Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
Gary Beyers has a very good book review of, The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, by Leen Ritmeyer, at Associates for Biblical Research.
In a sense, this book is the culmination of Leen Ritmeyer’s life and career. Of the April 1984 International Congress of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem, when his collaborative work with Benjamin Mazar [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
The book of 1 Timothy is the latest in the Bibledex’s video series…
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
This is exciting viewing…
King Tut Virtual is one of the greatest discoveries you can make online. Click your mouse to travel across time and place to explore King Tutankhamun’s tomb in the digital, online Valley of the Kings. Zoom-in and get up-close to some of the most amazing artefacts ever found. Wander the banks of [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
Dr Gabriel Barkay in an interview with IsraelNNTV has that Arabs have been illegal digging at Temple Mount, and in doing so, broken the status quo.
Arutz Sheva, Israel National News has more:
In wake of the claims that Israel is excavating under the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount and undermining Muslim mosques in [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
Atheists have really stooped to new levels (or is that depths?) with this brazen, shameless, and uncalled for, attack on Mother Teresa…
On October 30, atheist Christopher Hitchens appeared on Dennis Miller’s Internet radio show condemning Mother Teresa, yet again.
Here is one of his choice statements: “The woman was a fanatic and a fundamentalist and a fraud, [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
The belief in climate change, or environmentalism, has been afforded the same legal standing as a religion. The Telegraph (UK) has more:
An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed for his green views after a judge ruled that environmentalism had the same weight in law as [...]
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
Foundation Stone has the following promo video of the Khirbet Qeiyafa (or the Elah Fortress) out:
HT: Luke Chandler here.
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Posted on November 4, 2009 by Fr Stephen Smuts
Bulgarian archaeologists have uncovered a silver treasure of vessels and artefacts in a new tomb in Thrace. The Sofia News Agency has the following brief news release:
A team of Bulgarian archaeologists have discovered a new tomb of an aristocrat from Ancient Thrace near the southern town of Nova Zagora.
The team led by archaeologist Veselin Ignatov [...]
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