What does the Bible say about who belongs in the ‘promised land’? A biblical scholar explains
What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.
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A 3,000-Year-Old Clay Tablet May Reveal The Location Of Noah's Ark
The world’s oldest map, a 3,000-year-old Babylonian clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, may reveal the location of an […] ...
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Herodotus and the Controversy of When Jerusalem was Destroyed
Was Jerusalem destroyed in 587 or 607 BCE? Often overlooked in this controversy is some evidence from Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian.
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The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...
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PASTOR BETHANY: This is How We Live as People of God in a Corrupt World
Without understanding some of the cultural context and original language, we’ve seen the biblical passage of Romans 13 used many times over by governments to justify horrific action towards often ...
Agam Berger, the Hostage Who Kept the Sabbath
She has profound parallels in the ancient history of the Jewish people.
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Three Brothers-in-Law Dominated the Near East in the 6th Century BC, Until Cyrus the Great Changed History
BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...
Al Aqsa To Hagia Sophia: Historical Sites At Religious And Cultural Fault Lines
In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...
The World’s Oldest Kingdom Dates Back to the Days of Rome
Kingdoms are a fascinating thing to study. For most of human history, people gathered around kingdoms to provide protection ...
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The shadow of a doubt
And Jesus said to him ... "All things are possible for one who believes." Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" ...
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Daniel's Life in Babylon
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the ...