An 86-year-old guide hiked the Nabatean Spice Route from Petra to Avdat over five days. On the last day they discovered a lost portion of the route.
The process of clearing mines from the area around the baptismal site on the Jordan River has begun.
A new study reveals that “pigeons played a central role some 1,500 years ago in transforming the Byzantine Negev into a flourishing garden.”
Philippe Bohstrom provides a good summary of where things stand with the seal impression of Isaiah.
Itzhaq Shai and Chris McKinny explain Canaanite religion at Tel Burna in the 13th century BC.
Israel’s Good Name recently spent the day at En Gedi, taking photos around the area and visiting the ancient synagogue.
An Israeli shepherdess is raising sheep so she can sell pricey shofars.
Passion Week begins tomorrow and Wayne Stiles is making available a free video series tracing
Jesus’s final days from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday.
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- Abner Chou, I Saw the Lord: A Biblical Theology of Vision
- John Oswalt, The Holy One of Israel: Studies in the Book of Isaiah
- James D. Newsome, A Synoptic Harmony of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles
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HT: Agade, Charles Savelle, PaleoJudaica
