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“Conventional Bible chronology”?? Way back in 1910, the Catholic Encyclopedia (“Job”), stated: The author of the book is unknown, neither can the period in which it was written be exactly determined. . . . It is now universally and correctly held that the book is not earlier than the reign of Solomon [approximately 960-920 BC]. Protestant evangelical (“conservative”) scholar Gleason L. Archer, in his book, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction (Chicago: Moody Press, 1964, gave h...

To begin with, Anunnaki translates to “princely blood” or “seed of Anu”, not “those who came down” or “those who came from heaven to earth”, as many modern sources have claimed. The Anunnaki are “the Sumerian deities of the old primordial time;” a pantheon of gods who were the children of the sky god Anu and his sister, Ki. Significantly, some scholars have come to realize that the Anunnaki should more appropriately be considered demi-gods or semi-divine beings. Apparentl...

The Color Purple... In Ancient Israel Author: Gary Byers MA Created: 13 May 2021 In January 2021, the Central Timna Valley (CTV) Project published in the online journal PLOS ONE the results of their excavation of an ancient copper mining and smelting operation in southern Israel, along with an analysis of three specific items found in the excavation. Their report offered to the world – because this respected peer-reviewed research journal is available online to ...

Review: Ranjit Hoskotes Hunchprose Is Up There With the Best Hoskote is one of the most respected art critics around and this book is also testimony to his wide reading of arcane subjects. A musk deer. Photo: Nabin Limbu/Flickr CC BY NC ND 2.0 When reviewing something outstanding, it is best to be upfront. Ranjit Hoskote’s Hunchprose is fit to be put alongside the best of Dom Moraes. The poetry and its subterranean voice, ambivalent in the sense they speak in different tones, snare the reade...

Over the course of the Syrian revolution, Malek Jandali has devoted much of his musical energies to supporting the people of Syria – and especially children – in their struggle for freedom. His latest album is part of his mission to save and express the rich musical heritage of his homeland. Interview by Susannah Tarbush

We are witnessing the fall of humanity Malek Jandali is considered to be among the most versatile and creative musicians in the Arab world. He has recently attracted widespread international attention for his strong stand against the Assad regime. Martina Sabra met the artist in the country of his birth, Germany Mr. Jandali, you said you would bring something special with you to our interview? Malek Jandali: Yes. I have a piece of what’s known as a "shepshep" here – the front part of a s...

  The idea of covenant, or brit, has long been one of the main ways in which the biblical encounter between man and God is understood. This term has been especially popular among today’s political theorists with an interest in Scripture, who have tried to marshal the biblical term for contemporary political applications. But these efforts have, more often than not, only clouded our understanding of the biblical concept of covenant. Invariably they employ anachronistic political theories or ...

Follow Jan. 17, 2021 The fall of the great city of Ugarit and rise of towns along the coasts of today’s Israel and Lebanon had been thought to date after the empires around the Mediterranean collapsed 3,200 years ago. Now the discovery of a significant number of Canaanite jars in the Mycenaean city of Tiryns dating to well before the collapse indicates otherwise. As the ancient civilizations around the Mediterranean arose, they not only warred on one another, they traded with each other too. ...

footnotes. Nile, Euphrates, Tiger, Indus (Pakistan), Ganges (India), and the Yellow River in China. The best approach to explaining the succession of civilizations and Empires in the  Fertile Crescent (Greater Syria) that raided and conquered the Near East civilizations such as in Lebanon, Palestine and Syria ( Phoenicia, Canaan, Aram) is the analogy of survival among the lions and lionesses. Young lions that attained two years, after being chased out of the clan, prowl the region for liones...

22 December، 2020 Prague, SANA – Czech A60 website has posted an expanded photo report about the most important tourist attractions in Syria and the destruction inflicted on some archeological places at the hands of terrorist organizations. The report included 77 color photos captured in Damascus, Hama, Krak des Chevaliers, Maaloula, Palmyra, Ugarit, Sednayah, and Citadel of Saladin. Helena Preshellova, writer of the report, talked about her positive impression during her visit to Syria and...