1975-76 several Hebrew and Phoenician inscriptions were discovered in a fortress-like structure at Kuntillet Ajrud (Kuntillet Quraiyah) in the northern Sinai. (A Note on an Inscription from Kuntillet Ajrud, Debra A. Chase, 1982 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-fortresses-kuntillet-ajrud.htm | 47% Size: 55K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 7: | Kadesh-Barnea by Henry Clay Trumbull, 1884 AD ... To distinguish between the Arabic letters, qaf and kaf, q is used for the former, and k for the latter. The fifth letter of the Arabic alphabet is pronounced by the Egyptians as hard g; while in ... And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great 1 The Hebrew word, Kadesh, or Qadhesh (EHp), means Holy, or Sacred. It corresponds with the Arabic Quds, ((jwjLs) or, with the article, ... their own, with a view to their return to the bondage of Egypt. 6 For this cause, that boundary-line gathering-place of the chosen people on their way to the Promised Land became a limit to their ... The probable origin of this name is treated farther on in this volume. 8 In modern Arabic ayn (literally "an eye") means "a fountain," a natural spring of waters, as distinct from beer, " a well " ... 2, etc. ; Dan. 8 : 2. 6 "Asshur-bani-pal, the last of the Assyrian conquerors, mentions in two inscrip tions that he took Susa 1635 years after Kcdor-uakhunta, king of Elam, had con- 31 32 ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-henry-clay-trumbull-1884ad.htm | 47% Size: 1.1M Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 8: | (The Iron Age Fortresses in the Central Negev, Rudolph Cohen ... ... The ancient and extensive highway system in the Negev was undoubtedly determined by the harsh geographical conditions of the region. A number of its arteries are named and described in the Hebrew ... Between 1969-72, excavations were conducted at four fortresses, under the joint direction of Z. Meshel and the author: Mesad Refed, 1970; Mesad Hatira, 1970 (Cohen and Meshel 1970: 27-28); H. Ritma, ... Aharoni had discerned in the southern side remains of a gate "protected by two massive piers" (1967: 8), but upon excavation this was found to consist of an open space of ca. 6.50 m. in the line of ... This fortress, too, contained both wheel-made from the 10th century B.C. and crude hand-made pottery, as well as stone implements, such as quernsall found in a layer of ashes on the floors of the ... Its floor was a surface of natural stone, on which were found a large pithos, several jars, and a deep bowl, all broken. Only one phase of occupation was discerned, but no signs of conflagration have ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-iron-age-fortresses-central-negev-rudolph-cohen-1979ad.htm | 47% Size: 56K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 9: | Joshua's Altar on Mt. Ebal and the Lead Curse Tablet ... The two strata are identical in their cultural typology and the years that separated them were not very numerous. Both were peppered with the remains of collared-rim pithos, and the rest of the pottery fragments were also very similar. The central ... Ebal Lead Curse Tablet dates to the Late Bronze Age: 1406-1100 BC. Three key epigraphic features the script unquestionably date the Lead Curse Tablet of Mt Ebal to the Late Bronze Age as a proto-Paleo-Hebrew script. a. First, the Hebrew letter "H" (halal/... "The plainest and roughest of the altars were nos. 14 and 15, which were found in the Portico; no. 15 has been merely rough-chipped, no. 14 has been dressed over. The altar no. 13 is well finished, and on the top the surface was burnt for about a ... The survey covers the hilly biblical allotment of the tribe of Manasseh. Its borders are the Jordan in the east; the line Gilboa/Jenini Megiddo/'Iron junction in the north and northwest; the line 'Iron junctioniTulkarm/Qalqiiya in the west; Wadi ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-altar-of-joshua.htm | 46% Size: 538K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 10: | Rehoboam, Shishak I (945-924 BC ) Canaan battle relief topographical ... ... the main route to the Gulf of Eilat, not even one fortress has been found" ("Aharoni Fortress" near Quseima, Zeev Meshel, 1994 AD) 124 Bt-nt, Beth-Anoth: near Hebron Josh 15:59 m 125 šrḥn, Sharuhen (not Shilhim: Josh 15:32) Josh 19:6 m ... Even worse to Kitchen's proposal is the fact that name rings 105-106 do not even start a new line but are the 4th "city" in line in row 8. Perhaps the biggest objection is the fact that Beth-shemesh, Makkedah are listed in section one, row ... At least in principle, the second letter, w, the equivalent of the Hebrew letter waw, can be read as a vowel, o, or as a consonant, v. Both usages are found in the Shishak list (and in Hebrew generally). The third letter is clearly a t. Thus the word could theoretically ... The list is divided into three main sections, differentiated geographically. The first five rows (out of 11) cover the area southwest of Judah, as well as northwest, north central and east Israel (plus some lost or unclear sites). The second ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-sheshonq-I-shoshenq-shishak-shishaq-bubastite-karnak-conquest-campaign-canaan-battle-relief-topographical-list-187-cities-conquered-name-rings-926bc.htm | 46% Size: 211K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 11: | Nelson Glueck's 1938-1940 Excavations at Tell el-Kheleifeh: A ... ... The entrance to the compound usu-ally consists of an open space in the line of the casemate units. In light of current data, it appears that the groundplan is chronologically, functionally, and typologically irrelevant (cf. Y. Aharoni 1967: 3; ... Holemouth pots commonly have horn, knob, or ledge handles. A loop handle is preserved in one example (fig. 12:3). This class is similarly well known (Meshel 1977: fig. 8:2, 4; Cohen 1970: fig. 11:21; 1976: fig. 11:1-5; Y. Aharoni 1960: fig. 11:3, 4, 7; ... of Antiquities and Museums, Jerusalem; Yigal Shiloh, Benjamin Mazar, and Trude Dothan, Institute of Archaeology, Hebrew University; Avraham Biran and his assistants at the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology of the Hebrew Union ... Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 236: 61-79. 1981 Excavations at Kadesh-barnea, 1976-1978. Biblical Archaeologist 44: 93-104. Cross, F. M. 1979 Two Offering Dishes with Phoenician Inscrip-tions from the Sanctuary of 'Arad. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-ezion-geber-nelson-gluecks-1938-1940-excavations-tell-el-kheleifeh-reappraisal-gary-pratico-1985ad.htm | 45% Size: 69K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 12: | Transjordan Early Edom And Moab 1900 BC ... With one exception, noted below, all letters from east of the Jordan come from (or refer to) places north of a line from Pella across to Busruna (Bosra, Busra Eski Sham) of EA 197:13, 199:23. This ... but of some value, namely that Seir was hilly (as in Hebrew sources), and that in the 13th century BC it was worth Ramesses II either raiding it or claiming it as subdued. Some 60 or more years later, in the eighth year of Merenptah, c. 1206 BC, the term Edom appears for the first time. Papyrus Anastasi VI contains the following well-known report (lines 51-61): "We have finished with ... A century or more later brings us to a peculiar, perhaps literary letter of c. 1000 BC (at least in our extant MS - composition may have been earlier). Here, one dispossessed Egyptian official begs of ... excluded (see Dalley forthcoming). 