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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...

What happens at the al aqsa mosque very closely and if things escalate there, then we could see another military escalation, but it hasnt happened, but watch jerusalem. nicole? >> that was nbcs richard engel for us in gaza. and a note to all of you. on tuesday, we showed you video of peaceful protests from around the world in support of the palestinian people. we mistakenly said that those demonstrations were also a show of support for hamas, which we did not mean to do. words matter, especially...

Biden Pulling Out Three Defensive Missile Batteries From Middle East A reduced U.S. military presence in the Middle East is empowering Iran and pushing Gulf states to unite. A U.S. soldier stands with a Patriot missile system in the background BULENT KILIC/AFP/GETTY IMAGES In his foreign-policy speech on February 4, Joe Biden announced that the United States would be taking “additional steps to course-correct our foreign policy.” He pledged to end the war in Yemen and recalibrate the U.S.-S...

Iraq’s Economy Nears Collapse Will closer cooperation with Iran become a financial necessity? ISTOCK.COM/FRIEMANN Iraq devalued its currency against the dollar by 18.5 percent on December 19 in an attempt to stimulate its faltering economy. Iraqi government officials acknowledge they have a major problem. Yet not all nations view it that way. Iraq’s difficulties are Iran’s opportunities. The devaluation makes $1 equal to 1,460 dinar. Before the devaluation, a dollar was equal to 1,182 din...

ENOUGH—No More Jews in Belgium iStock.com/Alexandros Michailidis The EU’s highest court upholds Belgian bans on kosher and halal slaughter practices. December 28, 2020 The European Court of Justice (ecj)—the European Union’s highest court—upheld Belgium’s ban on slaughtering animals without first stunning them. This December 17 ruling upholds the prohibition on kosher and halal slaughter in Belgium in the name of “animal welfare” and clears a path for additional bans across Euro...

Dating The Royal Seal With Geology And Patina The seal was subjected to a series of laboratory tests that showed it was sealed on a linen cloth, when its material was in a relatively dry state, and then baked at a temperature of about 750 degrees Celsius (1382 degrees Fahrenheit). Testing the bulla (medieval Latin for "a round seal"; plural bullae), the team was able to ascertain that it had come from a place where “limestone rocks are exposed in the vicinity of basalt-containing olivine.”...

Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israels Jewish World and Archaeology editor. 2,700-year-old clay sealing from a stamp from the Israelite King Jeroboam II in the 8th century BCE. (Dani Machlis/Ben Gurion University) What is arguably the earliest inscribed clay seal impression from the Land of Israel — used at the court of Israelite King Jeroboam II — has been authenticated after years of strict laboratory testing under the supervision of Ben-Gurion University Prof. Yuval Goren. The inscr...