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- Jan 26, 2016
- 7 min
Religious Motif: Dame Folly of Proverbs as Goddess or Mere Anti-Yahwist? Part 1
In the Book of Proverbs, two women battle for the place of supremacy in the life of the Israelite: Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly. Wisdom,...
- May 3, 2015
- 3 min
Interpreting the Bible
Understanding the Bible can be difficult sometimes, but in our tradition there is an old standard that we use to help us. Sometimes...
- Apr 26, 2015
- 1 min
Pottery of the Levant
If you haven't been following me on Facebook, then you might not know that I had to swing back to the United States for a while after my...
- Apr 17, 2015
- 2 min
The Research Begins
It has been a long time coming, but I was finally able to get to the pottery of Mokarta. As you can see here...the pottery is beautiful....
- Mar 26, 2015
- 1 min
Heading to Sicily!
As many of you already know, I'm about to leave the country for four months. In just a few days I'll be heading out to Sicily to excavate...
- Mar 17, 2015
- 4 min
Translatability of the Gods
Have you ever noticed the strong similarity between many of the gods in the Ancient Near East? There's a reason for that. This is what...
- Mar 15, 2015
- 5 min
Sidon: Ancient Phoenician City
Located in Lebanon, or the Phoenician coast, north of Tyre and south of Beroth/Beirut. The city was prominent in both Old and New...
- Mar 3, 2015
- 3 min
Biblical Chronology
The arrangement of both dates and events within the biblical narrative. The sequencing of the biblical data may be determined by...
- Aug 5, 2014
- 1 min
Learn About the Religions of the Ancient Near East? Free?
Have you ever wondered what curious ideas ancient man once held? This past spring semester I had the pleasure of teaching a course titled...
