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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...


- Oct 31, 2013
- 3 min
Assimilation. Resistance is Futile.
All of us are in some way a product of assimilation. Throughout history, as in today's world, humans naturally adapt to their...


- Jul 14, 2013
- 2 min
Translation of the gods
I mentioned before the "translation" of the gods in the ancient world, but I never really explained what that was. The idea is that all...


- Jul 11, 2013
- 2 min
Daily Life
People don't often think of life in ancient times. How did they live? How did they manage? How do we manage? lol. Life, in general, was...


- Jul 10, 2013
- 3 min
Making the leap
Every once in a while it is fun to just let yourself go ... in this case, I am jumping off a cliff (that's the Mediterranean Sea in the...