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A Letter From a High Official in Jerusalem to the Jewish Garrison on Elephantine in the Fifth Century B.C.E. Seems to Instruct on Ritual for the Holiday, and May Sanction Pesach Sacrifice in Egypt Too

This exciting find was announced on the Bible History Daily website, in conjunction with the Biblical Archaeology Society: On May 23, 2012 the Israel A bulla (clay seal), from Bethlehem, dated to the 8th century B.C. was found in the City of David region of Jerusalem in 2012: the earliest certain extrabiblical evidence.

Ariel University prof discusses his 'excavation' into the evidence for the practice of the Jewish religion - and points to when we know with certainty that Passover was observed

Guest post by my friend Rosemarie Scott: wife, mother of three and homemaker, living in New York.  She is the author of Clean of Heart (2-15) and the The notion of Our Mother Mary & “Mother Earth” has a rich Catholic pedigree. Rosemarie Scott offers a fascinating survey of this Marian devotion in its many forms.

The Inscription Points to the Connection Between Israel Under the Reign of King Solomon and the Kingdom of Sheba

From the blog of Pesach Lattin at The Times of Israel

Discovered at the Ophel adjacent to the Temple Mount, seven letters on clay jar sherd are written in dialect and script stemming from the Arabian Peninsula, epigrapher suggests

What was the link between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba besides her testing his wisdom? A new Israeli study sheds light.

I will be drawing heavily from an article written by the eminent Bible scholar and historian Edwin M. Yamauchi, entitled, "The Archaeological Background I present several evidences from secular historical accounts & archaeology that back up the historical trustworthiness of the book of Ezra from the 5th century B.C.

In Talmudic times, eggs were much smaller than those of today’s hens, whose size increased due to the cultivation of breeds of chickens for eggs.