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Robert Koldewey and one of the hundreds of well-preserved animal reliefs found on the gateways and walls of Babylon. Look at a photograph or drawing of the vast area and the huge structures exposed to view by the excavations at ancient Babylon directed by Robert Koldewey and his assistant, Walter Andrae, and you will be … Continue reading “ROBERT
KOLDEWEY [1855-1925]”

David Livingston Area 77, view southeast. Behind the meter stick are large megalithic stones, possibly part of a Middle Bronze-Late Bronze I defensive structure or fortification wall. Further work must be done in this area to clarify the date and nature of these stones. Background During late July and early August 1990, 19 volunteers and … Continue reading “KHIRBET
NISYA: THE 1990 DIG REPORT”

William H. Sheaa The Starting Point One of the great historical events of Old Testament times was the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. By the time of their departure, after several centuries of residence in that land, they had become a people enslaved. Thus the Exodus was not Just a movement of people from … Continue reading “LEAVING
EGYPT”

Reviewed by Ronald K. Zuck Humanity has two means of obtaining knowledge: reason and revelation. Obtaining knowledge by exercising our senses is described as reason. Revelation comes from God. As one views the world around him, he finds himself in the middle of the revelation-reason controversy. Throughout the ages, men have had to make a … Continue reading “BOOK
REVIEW: IN THE MINDS OF MEN”

Robert V. Gentry Reviewed by Robert L. Goette [The review is given to call attention to the supplement to this issue of A&BR. ] In the Forward to Creation’s Tiny Mystery, Dr. Scot Morrow, a chemistry professor, writes, “Robert V. Gentry writes lucidly of his meticulous experimentation with radioactive halos in ancient minerals. Many scientists … Continue reading “BOOK
REVIEW:
CREATION’S TINY MYSTERY”

Bob Goettea Correspondence between Robert v. Gentry and Gregg Wilkerson in response to an article in Archaeology and Biblical Research (Winter 1989) by Robert Goette. [Schematics and photographs have been reproduced by permission of Earth Science Associates.] BSP 3:3 (Summer 1990) p. 3 Is There Evidence For A Young Earth? Yes. In the Summer 1988 … Continue reading “CREATION’S
TINY MYSTERY EXPLORED”

William H. Shea Dr. William H. Shea, M.D., Ph.D., is on the staff of the Biblical Research Institute, Washington, DC. He formerly taught at Andrews University, Berrien Springs. MI. Is it possible that a potsherd with very early Israelite writing on it, found at “Isbet Sartah, tells of a tragedy which-befell Israel during the period … Continue reading “THE
TRAVELS OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT”

Larry V. Crutchfielda The sound of a report! Behold, it comes, a great commotion out of the land of the north — to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt of jackals (Jer 10:22 NASB) The City of David and later the enlarged city of Jerusalem were well protected by deep valleys on … Continue reading “THE
GREAT COMMOTION OUT OF THE NORTH”

Zdzislaw J. Kaperaa Many ancient manuscripts were discovered around Khirbet (“the ruins of”) Qumran in the Judean Desert at the end of the 1940’s and the beginning of the 1950’s.1 So far scholars have fought two battles around them. The first battle was over the authenticity of the scrolls. This was settled by the mld-1950’s … Continue reading “THE
THIRD BATTLE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS”

Milton C. Fisher “Sheer luck,” many would say. How else does an excavator so quickly extract the needle in a haystack he’s traveled thousands of miles to find? George Smith, a man as uncomplicated as his name, in a matter of weeks located the fifteen or so missing lines of the Gilgemish Epic. Sent to … Continue reading “GEORGE
SMITH [1840-1876]”