4. It is impossible to judge the exact shape of the Shiloh pithos rims, because Finkelstein has so far published only photographs, not drawings (see Finkelstein ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-edomites-early-edom-and-moab-piotr-bienkowski-1992ad.htm | 45% Size: 75K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 13: | 242 Dates for the End of the world!!! Date Setters! ... angst voor het jaar Duizend," Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 90 (1977), 1-10); and C. Carozzi, La fin des temps: Terreurs et prophéties au Moyen Age (Paris: Stock, 1982), pp.186-94. See below # . ... R.B.C. Huygens, "Un témoin" [n.11], p.231, lines 94-106; letter from the bishop of Auxerre to the bishop of Verdun (commentary by Huygens, p.236f). Dated variously early tenth century, or, according ... About the same time, the Moslem caliph, Al Hakim, destroyed the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem prompting apocalyptic fear in the west as well as violent anti-Jewish outbursts.(8) 964: "Dum saeculum ... This has been linked to the earthquake frequency on our planet earth. What will happen when all the planets come into one line and exert a united gravitational pull on our earth? These scientists ... They intersect between the eyes of the Medusa head that Perseus is holding in his left hand. "Algol" means "Demon Star" in Arabic. The head is known as Rosh Satan (the head of Satan) in Hebrew. There ... ... https://www.bible.ca/pre-date-setters.htm | 45% Size: 212K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 14: | Pots and Polities: Material Remains of Late Iron Age Judah in ... ... The royal status of the lmlk stamps negates an expla-nation of simple trade relations, but the stamps can-not indicate an exact border line, nor short time fluctuations. 3) I have not dealt with the ... Judaean artifacts found at both sites include, for example, inscribed weights, pottery vessels, and Hebrew ostraca. It must be accepted, therefore, that these sites had relations with Judah; but were they governed by Judah as part of its sovereign territory? Mesad Hashavyahu is especially important in this regard, for political control over it would mean access to sea trade routes as well as ... Israel Museum Catalog 370. Jerusalem: Israel Museum (Hebrew and English). Cooper, J. S. 1983 Reconstructing History from Ancient Inscrip-tions: the Lagash-Umma Border Conflict. Sources and Monographs, ... Murnane, W. J., and Van Siclen, C. C. III. 1993 The Boundary Stelae of Akhenaten. New York: Kegan Paul International. Na'aman, N. 1974 Sennacherib's "Letter to God" on his Cam-paign to Judah. Bulletin ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-pots-and-polities-material-remains-of-late-iron-age-judah-in-relation-to-its-political-borders-raz-kletter-1999ad.htm | 45% Size: 140K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 15: | Elijah and Elisha Chronology timeline 870-810 BC ... The Jews would know the text well and recognize that Jesus was claiming the "double portion" of Elisha upon himself in performing miracles. They requested miracles to prove his claim. Jesus' answer by ... MT: "Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes." (2 Kings 4:35, Hebrew ... This shows that the number 7 had special divine meaning among the pagan gentiles at the time of the Exodus. c. Amarna Letter EA215: Storyline: Bayawa begs pharaoh to send Yanhamu, an Egyptian ... land Usanätu; 30 chariots (and) [N],000 troops of Adunu-ba'al of the land Sianu; 1,000 camels of Gindibu of the Arabs; [N] hundred troops (Line ii 95) of Ba'asa, the man of Bit-Ruhubi, the Ammonite. ... Kuntillet Ajrud ostraca Kuntillet Ajrud Fortress and Ostraca on Pithos Jar: Partial text of inscription: "YHWH of Samaria and his wife". (Kuntillet Ajrud ostraca) This illustrates the idolatry at ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/chronology/bible-chronology-timeline-Elijah-Elisha-John-the-Baptist-Jesus-types-antitypes-870-810BC.htm | 44% Size: 836K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 16: | 597 BC: Arad Ostraca #18: Man seeks asylum in Temple of Solomon ... ... Aharoni translation: " To my lord Eliashib, May the Lord seek your welfare, and now: Give to Shemaryahu a lethech (?), and to the Kerosi give a homer (?), and as to the matter which you com-manded me - it is well; he is in the house of God." (Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 18, p 35, 1981 AD) 1. The excavation reports for Arad Ostracon #18 are: a. Arad was excavated 1962-1967 AD. b. Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 40, p 70, 1981 AD (The Hebrew version was published years earlier, but the English edition has many updates and corrections) c. Three Hebrew Ostraca from Arad, Y. Aharoni, BASOR 197, p 28, 1970 AD 2. "This letter was sent by one of ... It was the same in the Lachish letters; there, too, a subordinate sent letters to this commanding officer and the name of the sender is given in only one of the letters (No. 3)" (Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 18, p 35, 1981 AD) B. Line by line commentary: Arad Inscriptions, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-ostracon-Arad18-letters-refugee-Solomons-temple-of-YHWH-Eliashib-Qerosite-Keros-homer-measure-Shemaiah-Zedekiah-597bc.htm | 38% Size: 51K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 17: | Bulla of Gedaliah son of Pashhur: Bible Clay Bulla and seals ... Like bullae generally, this one is like a flattened ball of clay about the size of a fingernail. The credit for its discovery goes to the hawk eyes of Yoav Farhi, the supervisor of our Area A. He spotted it at the exact moment when the sun's rays illuminated the letters. Without this particular lighting, you can see nothing. Even when the bulla is lit from various directions, only letter fragments are visible. Lighting from a certain specific direction, however, suddenly illuminates all of the letters as if by magic. The bulla contains three lines of ancient Hebrew script. Yoav quickly deciphered part of a name in the second line-S?LM (Shalem). I took the bulla home that night. Well into the night, when the children were asleep and the house was quiet, I began to study it. Slowly, I deciphered the name in the first line: Yehuchal. Could it be a Biblical name? I did not recall any Yehuchal in the Bible. Perhaps my reading of the name was wrong. But just to make sure I pulled from the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-Gedaliah-son-of-Pashhur-Jer-38-1-589bc.htm | 38% Size: 17K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 18: | Bulla