For more about how Job questions God and ends up suing God to get a response, read Edward L. Greenstein’s article “When Job Sued God” in the May/June 2012 issue Read more…
People in the Bible
Groups of people in the Bible such as the Israelites, the Egyptians, the Samaritans, as well as Biblical figures such as Adam, Eve, Moses, Rachel, Sarah, Mary the mother of Jesus, Joseph the father of Jesus, John the Baptist, and the disciples of Jesus.
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Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
• 04/27/2012
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Putting Faces to Roman Egypt’s Royal Twins
• 04/25/2012
New analysis of a sculpture from the Egyptian Museum reveals that it depicts Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene, the twin children of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra’s children Read more…
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Ashkelon Excavations Find New Evidence of Philistine Religion
• 04/13/2012
In the summer of 2009, the Ashkelon excavations were working in a typical Philistine domestic structure from about 1200 B.C.E. (roughly contemporaneous with the settlement of the Israelites in adjacent Read more…
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Jeremiah, Prophet of the Bible, Brought Back to Life
• 03/22/2012
The relationship between archaeology and the Bible is not always an easy one, but sometimes they come together in striking agreement as witnesses to history. Two small clay bullae (seal Read more…
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Board Games Were Status Symbols in the Ancient World
• 12/08/2011
In the ancient world, board games, one of the world’s oldest hobbies, were played not only to pass the time, but also to signify the wealth and status of the Read more…
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Mel Gibson to Make Film about Maccabean Revolt
• 09/12/2011
Warner Bros. studios and Oscar-winning actor and director Mel Gibson are teaming up to make an epic film about the Maccabean Revolt. According to reports, the film, which will be Read more…
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Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero?
• 07/15/2011
Who was Moses? Was he more than an Exodus hero? Discover the Biblical Moses with Peter Machinist in his article, “The Man Moses.” Read more…
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Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute?
• 07/14/2011
Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? Was Mary Magdalene wife of Jesus? These are the questions that concern author Birger A. Pearson in his article “From Saint to Sinner” that follows Read more…
