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Comment on World Joins Effort to Solve City of David Mystery by robert smith

robert smith — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:56:25 +0000

the well is north 2 miles,or the aquifefer feeding the spring is northwest, or, given the inverted v symbols which today denote greater than or less than , or esoterically, not worthy!, the beginning is north.

Comment on What is it? Multiple Choices for the Facebook Discussion Posted 2/22/12 by Krzysztof Plucinski

Krzysztof Plucinski — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:14:58 +0000

Yeap, that’s defo (C) Roman armor scales. It’s used for hip-length garment of armor, called by the Romans “lorica squamata”. It were found at the place where Massada used to be.

Comment on What is it? Multiple Choices for the Facebook Discussion Posted 2/22/12 by Nathan Lenz

Nathan Lenz — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:44:58 +0000

Comment on A History of Horses in the Divided Kingdom of Israel and Judah by Paul Ballotta

Paul Ballotta — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:38:05 +0000

From the annals of the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III there is a record of King Ahab’s contribution of 2000 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers in the battle of Qarqar, but no mention of it can be found in the Old Testament. Instead, the emphasis is placed on the prophet Elijah as he is taken up to heaven in a fiery chariot with fiery horses which were described as ” Israel’s chariots and horsemen” by the prophet Elisha (2 Kings 2:11,12). This phenomenon is also mentioned in Zechariah 6:1-8 in the vision of four chariots, described as “the four winds of heaven which go out from being stationed by the Lord of all the earth.” To quote from the Anchor Bible Series, Zechariah, p.318; “Chariotry clearly represents the ultimate or absolute sovereignty of a political entity that can forcibly carry out its policies and exercise dominion.” Not long after witnessing Elijah’s ascent, Elisha encountered some youths who jeered at him, whereupon he curses them in the name of the LORD and they all died (2 Kings 2:23,24). This was the name YHVH. In his book “Gates of Light”, Rabbi Joseph Gikatalia describes this divine name; “The Tetragrammaton, YHVH, is like the trunk of a tree, while the other divine names are like its branches” (Kaplan, Meditation and Kabbalah p.132). Gikatalia goes on to describe how to use the divine names mentioned in the Old Testament, much like a horse trainer known as Kikkuli. He was found on a Hittite tablet from around 1400 B.C.E. “Thus speaks Kikkuli, master horse trainer of the land of Mitanni.”

Comment on Did the Northern Kingdom of Israel Practice Customary Ancient Israelite Religion? by Sacrifices at Tel Dan | Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament

Sacrifices at Tel Dan | Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:16:24 +0000

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Comment on Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero? by Dallas Kennedy

Dallas Kennedy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:13:55 +0000

Excellent article on the strangeness and uniqueness of Moses.

Midian is in NW Arabia, not Sinai. Arabia is the probable location of Mount Sinai, not the peninsula, which was named much later.

Comment on Did the Northern Kingdom of Israel Practice Customary Ancient Israelite Religion? by Did the Northern Kingdom of Israel Practice Customary Ancient … « ulugekovy

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:08:53 +0000

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Comment on Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? by Rob Palmer

Rob Palmer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:08:38 +0000

Rob asks: An Englishman named Laurence Gardner maxxed out Mary, and also presents lineage for Charlemagne from JC and the Caesar family by way of Marc Anthony. Popular in Europe; any truth to this?

Comment on Was Mary Magdalene Wife of Jesus? Was Mary Magdalene a Prostitute? by TaborBlog » Blog Archive » Was Mary Magdalene the Wife of Jesus? Was She a Prostitute and Sinner?

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:30:36 +0000

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Comment on Are Famous Female Archaeologists Equal in Biblical Archaeology? by Pamela Levene

Pamela Levene — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:25:57 +0000

“Ebeling also found that fewer than a third of the licenses granted by the Israel Antiquities Authority for 2011 were issued to female archaeologists.”

The question here is “What was the proportion of women to men applying for the licence?”

Was the number less or more than the number of men applying?

If only a third applied then no bias from the IAA is proved.

If as is implied more than a third applied, then that should be made clear.

And of course the qualifications of the women when measured against the men should be checked.

Personally I am sure that the women were equal if not better, but this is just a belief on my part. The article should back up contentions with facts not implications.