Lecture on Exodus and Conquest

February 18, 2013 By 18 Comments

I had hoped to make a recording of my class today, but we ended up discussing points raised by a student’s presentation, and so I recorded the above lecture in my office later in the day, so that I can post it and not take more class time covering the key points. I’d be interested [...]

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Lecture on Geography and the Bible

October 17, 2012 By 1 Comment

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Khirbet Qeiyafa’s Model Shrines and the Accuracy of the Bible

May 9, 2012 By 5 Comments

Being in the throes of grading, I am a bit late blogging about the announcement of the discovery of clay model shrines at Khirbet Qeiyafa dating from roughly 3,000 years ago. The Times of Israel has an article on the subject, and the Hebrew University issued a press release.  Demotix treats the find as evidence [...]

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