of Jucal son of Shelemyahu son of Shovi: Bible Clay Bulla ... ... Like bullae generally, this one is like a flattened ball of clay about the size of a fingernail. The credit for its discovery goes to the hawk eyes of Yoav Farhi, the supervisor of our Area A. He spotted it at the exact moment when the sun's rays illuminated the letters. Without this particular lighting, you can see nothing. Even when the bulla is lit from various directions, only letter fragments are visible. Lighting from a certain specific direction, however, suddenly illuminates all of the letters as if by magic. The bulla contains three lines of ancient Hebrew script. Yoav quickly deciphered part of a name in the second line-S?LM (Shalem). I took the bulla home that night. Well into the night, when the children were asleep and the house was quiet, I began to study it. Slowly, I deciphered the name in the first line: Yehuchal. Could it be a Biblical name? I did not recall any Yehuchal in the Bible. Perhaps my reading of the name was wrong. But just to make sure I pulled from the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-Jucal-Yehuchal-Jehucal-son-of-Shelemiah-son-of-ben-Shovi-Jer-38-1-589bc.htm | 38% Size: 22K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 19: | 597 BC: Arad Ostraca #40: Zedekiah and the Edomite invasion into ... ... However, no eighth century letter written on a potsherd has been discovered in any site in Palestine, including Arad, after more than a century of archaeo-logical excavations. It seems that writing letters on pottery began only in the seventh century BCE. Moreover, the orthography indicates a relatively late date, with internal moires lectionis for 'y.3' (lines 7-8) and yhwd[h] (line 13). Epigraphically, the letter has many parallels with both Stratum VIII and VII-VI ostraca as well as with the late seventh century ostracon of Mead 1.1aavydlid ... Stratum VII 7th century BC (Josiah) 3 + 10 Ostraca #40 Stratum VIII End of 8th century BC (Hezekiah) 18 + 4 Stage 3: Ostracon #40 was redated to the time of Zedekiah (597 BC) based upon the epigraphical features and the style of letter formation of the Paleo-Hebrew script. This means that both Ostracon #40 and #24 date to the same period. Ostracon #40 was viewed as being intrusive, meaning a younger archaeological object was excavated inside a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-ostracon-Arad40-letters-edomite-threat-send-troops-Gemariah-Nehemiah-Malchijah-Eshijah-Ramah-Negev-Tel-Ira-Kinah-Horvat-Uza-YHWH-597bc.htm | 37% Size: 134K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 20: | enclosed-settlements-negeb-wilderness-beer-sheba-zeev-herzog ... Somewhat later, Cohen and Meshel began their systematic exploration of the central Negev high-lands, concentrating mainly on what they referred to as Iron Age or Israelite fortresses. While these two projects conform to the basic requirements of a regional study, i.e., a well defined ... While both agree that the network of Negev strong-holds must have been conceived under a central authority, Cohen believes that they were intended to create a strong defensive line along the southern boundary of the monarchy in addition to their role in guarding the roads crossing the central Negev (Cohen 1980: 77). Meshel (1977: 133), on the other hand, feels that they represent the initial conquest of the desert and a ... Two of Rothenberg's basic argumentsnamely that the Negev fortresses were actually agricultural settlements and that they were founded not as royal enterprises but by the semi-nomadic bearers of the Negev warewere adopted by Etam in a short response to Cohen's Hebrew version of his ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-enclosed-settlements-negeb-wilderness-beer-sheba-zeev-herzog-1983ad.htm | 37% Size: 29K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 21: | Sabbatatrians Refuted and Sabbath keepers Exposed: 2011 AD ... Apparently God didn't think so either because he gave additional moral laws to Moses after He wrote the 10 Commandments in stone, including prohibitions against fornication (a very different sin from adultery in Hebrew thought) and deviant sex practitioner ... But God has a world large enough and proper and right for the human beings He has created to inhabit it without finding homes in those lands so objectionable in very many, many ways" (Ellen G. White, Letter #167, 23 March, 1900). For the above reference, follow ... Will they go to Hell because they can't keep it right? Does God have to give them a special dispensation that would go something like, "Well, my lunar Sabbath-keepers have such a good heart and they really want to do what's right, but in this case they can't. I'm going to let them into Heaven anyway." WHERE DO YOUR DRAW THE SABBATH-KEEPING LINE? There is no greater lunacy about the Sabbath than what happened to the Seventh-day Adventists of the South Pacific Islands ... ... https://www.bible.ca/7-lying-for-god-Kerry-Wynne.htm | 37% Size: 2.6M Depth: 1 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 22: | The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating: Archaeology, Text and Science ... ... The period under debate is framed by upper and lower anchors. The upper anchor is in the 12th century BCE, represented by the well-established correlations between the Egyptian Twentieth Dynasty and several sites in the Levant, in particular Beth-Shean (Level VI of the University of Pennsylvania excavations and Strata S-4 and S-3 of the Hebrew University excavations), Megiddo (Stratum VIIA), Lachish (Level VI), Tel Sera' (Stratum IX), and the Timnah Valley copper mines ... Related destructions occurred also at Tel Beer-Sheba (Stratum II) and Arad (Stratum VIII). There is a consensus concerning the dates of these destructions and thus they can be taken as a datum line for further discussion. Between these two secure anchors is a ... He also accepts the view, long ago suggested by Cohen, Meshel, and others, that these sites should be identified with the dozens of Negev sites mentioned by Shishak. The interpretation of these sites as related to the United Monarchy as suggested by Cohen and ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-bible-and-radiocarbon-dating-archaeology-text-and-science-thomas-e-levy-thomas-higham-2005ad.htm | 37% Size: 126K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 23: | The Fortress at Kadesh-Barnea, Moshe Dothan, Ein el-Qudeirat ... ... Most of the types of pottery, such as unusual bowls and jars (Fig. 7 : 1-4, 7-11), do not enable an exact dating, though certain others indicate that this settlement flourished in the 5th-4th centuries B.C.E. Among the characteristic pottery of this period are the well-known 'Persian' bowls, with ring-bases and ribbed rims (Fig. 7 : 5-6) ; an ... The form of the letter is late Assyrian, and is common in Aramaic and Hebrew inscriptions of the Persian period 17. The numeral, similar to an inverted V, is usually considered to designate the value of ten. Recently, Prof. Y. Yadin, in a discussion of the Samaria ostracals, has suggested that it stands for five. If this latter assumption is correct, the inscrip-tion would mean that the jar contained five units of a particular material. The latter shin is most probably an abbreviation of shemenoil, and the indicated unit of measure seems to be a hina liquid measure known from the period of the Return from Babylon 19. 