Tents or Houses?
When looking at the interface between biblical text and archaeology, we need to determine to what degree broken walls, fragments and stones can tell the…
When looking at the interface between biblical text and archaeology, we need to determine to what degree broken walls, fragments and stones can tell the…
We approach the season of Sukkot, when Jews are commanded to live in tents to remember the 40 years of living in the desert before…
My family is obsessive about playing games. As a little girl growing up in Minnesota, playing games with my grandparents and cousins was the activity…
Dimona, deep into the Negev, is off the beaten track. Best known for its nuclear power plant, and Nabatean remains, the development town is not…
Ecstasy - being so overwhelmed by faith that one loses oneself - has always been a part of religious devotion. The question is: how do…
Herod's relationship with Judaism comes under question very often. Was the 1st century BCE King of Judea Jewish? We need to remember that applying modern…
About 1500 years before the first archaeologist took up his spade to look for the past in the ground, Byzantines started identifying historic sites. Bibles…
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Herod, Herod in a land so arid, How did your garden grow? With cypress, pine, and bonsai olive trees, That's how your garden grew! Herod…
Qesem Cave, occupied between 400,000 and 200,000 years ago continues to amaze and impress me. I've written about Qesem cave here and here as a…
In diplomacy and in business, long term leases are often the closest thing to outright sale. In Israel, for example, much of the land is…