I am going to forego a roundup of the Talpiot tomb(s) at this point, instead pointing you to Paleobabble’s “State of the Question,” Jack Poirier’s rebuttal of the name statistics, James Tabor’s colored drawing of the “fish,” and Robert Cargill’s case that the image was photoshopped. I’m not aware of any scholar who didn’t publish a book on the subject within the last week that subscribes to the fish/Jonah interpretation.
The first three chapters of Lois Tverberg’s Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus are available to read online.
While the snow in Jerusalem was pretty, and the Sea of Galilee rose more than a foot, the weekend storms caused about $8 million in damage to agriculture in Israel.
The “All Out Adventure” column this week describes hikes in the lower and upper sections of Nahal David.
Finding a place to volunteer to excavate in the spring is next to impossible, but Tel Burna is accepting volunteers the week of March 18-22.
Ferrell Jenkins has the latest on discoveries at the Colossi of Memnon. For additional photos, see the Luxor Times.
Luxor Times also reports on the discovery of the name of a king from the 17th Dynasty. While it is the first artifact related to the king, it is not the first time we’ve known of him.
Wayne Stiles has a post for the first day of the Insights for Living tour. (Unfortunately, they seem to have rejected my proposal that Herod Agrippa was struck down not in the theater of Caesarea, but in the amphitheater.)
More than 2,400 years ago, the Lord delivered the Jewish people from evil men in Persia. The remembrance of that deliverance begins tonight. Current threats from modern Persia (Iran) should
keep the celebration sober. Happy Purim!
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Hey, Todd, I read your proposal months ago after you posted it, and it indeed has merit. In short updates, there isn't time to present alternative views, but you may remember I tipped my hat to your view in my JPost column on the site. http://bit.ly/w6ddTR
Wayne – I would contend that the theater view is an "alternative view" that maybe you don't have time for :-). I am interested in hearing if there are substantial arguments against the amphitheater proposal.