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Colonel David Hansen (Ret.)a UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF GEOGRAPHY IN BIBLICAL STUDY Scale model of Meggido (in the Meggido museum) from about the time of Ahab. Megiddo! An important city for all of recorded history. The very name elicits excitement. Writers like Michener, who used Megiddo as a model for his fictional Tell Makor in … Continue reading “THE
CASE OF MEGGIDO”

Dr. Henry M. Morris Reviewed by Ron Zuck Many people associate Charles Darwin with the formation of evolutionary theory. Historically, this is inaccurate. As one studies ancient civilization, the ideas of an evolutionary development become apparent. The early Greeks explained nature from an evolutionary point of view. In Acts 17 we find named the major … Continue reading “BOOK
REVIEW:
THE GOD WHO IS REAL”

Bryant G. Wood In Bible times the average person did not own much in the way of material goods. The most valued piece of personal property for the majority of individuals seems to have been his or her bgd. This Hebrew word means “covering” and is usually translated “cloak.” It was an outer garment, much … Continue reading “A
MAN AND HIS CLOAK”

Remains Of Mary Magdalene’s Home Town Found Archaeologists have discovered the remains of columns that probably formed part of the tower from which the name of the New Testament town of Magadan, also spelled Magdalene, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, was derived. Magadan or Magdalene is the New Testament spelling of migdal, … Continue reading “ARCHAEOLOGY
NEWS AND NOTES”

Milton C. Fisher Shades of Melchizedek! For a while it seemed this digger had a beginning to his life but no ending. References to his contributions to Palestinian archaeology are frequent, yet his story is not so dramatic as to rate fullscale treatment in the usual sources for our biographical sketches. The ponderous National Union … Continue reading “FREDERICK
JONES BLISS [1859-1937]”

William H. Sheaa After the Persians conquered Babylon, they proceeded to reorganize the civil service in order to bring the newly-acquired kingdom under the administration of the Persian empire. Darius the Mede, the local ruler in Babylon, appointed 120 governors and three “presidents” over them, one of whom was Daniel (Dan 6:1–2). This did not … Continue reading “DANIEL
AND THE LION OF BABYLON”

William H. Sheaa The first chapter of Daniel tells how Daniel and his three friends were exiled from Judah to Babylon. The year was 605 BC and this was the first of Nebuchadnezzar’s three campaigns against Judah. Hostages were taken from the upper class and nobility of Jerusalem and Daniel and his three friends found … Continue reading “DANIEL
AND HIS FRIENDS IN BABYLON”

Robert Goette Often one can learn how effective his efforts are by examining what the opposition has to say. In this case, the word is from the National Center for Science Education, affiliated with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Teachers Association (both are very evolution-oriented organizations). Here are … Continue reading “A
WORD FROM THE OPPOSITION — WITH COMMENTS”

NEW BOOK BY ALAN MILLARD Reviewed by Bryant G. Wood Alan Millard, Rankin Reader in Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages at the University of Liverpool, has produced a companion volume to his Treasures From Bible Times (reviewed in the Autumn 1987 issue of Archaeology and Biblical Research). Treasures covers the Old Testament period and now … Continue reading “BOOK
REVIEW”

Milton C. Fisher “This stele will be better known in the world than anything else I have found, “1 Petrie announced to his surprised team. They were seated at dinner the evening of the discovery at Luxor (ancient Thebes) of the now-famous Merenptah Stele in the mortuary temple of the pharaoh of that name. The … Continue reading “WILLIAM
MATTHEW FLINDERS PETRIE [1853-1942]”