These two are unrelated, except that I’m involved with each. The new 2005-2006 calendar from Messianic Jewish Publications is out. This is the fourth year they have used my photos, but this calendar is the best of them, in my opinion. As before, the calendar features the Jewish (and Christian) holidays, but this time they… Read More »
Tiberias has never been more than a lunch stop for groups I lead. I explain the important history on the drive into the city, but the remains that are preserved are much later than biblical history. Current excavations plan to change that and add an archaeological stop to our Tiberias visit. Excavators have been uncovering… Read More »
Ten years from now, the memory of my visit to the Oriental Institute may well have blended in with my other visits to other ANE museums. But I can’t imagine that yesterday’s trip to the Body Worlds Exhibit will ever be forgotten. I may well have learned more about the human body in 2 hours… Read More »
My visit to Chicago yesterday went well; my only regret – too little time for the museums, in the city, and with my friend Steve. I last visited the Oriental Institute Museum about 5 years ago when only the Egyptian wing was open. The remainder of the renovations are now complete (except for the Nubia… Read More »
I’d like to have time to write something of substance, but short of that, here’s a few things to check out: If you don’t read Justin Taylor’s blog regularly, at least take a look at this little story from the life of J. I. Packer. One of those strange ways in which God works. My… Read More »
If you look, there’s a lot out there about the “disengagement” of Israel from Gaza. (For those not following the story, this is about the forced evacuation by the Israeli government of Jewish residents of 20 communities in the Gaza Strip). I’ll just make a couple of brief comments about it, without denying the complexities… Read More »
Jim West gives his “Quote of the Day“: “No one would assert that the [Gideon cycle in Judges] is a poetic fiction. There cannot be the slightest doubt that Gideon defeated the Midianites” — Gerhard von Rad. West’s comment: “It’s the quote of the day because I find it so utterly remarkable, and so utterly… Read More »
I think that this post from Daniel Pipes gives a better explanation for how many suicide bombers are recruited than the traditional argument gives (that is, from purely an ideological motivation). It’s short and easy: How a Young British Muslim Was Tempted into Jihad.
The press is just now reporting the March purchase of two fragments of Leviticus by Hanan Eshel. They are quite small and really insignificant in light of everything else previously found, EXCEPT that it reminds everyone that there must be more scrolls hidden (there certainly are). There is no hint that the Bedouin who sold… Read More »
I’ve found that one blog post easily leads to another, and the converse true as well. It’s not that I haven’t thought of anything to blog about in the past 3 weeks, but that it’s just been easy to do other things. Since the last post, I have spent 4 full days in Sinai, flown… Read More »