19 AASOR 21-22, 1943, ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-ein-el-qudeirat-fortress-at-kadesh-barnea-dothan-1965ad.htm | 37% Size: 22K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 24: | 597 BC: Arad Ostraca #24: Letter from Zedekiah to send troops ... ... Bernard Boyd and myself. During this season, 20 Hebrew and four Aramaic ostraca were found. The two most important Hebrew ostraca were: 1. (#76) an ostracon from Stratum XI (No. 76), the earliest Hebrew ostracon discovered to date, only partially preserved; 2. (#24) and an ostracon apparently from the archive of Eliashib, though it was not found in clear context (No. 24), in which the ... If we restore the broken parts above and below (the top part of the obverse), we have before us a square tablet, similar to some of the Eliashib sherds (especially Inscriptions 1, 2, 5, 7, 16, and 18). This fact, as well as the similarity of the script, supports the supposition that this letter and some of the Eliashib letters were sent from the same place." (Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 24, p 46, 1981 AD) B. Line by line: Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 24, p 46, 1981 AD Line 12. From Arad - As in ostracon No. 4 from Lachish, this is the second time that the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-ostracon-Arad24-letters-edomite-threat-send-troops-life-and-death-matter-Eliashib-Malchijah-Elisha-Ramah-Negev-Tel-Ira-Kinah-Horvat-Uza-Edom-Zedekiah-597bc.htm | 37% Size: 90K Depth: 4 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 25: | Melqart Stele of Ben-Hadad-Ezer II: 845 BC ... The main point about this text which has not been clear is the identity of this Bir- Hadad. His name was incised at the end of the first line and the beginning of the second line and it can be read quite clearly. It is also the direct equivalent of Hebrew Ben Hadad. Problems arise at this point, however, because there are ... The stela, slightly more than a meter in height, is carved with a relief representation of the god Melqart, surmounting a four-line Aramaic inscription (one letter on a fifth), which identifies the donor of the monument as a certain Bir-Hadad. It was found, out of its original context, incorporated into the remains of some Roman Period walls at Bureij. ... This reading has been generally rejected because, in spite of the fact these two had direct access to the stele, they erred on several counts in correctly transcribing the letters. "The heh is badly damaged, but still quite discernible (particularly to the touch). The right-hand vertical stroke is well preserved, and two ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Ben-Hadad-II-Melqart-Stele-Bir-Ezer-Damascene-king-Aram-1939AD-Breij-Aleppo-1Kings20-2Ki5-845BC.htm | 37% Size: 85K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 26: | Samaritan Pentateuch Textual Variants: Joshua's Altar was on ... ... The Samaritan Pentateuch is in paleo-Hebrew and is a copy of the book of the Law Josiah found in 623 BC. This explains why the Samaritan Pentateuch is variant with both the Masoretic and Septuagint texts on which mountain Joshua was to build his altar on. Yes, Jesus told the Samaritan woman at the well that Jerusalem ... Despite Charlesworth's harmonizing presentation, it is difficult to get away from the fact that handwriting from different time periods is an indication of forgery. Furthermore, the letters seem to be marked by the fragment's shape and damage patterns. The letter "zayin" in line 2 and "alef" in line 3, for example, are adapted to holes in the fragment, and ... Ebal as the autograph text read at the time of Joshua. Discussion: I. Historical context of Ezra in 458 BC: 1. 623 BC: Abisha Torah Scroll: 1065 AD: The Samaritan priest at Bethel acquires a Paleo-Hebrew copy of the Torah from Jerusalem. a. The Samaritans got a copy of the paleo Hebrew Torah from Josiah after he found ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Samaritan-Pentateuch-SP-Bible-Manuscript-Textual-Variants-Old-Testament-scribal-gloss-error-Deut27-4-Mt-Gerizim-Ebal-Dead-Sea-Scroll-4Q33-Deuteronomy-f.htm | 37% Size: 156K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 27: | 495-399 BC: The Judean Elephantine Egyptian Papyrus letters to ... ... Being in the wilderness at the far southern border of Egypt it was like the tabernacle in the wilderness never intended to complete with or replace the Jerusalem temple. . VI. Hebrew Temple of YHWH at Elephantine is burned in 410 BC Jewish YHWH Temple at Elephantine. While the military fortress was founded in 650 BC, the temple was built within ten years after the decree of Cyrus in 536 BC and was destroyed in ... The Aftermath relates the situation following the destruction: punishment of the perpetrators in response to prayer and fasting; silence of all Jerusalem authorities in the face of earlier petition; continued communal mourning; cessation of cult. The Petition sets forth the Threefold Request (take thought, regard, write) which, if successful, would lead, as indicated, to a Threefold Blessing. The letter concludes with a twofold Addendum and Date. The scribe was well-skilled in Aram. rhetorical style and cognizant of all the appropriate rhetorical formulae. His single-line message ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Elephantine-papyrus-Egypt-Aswan-Syene-Darius-persian-Jewish-colony-temple-burned-Bagohi-Sanballat-passover-wine-fortress-Ezek29-10-495-399BC.htm | 37% Size: 249K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 28: | The Fortresses King Solomon Built to Protect His Southern Border ... In the second half of the 1960s, I led a survey on behalf of the Archaeological Survey of Israel, and in the 1970s, another on behalf of Israel's Department of Antiquities. In 1975, Ze'ev Meshel conducted a survey in the area of Nahal Sirpad, with ... Let me describe in more detail one of these, which I excavated in the spring of 1983. We call it Mesudat Nahal Aqrav. The first word means "fortress" in Hebrew. Aqrav, as I shall call it here, is surrounded by a casemate wall, which is a wall formed ... Amid the ashes were the smashed remains of wheel-made pottery (that, as we shall see, enabled us to date the fortress), as well as some handmade pottery. We also found the ruins of a contemporaneous settlement north of the fortress. The settlement ... These oval fortresses contain between eight and 24 casemate rooms, although the full number has not been determined in all cases. Generally, the gateway is simply a gap in the line of the casemate rooms, although sometimes the passage is narrowed by ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/fortresses-king-solomon-built-to-protect-his-southern-border-rudolph-cohen-1985ad.htm | 37% Size: 35K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 29: | 609 BC: Arad Ostraca #88: Jehoiakim is appointed king of Judah ... ... Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 40, p 70, 1981 AD (The Hebrew version was published years earlier, but the English edition has many updates and corrections) c. Three Hebrew Ostraca from Arad, Y. Aharoni, BASOR 197, p 28, 1970 AD 2. "This ostracon was found on the ground ... B. Line by line commentary: Arad Inscriptions, Yohanan Aharoni, Arad inscription 88, p 103, 1981 AD 1. Line 1. "I have come to reign", that is, "I became king". Compare this to the Mesha stone. Thus it appears that this was a letter from the king, in which he announces to the commander of the citadel that he has taken the throne. At the end of the line, two letters were preserved, which possibly should be ... Arad #40 "Letter to Zedekiah" is intrusive, since it dates to 597 BC (stratum VI) but was found inside stratum VIII which dates to 701 BC. 1. Even if it was professionally unearthed in the middle of a well documented archeological locus, (which it wasn't) this is no guarantee that the ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-ostracon-Arad88-letters-Jehoiakim-Judah-appointed-king-by-Pharoah-Neco-II-Egypt-2Kings23-34-I-became-king-in-all-the-land-be-strong-609bc.htm | 37% Size: 64K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 30: | Ancient Synagogue Inscription from Ostia, Seaport of Rome, Italy ... The Septuagint was the "standard issue Tanakh", as an "accepted and trusted translation" in every synagogue much like the King James Version is in the Church today. c. Hebrew was extinct in Judea at the time of Christ, except for the Jerusalem elites ... The mention of an ark's erection in line three suggests that this bequest was a wooden pedestal upon which the holy shrine was set. The original gift apparently needed to be replaced a century later, since the initial donor's name was scratched out and "Mindi(u)s Faustus" inscribed over it in letter-forms dating to that period. The construction of an aedicula in the fourth-century renovations would have made such a replacement obsolete, leading to the stone's removal to secondary use. The word ... FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THE EMPEROR. MIND<I>US FAUSTUS ME[...] [...]DIO[...] CONSTRUCTED [THE SYNAGOGUE] AND MADE [IT] FROM HIS OWN FUNDS, AND HE DEDICATED THE ARK FOR THE SACRED LAW. The additional "I" in the name Mindius was suggested from the find ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/synagogues/Ostia-synagogue-Greek-inscriptions-origin-ancient-first-century-oldest-pre70AD-archeology-dedicated-Ark-of-Scrolls-Torah-Shrine-Septuagint-doma-gift-200AD.htm | 37% Size: 52K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 31: | Ein El-Qudeirat is not Kadesh Barnea: : Wrongly identified as ... ... Click to View Four ostracons were found at Qudeirat. This one was found in the youngest (highest) level about 700 BC. It is a conversion chart between Hebrew and Egyptian numbering systems. Click to View A. Top 10 reasons why Ein El-Qudeirat cannot ... The border between Egypt and Israel as stated in the Bible, is the wadi el-Arish. Meshel comments on the fortress at Quseima: "The summit, 390 m above sea level, rises some 140 m above the surrounding plain, permitting excellent observation in three directions. Among the more prominent points visible from the summit are the tip of the Qadesh Barnea oasis and the little oasis of Quseima, as well as Ein Muweilih. If there is any connection between the fortress and the routes formerly running ... No wonder that this fountain was a landmark in the boundary line of the possession, which had been promised of God to his people, as " a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills." Viewed merely as a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-fortresses-ein-el-qudeirat.htm | 37% Size: 123K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 32: | 'Edomite', `Negbite' And 'Midianite' Pottery From The Negev Desert ... J. Gunneweg 1991 AD (Edomite, Negev, Midianite Pottery: Neutron Activation Analysis, Gunneweg, 1991 AD) Click to View Archaeometry 33, 2 (1991), 239-253. Printed in Great Britain Department of Archaeometry, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel ... In this study we will focus on `Negbite' and `Edomite' pottery found in the Negev and on the mountain plateau of Jordan, as well as on 'Midianite' pottery found at Timna; this last has for over 30 years been the subject of controversy with regard to ... One of the feared foreign, ethnic groups was the arch-enemy of Judah, the Edomites (Isa. 34: 5-15; Jer. 49: 7-22; Obad. verse 18; Ezek. 25: 12--14), who had their kingdom, Edom, east of the line Sodoma-Eilat, from Wadi el-Hesa to Wadi Hismeh in ... S., 1986. On the origin of pottery from Tel Micine-Ekron, Bull. Am. Schools Oriental Research. 264, 3--16. Gunneweg, J.. Perlman. I. and Meshel. Z.. 1985. The origin of the pottery of Kuntillet 'Ajrud, Israel Exploration J., 35. 270, 83. Gunneweg. J. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-pottery-edomite-negev-midianite-neutron-activation-analysis-j-gunneweg-1991ad.htm | 37% Size: 49K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 33: | bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-rudolph-cohen-kadesh-barnea ... ... No ostraca were found in the earliest fortress, which is not surprising in view of the fact that very few ostraca from the 10th century B.C.E. are known. Two ostraca were found in the middle fortress. One is inscribed with the Hebrew word I'dny (to my lord) on the base of an oil-lamp; this may well be the first element of a composite name, such as Adonizedek, Adoniyahu or the like. ... These possibly comprise the numbers between one hundred and four hundred, but they are very indistinct, and this is not certain. In the middle of the ostracon, the number one thousand was deciphered. At the top appears the number three thousand and next to it a Hebrew word, of which the first letter, alef, is clear, so that it might also be the word 'Ifm (thousands). Another ostracon (15 x 10 cm.), found in the northeastern casemate room, contains three columns written in Hebrew characters and hieratic numbers. The third line (the clearest) includes numbers arranged in a column from 100 to 800, each number ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-rudolph-cohen-kadesh-barnea-fortress-judaean-israel-museum-1983ad.htm | 37% Size: 28K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 34: | The Amarna Letters and tablets 1406 - 1340 BC. Conquest of Joshua ... ... The Amarna Tablets not only document the conquest, but also highlight the conversion of Akhenaten to pagan monotheism. Akhenaten was very aware of the power of the Hebrew God which demanded monotheistic worship. the 10 plagues that destroyed Egypt the crossing ... The upper limit is suggested, first of all, by the hieratic docket on EA 23, which dates the reception of this letter in the thirty-sixth year of Amenophis