<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Biblical Paths</title>
	<atom:link href="http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Biblical Archaeology</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:16:38 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<cloud domain='biblicalpaths.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/27ce884b1ab4ad3fb41624fcc7318d4f?s=96&#038;d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Biblical Paths</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
			<item>
		<title>The Slaughter of the Innocents</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antiquities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical study]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Franz at Associates for Biblical Research looks at the account of the slaughter of the innocents and asks whether of not it is historical fact or legendary fiction?

In the December 2008 issue of National Geographic there was a well illustrated article on the recent excavations at the Herodian. This was the final burial place [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4244&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>2 Samuel</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/2-samuel/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/2-samuel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scripture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Textual Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/2-samuel/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Again, from the Bibledex guys:




       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4241&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/2-samuel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/CIcK3h3AajI/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Letter and the Scroll: What Archaeology Tells Us About the Bible</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-letter-and-the-scroll-what-archaeology-tells-us-about-the-bible/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-letter-and-the-scroll-what-archaeology-tells-us-about-the-bible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scripture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This book has definitely made its way to my &#8216;wish list&#8217;&#8230;

From the product description:

For 2,000 years and more, the Bible and its precepts have shaped world culture and civilization, whether Judeo-Christian or not. The Bible is a touchstone of religious belief, literary accomplishment, morality, and history unlike any other. Biblical interpretations have changed over the millennia, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4235&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-letter-and-the-scroll-what-archaeology-tells-us-about-the-bible/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://biblicalpaths.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/51hgiwq9cql__sx500_.jpg?w=249" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Why do blogs fail?</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/why-do-blogs-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/why-do-blogs-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblioblogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblioblogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do blogs fail? Paul T McCain who blogs at CyberBrethren writes:
I’ve been blogging for, well, honestly I can’t remember how long its been. Ten or twelve years? More? I’m not sure. And I’ve been reading blogs for a long time too. Sometimes blogs begin with great fanfare and flourish and then, a year or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4233&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/why-do-blogs-fail/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Aramean siege at Tell es-Safi/Gath</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-aramean-siege-at-tell-es-safigath/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-aramean-siege-at-tell-es-safigath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antiquities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Excavations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr Aren Maeir has posted an artist’s suggested reconstruction of the Aramean siege at Tell es-Safi/Gath. Of it, he writes,

For the sake of the sceptics – this is a suggested reconstruction, based on the finds in the field, but adding “educated guesses” on various aspects. Don’t think that everything that is drawn actually was found. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4230&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/the-aramean-siege-at-tell-es-safigath/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>National Geographic Top Ten Archaeology Finds: Most Viewed of 2009</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/top-ten-archaeology-finds-most-viewed-of-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/top-ten-archaeology-finds-most-viewed-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ancient]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[antiquities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artefacts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discoveries]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4225</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing Biblical here I&#8217;m afraid&#8230; and, rather predictably, mostly the sensationalistic&#8230;

Vampires, pirates, ghost ships, skeletons—if it isn&#8217;t Halloween, it can only be one thing: National Geographic News&#8217;s annual lineup of our most popular archaeology coverage. 

Oh dear!
This is their Top 10:

10. &#8220;Extraordinary&#8221; Ancient Skeletons Found
9. &#8220;Vampire&#8221; Exorcism Skull Found in Italy
8. Blackbeard Pirate Relics, Gold Found
7. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4225&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/top-ten-archaeology-finds-most-viewed-of-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://biblicalpaths.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/090327-02-blackbeard-mortar-pestle_big.jpg?w=278" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Daniel</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/daniel/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/daniel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scripture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bibledex:
Famous for its story in the lion&#8217;s den, Daniel is also the book which gave us the saying &#8220;the writing&#8217;s on the wall&#8221;&#8230;




       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4223&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/daniel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/i8wrZaWlx0c/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Nativity According to Luke</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-nativity-according-to-luke/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-nativity-according-to-luke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblical Archaeology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biblical study]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4219</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Biblical Archaeology Review has this e-featured article by Dr Ben Witherington III:

The Christmas portions of the gospel are, perhaps, the most beloved, and the most belabored, texts in the New Testament. Like works of art that have been lacquered with coat after coat of varnish, the original stories are hardly visible any more. Today, it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4219&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/the-nativity-according-to-luke/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://biblicalpaths.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/nativity-01-s.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cool Photo</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/cool-photo/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/cool-photo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on the photo and when the link opens, move your cursor up and down&#8230;

Cool hey?


       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4216&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/cool-photo/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://biblicalpaths.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/hong-kong-day-night.jpg?w=224" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Marriage on Twitter and Facebook</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/marriage-on-twitter-and-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/marriage-on-twitter-and-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to marriage in 2009&#8230;




       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4213&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/marriage-on-twitter-and-facebook/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/VSkT5XykJzo/2.jpg" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Snow on my blog</title>
		<link>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/snow-on-my-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/snow-on-my-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr Stephen Smuts</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biblioblogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biblioblogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/?p=4210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Someone recently called it &#8216;the devils dandruff&#8217;&#8230; snow&#8230;

Here in Africa, there is not much of it. Instead, Christmas is in summer and very hot! So with no snow, I thought to make some of my own, at least, here on the blog&#8230;
You can too. Just click in your Dashboard (if you are a WordPress blogger) - Appearance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=biblicalpaths.wordpress.com&blog=6954235&post=4210&subd=biblicalpaths&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/snow-on-my-blog/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/0b9e205814c11e4cfea800fca0ac2796?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Fr Stephen Smuts</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://biblicalpaths.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/snow.jpg?w=300" medium="image" />
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>