Greetings Perhaps we will be doing the authors of the Exodus a disservice if we simply ignore the fact that the Israelites were, freed or bonded, labourers for...
George wrote ... and ... I have been able to place Ava = Arvad and Cuth = Kutha, but I have been having trouple placing Sepharvaim. Many believe it to have...
Walter, You write: "There you go again George, trying "to second guess" why Lachish is not mentioned until the reign of Amaziah (reigned circa 800-783 BCE)....
John, You wrote: "I have never before heard of Mesopotamians sending their children to the fire - this is a Canaanite not a Mesopotamian custom. Finding an...
George wrote: I read Flinders' summary of Lachish. He too asserts that Lachish was abandoned during the time of Judges. But he also goes into the detail of how...
Walter, Walter replies: "How about some _actual quotations_ from Flinders ? Without quotes how do I know you are correctly understanding him ? I would also ...
... Dear George, Thankyou for the above data on the mysterious "Flinders." You need'nt bother looking up the data I requested (quotes from "Flinders"). As I...
... Hi Gents. The above is a detail normally used to date the fall of Lachish, but who has taken up the question of, "what was Ramesses III doing there?" ... ...
... George. You had me wondering if you meant Petrie. Do you know how many different sites have been christend as 'Lachish' since Petrie? (I think its three). ...
"The city was first thought to have been located at a tel with the modern Arabic name of Lakis, and then at Tell el-Hesi. Only later was it identified with the...
Walter, I think you are being too hasty in your conclusions. Reviewing the history of the discussion of Lachish, I can see that Tell ed-Duweir is the more...
[George writes] How does this involve Bivar's book? He spends considerable time discussing, rather persuasively, the nature of Nergal worship (though leaving...
ABH Readers & Walter, I think you will find this analysis absolutely fascinating. I did a search in http://www.blueletterbible.org/ to measure the word use...
... <historynow2002@...> wrote: After reading the evidence below, I'm hoping there will be general concurrence that Samuel knows a group called "ISRAEL", but...
So Walter, Are you also dis-interested in the historical treatment of ALL the tribes of the northern kingdom? If you haven't already done so, please read my...
Dear George, My interest is archaeology and its illumination of the biblical texts. "Second-guessing" why the author(s) did or did not mention a certain...
Walter, You write: "Second-guessing" why the author(s) did or did not mention a certain location or tribe or person has no interest or fascination for me." ...
Greetings, The various associations and/or links between the (Jebusite) deity of Yerwshalayim - Shalim and the (Canaanite) deity, Shulman / or Shalmon; [as...
Richard ... Interesting stuff, Richard. It also clears up one little discrepancy often noted in the past, namely that tradition equates the land of Magog with...
I presume you mean one where there are 2 or 3 columns, comparing the text of one version to the other? I think there is an MT vs. LXX online document out...
Djehuti, You may have already heard about this book. It's not ONLINE, but it does sound pretty impressive: http://www.logos.com/products/details/1785 The...
At this site, you see phonetic Hebrew compared to phonetic Greek. Rather bleak in its presentation, but if a researcher goes to the effort of frequent ...
Thanks for all of this. Currently, I'm trying to make sense out of the use of the word "These" in Exodus 32:4 (cf. 32:8). Strong's #428 renders it as...
Dear ABH readers: Ever since my posting on "Samuel Pattern" and the possible origins of the "10 Tribe" literary tradition ... there's been nothing but cricket...
... Hi George. That maybe, but I wouldn't include myself in such a group, in fact, ... I find myself to some degree in agreement, I don't believe there ever ...
George It is some time since I have consulted my sources, but I believe that a Nergal cult was installed in the Jewish Temple under Massaneh when Assyrian...
Hi Marc You wrote ... Marc, I find this very interesing, as I see a similarity between the "Covenant" Yahweh had with the Jews and a Mithraic Contract. Thus we...
AJ asked ... that > a persian tribe living in the Teutoburg Forest was dependant upon ... AJ, the Germani listed here are related to the Iranian city of ...