III. Then, by inference from internal evidence, EA 17, 19-21, and 24-25 fit into the previous five years or so. The Babylonian correspondence with Amenophis III also fits well into his last years, and in general, nothing in the archive argues clearly for an earlier date. (The Amarna letters, W. L. Moran, introduction, ... Key full text translation of each Amarna tablet by W. L. Moran "The Amarna letters", 1992 AD. This is the key to the free on-line translation of the Amarna Letters: [ ] restored text [ ... ] missing text ... obscure or greatly damaged text ‹ › omission by ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-maps-conquest-amarna-tablets-letters-akhenaten-habiru-abiru-hebrews-1404-1340bc.htm | 37% Size: 187K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 35: | 593 BC Nubian Expedition of Psammetichus II, Demotic papyri in ... ... The Expedition of Psammetichus II, Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri in the John Rylands library, F. Griffith, Francis Llewellyn, Papyrus IX, Column 14, line 16 - Column 16, line 1, 1909 AD "The historical framework of the book [Nehemiah] is confirmed by papyri which were discovered between 1898 and 1908 in Elephantine, the name of an island in the upper Nile. Here Psammetichus II (593-588 b.c.) established a Jewish colony. The Elephantine papyri are well preserved, written in Aramaic, and are the 5th-century b.c. literary remains of this Jewish colony of the Persian period." (Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible, p 1537, 1988 AD) "Most scholars who have analyzed the letter have concluded that the author cannot have been the man he represented himself to be but was a Jew who wrote a fictitious account in order to enhance the importance of the Hebrew Scriptures by suggesting that a pagan king had recognized their significance and therefore arranged for their translation into Greek." (The Bible ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-manuscripts-archeology-Psammetichus-Psamtik-II-Demotic-Papyrus-IX-Expedition-Nubia-Philistia-Syria-Palestine-pilgrimage-Byblos-John-Rylands-El-Hibeh-Egypt-595-589BC.htm | 36% Size: 72K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 36: | Ein El Qedeis: "Piltdown Kadesh" Kadesh Barnea: 1881 - 1916 AD ... It was while they stood there, that Shaykh Selim informed them that at some distance westerly (or southwesterly), there was a place known as "Kadese," which they instantly recognized as a term correspondent with Kadesh, or Kadesh-barnea, on that same southern boundary line. But they were at that time unable to pursue their ... H. Clay Trumbull of Philadelphia, visiting the spot in 1881, succeeded in rendering almost certain that the site of Kadesh is Ain Kadis (spelled also Gadis and Quadis); "the very same name, letter for letter in Arabic and Hebrew, with the scriptural fountain of Kadesh --the 'holy fountain,' as the name means-- which gushed forth when Moses smote ... The latter is the fountain par excellence in this region; it is El 'Ain. The sheltered position, the broad stream of water, the comparatively luxuriant vegetation, the impressive "tell," the well-constructed pool, the traces of ancient buildings, clearly indicate the importance of this place. It seems to me altogether ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-fortresses-ein-qedeis.htm | 36% Size: 60K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 37: | Archeology of the Greek language at the Time of Christ ... Although no synagogues are clearly attested during the period of Ezra and Nehemiah (late fifth and early fourth centuries bce), the tradition traces the practice of translating Scripture from Hebrew into Aramaic during a public reading to Ezra's ... See detailed outline on the Greek Theodotus Synagogue Inscription in Jerusalem Dating before Christ to the time of Herod the Great, the ten line Greek Theodotus Synagogue Inscription was found in Jerusalem and dates to before. What is amazing, is ... son of the head of the synagogue, [re]built the synagogue for the reading of the Law and for the study of the precepts, as well as the hospice and the chambers and the bathing-establishment, for lodging those who need them, from abroad; it (the ... Coins were almost exclusively in Greek from the time of Herod the Great (59 BC) down to the destruction of the temple in 70 AD: "Most city coins of ancient Israel carry Greek rather than Latin inscrip-tions, evidence that Greek was still spoken in ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Archeology-of-Bible-languages-Greek-Tanakh-synagogue-inscriptions-coins-Jewish-grave-tombstones-first-century-time-Jesus.htm | 36% Size: 91K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 38: | The southern border of Judah and Kadesh Barnea at Petra ... Karka = literal Hebrew: "floor" (Enhanced Strong's Lexicon) "turned about to Karka" indicates the border changed direction or followed some natural contour. Only used once in the Bible Azmon Only 3 references in the Bible. Azmon = literal Hebrew: ... These fortresses begin near present-day Dimona, continue south past Yeroham and Sede Boger, skirt the edge of the erosion crater of Makhtesh Ramon, and then turn west; here they form a southerly line as far as Kadesh barnea. Dozens of such fortresses have been located since the survey of Woolley and Lawrence, and many have been excavated over the past 12 years-mainly by the author sometimes in conjunction with Z. Meshel (Cohen 1970: 6-24; 1976: 3450; Meshel 1977: 110-35). The fortresses were built according to one of three distinct ground plans-being either roughly oval, rectangular, or square-but clearly belong to the same historical period. In the author's opinion, they were established by King Solomon. As is well known, he was a powerful ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-southern-border-judah-territory.htm | 36% Size: 114K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 39: | Solomon's network of military border fortresses in the Negev ... Although the Nomads would sing "Lord I was born a rambling man" as a the song goes, they decided, in the spirit of Jed Clampett of the Beverly Hillbillies, to move into the big city. Well maybe not the big city, but they built small towns to live in. ... and 12 of them have been partially excavated to date. (Enclosed Settlements in the Negeb, Ze'ev Herzog, 1983 AD) In 1975, Ze'ev Meshel conducted a survey in the area of Nahal Sirpad, with the help of the staff of the field school at Sde Boqer. ... of the ongoing process of sedentarization commenced by the Hebrew tribes in the 13th century: "We have before us an instructive illustration of settlement pressure and the diffusion of the excess population into the most remote and difficult regions. ... Accordingly, these fortresses served not only to guard the roads crossing the Central Negev, as suggested by Glueck and Aharoni, but also to form a strong defensive line along the southern boundary. In fact, there is a striking resemblance between ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-davids-negev-border-fortress-network.htm | 36% Size: 75K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 40: | "Seventh-day Adventism Renounced" by D. M. Canright, 1914 ... I hereby certify to the above. "REV. ROBERT GRAY, "Pastor of the Berean Church." "Grand Rapids, Mich., April 9, 1910. "To whom it may concern, world wide: "DEAR BRETHREN: "This letter is to say that Rev. D.M. Canright has been known to the undersigned for many years as an earnest, consecrated Christian man, and a true ... Not one of the leading men in that work ever graduated from college or university, and many are illiterate as Mrs. White herself. Elder J.N. Andrews, Elder Smith, and one or two more, by diligent study and reading out of school, became well informed men in their line. After Elder White came Elders Butler and Haskell as leaders, neither of them ... I have carefully examined fourteen different dictionaries, lexicons and cyclopedias, and find no exception to this statement. (2) This original term for seal (Hebrew, 'chotham'; Greek, 'sphragis') is never rendered sign. (3) The original word for sign (Hebrew, 'oth'; Greek, 'semeion') is never rendered seal. Hence they are ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Seventh-day-Adventism-RENOUNCED-by-D-M-Canright.htm | 36% Size: 749K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 41: | Moabite Stele of Mesha, king of Moab: 841 BC ... Petermann immediately sent a letter to the Berlin Museum asking for authorization to purchase the stone. He received an affirmative reply by telegram on September 15. Petermann first attempted to acquire the stone through Klein. Klein sent a letter asking for help to his friend Findī al-Fāiz, who as the sheikh of ... II. Translations of the Paleo-Hebrew text of the Mesha Stone: 1. Line by line translation #1: COS 2.23, p137 Introduction and Identification (1-3a) I am Mesha, the son of Chemosh[-yatti], the king of Moab, the Dibonite [Dibon was capital of Moab]. My father was king over Moab for thirty years, and I was king after my father. Occasion for the Erecting of the ... sacrifice (?) for Chemosh and for Moab, and I brought back the fire-hearth of his Uncle (?)12 from there, and I hauled it before the face of Chemosh in Kerioth, and I made the men of Sharon live there, as well as the men of Maharith. The Destruction of Nebo (14-18a) And Chemosh said to me: "Go, take Nebo from Israel!" ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/bible-archeology-moabite-mesha-stone-house-of-david-omri-ahab-israel-YHWH-jehovah-848bc.htm | 36% Size: 41K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 42: | Excavations At Kadesh-Barnea: 1976-1978, Ein el-Qudeirat, Rudolph ... ... Further excavations revealed here, however, that the paving was part of a silo. Left: Hebrew ostracon of the 7th-6th centuries B.C.E.; Right: Hieratic ostracon of the 7th-6th centuries B.C.E. BIBLICAL ARCHEOLOGIST / SPRING 1981 99 Left: Figurine of ... These fortresses begin near present-day Dimona, continue south past Yeroham and Sede Boger, skirt the edge of the erosion crater of Makhtesh Ramon, and then turn west; here they form a southerly line as far as Kadeshbarnea. Dozens of such fortresses have been located since the survey of Woolley and Lawrence, and many have been excavated over the past 12 yearsmainly by the author sometimes in conjunction with Z. Meshel (Cohen 1970: 6-24; 1976: 3450; Meshel 1977: 110-35). The fortresses were built according to one of three distinct ground plansbeing either roughly oval, rectangular, or squarebut clearly belong to the same historical period. In the author's opinion, they were established by King Solomon. As is well known, he was a ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-kadesh-barnea-ein-el-qudeirat-excavations-at-kadesh-barnea-rudolph-cohen-ba-1976-1982ad.htm | 36% Size: 44K Depth: 5 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 43: | Oldest Old Testament Bible manuscripts: Qumran | Wadi Murabba ... ... Textual finds also include letters written by the leader of the revolt himself, Shim'on Bar Kokhba (officially Shim'on, son of Kosiba), as well as a few religious Scrolls, most notably a Scroll of the Twelve Minor Prophets." (IAA website) 8. "The manuscript fragments from Murabba'at are mostly documents of the second century A.D. in Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew. A notable exception is a sixth century B.C. papyrus inscribed in archaic Hebrew with a list of names and numbers. Actually, the piece is a palimpsest. The "underwriting" seems to have been a letter though only a few words can be made out now. A few biblical texts were recovered, all from the second century A.D.: Genesis, Exodus , ... Additional findings include Greek and Latin papyri, made up of primarily administrative military documents belonging to Roman soldiers stationed at the site after the revolt. An exception is a scrap of papyrus containing a line from Virgil's Aeneid, "Anna, sister, how my dreams terrify me and leave me ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-oldest-manuscripts-Bible-Ancient-copies-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Masada-Nahal-Hever-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-Masoretic-Greek-Hebrew-Aramaic.htm | 36% Size: 362K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 44: | 597 BC: Arad Ostraca introduction: Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, Nico ... ... In the south, the interior line of the casement wall of Stratum VII became the exterior wall of Stratum VI. The general plan of the fortress was not changed in this stratum except for two things: the sanctuary ceased to exist. most of it being buried under the wall: and the gate was moved to the north side. It ... I was supervising the excavation of the slope outside the fortress on the western side. An American volunteer from the University of North Carolina came running over with an inscribed sherd she had just found. It was a letter to Eliashib, but unfortunately only the back side was well preserved. From the script, we could tell that it had come from the stratum VI fortress. ... It was in this context that Eliashib was ordered to rush troops from Arad and Kinah for the defense of Ramah-Negeb. This defense probably failed." (Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters, J. M. Lindenberger, Vol. 14, p114, 2003 AD) Conclusion: From Arad ostraca #88 we have direct evidence that Pharaoh Nico II ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/ostraca/bible-ostraca-Arad-18-24-40-88-letters-refugee-temple-YHWH-edomite-threat-troops-edom-Ramah-Negev-Ira-Kinah-Horvat-Uza-Neco-II-Egypt-Jehoiakim-Zedekiah-Judah-608-597bc.htm | 36% Size: 61K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 45: | Oldest Old Testament Bible manuscripts: Qumran | Wadi Murabba ... ... Textual finds also include letters written by the leader of the revolt himself, Shim'on Bar Kokhba (officially Shim'on, son of Kosiba), as well as a few religious Scrolls, most notably a Scroll of the Twelve Minor Prophets." (IAA website) 8. "The manuscript fragments from Murabba'at