Tag: Bible
Seed from biblical home of Goliath sheds light on Philistine rituals
A team of Israeli archaeologists and archaeobotanists have overseen the reconstruction of plants used in three-thousand-year-old Philistine rituals at the central Israel site identified as the home of the biblical Goliath, providing a unique...
Biblical prophecy unfolds as two brothers reunite
The months leading up to Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre and the ensuing war were characterized by bitter internal conflict that challenged the image of Israel's internal stability: Reservists threatened to refuse orders, high-tech heroes...
Jerusalem find dating back to biblical kings baffles archaeologists
An unprecedented channel installation dating back to the First Temple period was uncovered in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Wednesday.
The excavation thus far has uncovered...
Israeli researchers use geomagnetic data to support biblical accounts
An Israeli scientific breakthrough has enabled researchers to verify biblical accounts of wars between ancient Jewish kingdoms and their enemies, according to a statement released by Tel Aviv University (TAU) on Tuesday.
The scientists examined...
When Christians blow the shofar, it’s a wake-up call for Jews
They were blowing the shofar, but it wasn’t Rosh Hashanah.
On Jan. 5, 2021, the sound of the ram’s horn echoed in the streets of Washington, D.C., as participants in the Jericho March circled the...
David Friedman and Mike Pompeo travel through original Bible Belt for new documentary
You can get your kicks on Route 66, or you can travel through history on Route 60. It’s a road trip through the Bible, both old and new.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman...
America’s biblical roots
The following is an abridged version of the Distinguished Rennert Lecture, delivered on April 19 by Ambassador David Friedman upon receipt of the Guardian of Zion Award from Bar-Ilan University’s Ingeborg Rennert Center for...
Archeologists find evidence of Jerusalem earthquake described in Bible
Archeologists have uncovered in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem the first evidence of the capital being hit with an earthquake that was mentioned in the Bible, reported i24News.
According to the first verse of...
Rare ‘book of Judges’-era inscription found in southern Israel
A rare, 3,100-year-old inscription was discovered during excavations in southern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.
The partial inscription, written in ink on a small pottery jug, was recovered in the Shahariya forest...
The Jewish woman to whom the stones spoke
Everything in Israel is about politics. But nothing is more intensely political than archeology. That’s because the moment you stick a shovel in the earth of a place like Jerusalem and start digging, you...