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An article in Haaretz: "Two 3,800-year-old Cuneiform Tablets Found in Iraq Give First Glimpse of Hebrew Precursor" (Ofer Aderet, 1-20-23), describes a We now have striking direct evidence of a proto-Hebrew language dating from 1800 BC: "a spoken language that was very close to Hebrew" in Abraham's time!

Toi Staff reported on this exciting archaeological discovery in The Times of Israel: "Archaeologist: Thick wall found at Lachish indicates King Solomon’s In 2019, archaeologists discovered King Rehoboam's wall in Lachish in Israel, dated to c. 920 BC in a "fortified city": precisely the place & period described in the Bible.

George Haddad reports on this new discovery in his article, "Period Ivories Discovered in the City of David" (Armstrong Institute of Biblical Archaeology, A large collection of Solomon's Temple-period ivory has been found in the ancient City of David archaeological site, right near the original temple in Jerusalem.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS    Dedication ....................................................................    Acknowledgments Book page for Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong's volume: "The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible" (Catholic Answers Press)

+ Near Eastern Archaeological Periods and Timeline of the Patriarchs Introduction What we may call biblical archaeology flourished from the 1930s to the Introduction to Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong’s volume: The Word Set in Stone: How Archaeology, Science, and History Back up the Bible (Catholic Answers Press).

Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. I have critiqued 83 of his articles, (no counter-reply as of yet). He I interact with the reasoning & conclusions of atheist Bob Seidensticker, in the second of three replies dealing with the astronomical evidence for the star of Bethlehem.

+ Discussion of Micah 5:2 (The Prophecy of Jesus' Birth in Bethlehem) Atheist and anti-theist Bob Seidensticker runs the influential Cross Examined blog. I elaborate upon several of the fascinating aspects of the story of the star of Bethlehem and interact with various (failed) objections from atheist Bob Seidensticker.

Reply to Atheist "Lex Lata" This is a reply to a guest article on Jonathan MS Pearce's atheist blog, by "Lex Lata": a sharp and fairly civil atheist I provide more than fifty massive and multi-faceted evidences in favor of the notion that Moses wrote the Torah (the first five books of the Bible), vs. atheist "Lex Lata."

My upcoming book is entitled, The Word Set in Stone: How Science, History, and Archaeology Prove Biblical Truth. It will be published probably in the Archaeologists in Israel found a monumental inscription by King Hezekiah of Judah (the first from these kings). It also associates him with the construction of pools.

16. Sheol (Hades): Merely the "Grave" or "Underground" or the Conscious Abode of Dead Souls? Lucas Banzoli is a very active Brazilian theological writer, Part 16 of many responses to Lucas Banzoli’s 1900-page book, "The Legend of the Immortality of the Soul": published on 1 August 2022. I defend historic Christianity.