are mostly documents of the second century A.D. in Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew. A notable exception is a sixth century B.C. papyrus inscribed in archaic Hebrew with a list of names and numbers. Actually, the piece is a palimpsest. The "underwriting" seems to have been a letter though only a few words can be made out now. A few biblical texts were recovered, all from the second century A.D.: Genesis, Exodus , ... Additional findings include Greek and Latin papyri, made up of primarily administrative military documents belonging to Roman soldiers stationed at the site after the revolt. An exception is a scrap of papyrus containing a line from Virgil's Aeneid, "Anna, sister, how my dreams terrify me and leave me ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-oldest-manuscripts-Bible-Ancient-copies-Dead-Sea-Scrolls-Qumran-Masada-Nahal-Hever-Nahal-Seelim-Wadi-Murabbaat-Masoretic-Greek-Hebrew-Aramaic | 36% Size: 362K Depth: 3 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 46: | Life of Mrs. E.G. White - Her Claims Refuted, by D.M. Canright ... ... "That the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by inspiration of God, contain a full revelation of His will to man, and are the only infallible rule of faith and practice." This again sounds well; but it is false, absolutely false. Seventh-day Adventists do not believe that the Scriptures of the Old ... Here she classes herself in authority with Moses. From this it will be seen that her followers have made no greater claims for her than she made for herself. She claims that every line she writes, even in a private letter, is directly inspired by God - "the precious rays of light shining from the throne" (same book, p. 67). Of her own words she says: "It ... She had given him a severe "testimony," which he did not like. Elder White was not a literary man, not a student of books, not scholarly, not a theologian. He understood neither Hebrew, Greek nor Latin, read only the common English version of the Bible, and seldom ever consulted translations. He was a business man, had ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/7-Life-of-White-her-claims-refuted-canright.htm | 36% Size: 336K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 47: | Seal of Baalis King of Bnei-Ammon: Bible Clay Bulla and seals ... ... Line 1: [ע]בעלישׁ[לְ] ([l]b'lyš[']) "[Belonging to] Ba'ališ[']" Line 2: מלך (ml/k) "King of" Line 3: ן[נעם]ב (b[n'm]n) "B[nei Ammo]n." "When Jephthah subdued the Ammonites, "he smote them ... as far as Abel-keramim" (Judges 11:33), ... The inscription on it reads, "Belonging to Gedaliah, the one who is over the house," and the reverse side shows the marks of a papyrus roll to which it had been stuck. In other words it was Gedaliah's personal seal to a letter or official document ... The title which he bore, "the one who is over the house," was always used to designate one of the highest royal officials (cf. Gen. 43:16 where in the Hebrew the office of Joseph's "steward" is described in the same way, and Isaiah 22:15 where the phrase is applied to an official of Hezekiah). Perhaps "Governor of the Palace" would be a fairly accurate translation of the title. Gedaliah himself must have been well trained for his position, for his grandfather, Shaphan, was also a royal ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/bulla/bible-archeology-jeremiah-clay-bullae-seal-inscription-belonging-to-baalis-king-of-bnei-ammon-Jer-40-14-587bc.htm | 36% Size: 38K Depth: 6 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 48: | Bible Only Revelation Commentary by Steven Rudd ... Domitian sent John to Patmos in Apocryphal Acts of John AD 150: "And the fame of the teaching of John was spread abroad in Rome; and it came to the ears of Domitian that there was a certain Hebrew in Ephesus, John by name, who spread a report about the seat of empire of the Romans, saying that it would quickly be rooted ... The virgin Mother mentioned in 1. 45 (cf. 2. 7) is, of course, the Church, and parallels the expression used by Methodius of Olympus in his Symposium (iii. 8)," which dates from the years 260 to 290. Thus, the final edition of the letter as used by Eusebius may well have circulated during the years after the edict of Decius to inspire in the ... And straightway they were beheaded for the name of Christ." (Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs, 180 AD) b. "The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs is our earliest dated document [Codex Vindobonensis Latinus AD 377] from the Latin church and the first to make men-tion of a Latin Bible [line 12]. ... Most scholars have felt that ... ... https://www.bible.ca/revelation/ | 36% Size: 3.0M Depth: 7 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 49: | The Septuagint: God approved Translation in every synagogue like ... ... And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him." (Acts 8:26-38) Finally, the majority of New ... Greek not Hebrew to the audience! "Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. They were amazed and astonished, saying, "Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? "And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?" (Acts 2:5-8) Conclusion: 1. There is a direct line of divine ... Also the letter J is never used in the original KJV because the letter J did not exist in the English language at this time. The letter I is used in place of J. Jesus is spelled "Iesus" and Jehovah is spelled "Ievohah". (So much for the Jehovah's ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/manuscripts/Septuagint-LXX-Greek-Bible-standard-issue-Jerusalem-certified-translation-synagogues-church.htm | 36% Size: 79K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
| 50: | Nuweiba Beach Red Sea crossing: Rejected, debunked, refuted ... Sinai must be in a direct line-of-sight sequence: Ex 16:1 23. After crossing the Red Sea, the first major directional change in course was at Elim. 24. Elim and the 2nd Red Sea camp were close to each other. 25. The 2nd Red Sea camp is close to the ... Horeb at the base of the mountain. 31. Find Ishmael, find Mt. Sinai: Gal 4:25. 32. Hagar's two flights to Shur were south of not west of Hebron and Gerar. 33. The Hebrew camp was east of the summit of Mt. Sinai. 34. The Ezion-Geber Enigma. 35. The ... only calculated a 47 day journey, he highlighted the messianic prophetic synchronism that both Old and New laws were given on Pentecost. (Augustine Against Faustus 32.12; Januarius Letter 55; Sermon 272B) Just as there was fire on the summit of Mt. ... and drift hundreds of kilometers before washing to shore or sinking to the bottom far away from the Red Sea crossing site. 18th dynasty chariots were made of Tamarisk wood and floated quite well. Tamarisk is also called, salt-cedar, and tamarix. ... ... ...https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-ruling-out-candiates-excluding-red-sea-crossing-points-kadesh-barnea.htm | 36% Size: 611K Depth: 2 Find Similar Match Info Show Parents |
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