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Category Archives: Archaeology

Israeli says elusive bibical wall found

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Yahoo News:
The findings suggest that the wall is actually part of the same city wall the Bible says Nehemiah rebuilt, Mazar said. The Book of Nehemiah chapters 3-6 gives a detailed description of construction of the walls, destroyed earlier by the Babylonians.
“We were amazed,” she said, noting that the discovery was made at a time [...]

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“A throwaway detail in the Old Testament turns out to be accurate and true. I think that it means that the whole of the narrative [of Jeremiah] takes on a new kind of power.”

Thursday, July 12, 2007

The Telegraph of London- “Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament”
HT: Austin Matzko
Technorati Tags: Archeology, Old Testament

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Scholars Back Away From Jesus Family Tomb Film

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Story in the Jerusalem Post
Technorati Tags: Jesus Family Tomb, Lost Tomb of Jesus

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Did the Red Sea Part?

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

The New York Times reports on apparent evidence that the Biblical Exodus never happened.

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Mark Minnick on “The Bones of Jesus”

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

The Greenville News: “The bones of Jesus of critical concern to Christians”
HT: Andy Naselli
Technorati Tags: Mark Minnick, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, Jesus Family Tomb, Fundamentalism

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