{"id":63566,"date":"2020-03-05T05:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=63566"},"modified":"2020-03-04T08:43:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-04T13:43:46","slug":"rock-around-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/03\/rock-around-the-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Rock around the Bible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

With a project related to progressive rock and the Bible in the works, and the news having broken<\/a> that Genesis will reunite for a tour<\/a>, you\u2019re probably expecting this post to be connected to that. It isn\u2019t, at all, as far as I can tell. I just happened to come across several things related to the other kind of rock. And to be honest, I\u2019d be hard pressed to decide which sort of rock I find most interesting, given some of these finds and news items!<\/p>\n

Bar Ilan Expanding into Archaeological Gemology<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nzSr8qKLec\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockngem.com\/minerals-metals-of-the-bible-part-i\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Minerals & Metals of the Bible<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cMinerals & Metals of the Bible\u201d \u2014 Rock & Gem Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockngem.com\/minerals-metals-of-the-bible-part-i\/embed\/#?secret=fOuPqn7tUF#?secret=nzSr8qKLec\" data-secret=\"nzSr8qKLec\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bGJkHKmzcI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockngem.com\/minerals-metals-of-the-bible-part-ii\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">What Gemstones are in the Bible?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cWhat Gemstones are in the Bible?\u201d \u2014 Rock & Gem Magazine\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rockngem.com\/minerals-metals-of-the-bible-part-ii\/embed\/#?secret=bhNYyy9YHA#?secret=bGJkHKmzcI\" data-secret=\"bGJkHKmzcI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/pdf\/Gems_of_Heaven_online.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gems of Heaven in the British Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(See also <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bl.uk\/digitisedmanuscripts\/2019\/12\/medieval-bookbindings-from-precious-gems-to-sealskin.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">precious gems in bookbinding<\/a>\u00a0courtesy of the <em>British Library<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65068-ancient-egyptian-inscriptions-amethyst-mine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">100 Ancient Egyptian Inscriptions Found at Amethyst Mining Site<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minersoc.org\/EMU-notes-20.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Contribution of Mineralogy to Cultural Heritage<\/a>\u00a0(HT <a href=\"http:\/\/ancientworldonline.blogspot.com\/2019\/08\/one-off-journal-issues-contribution-of.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">AWOL<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/penntoday.upenn.edu\/news\/through-gemstones-glimpse-ancient-egyptian-civilization\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Glimpsing ancient Egyptian civilization through gemstones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bmcr.brynmawr.edu\/2019\/2019-12-18.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BrynMawrClassicalReview+%28Bryn+Mawr+Classical+Review%3A+Latest+Reviews%29\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Gems (and more) in the Montreal Museum of Fine Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a project related to progressive rock and the Bible in the works, and the news having broken that Genesis will reunite for a tour, you\u2019re probably expecting this post to be connected to that. 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