Sermons and Biblical Studies

A very unusual feature was excavated at Beersheba, just inside the city gate, to the left as one enters. (For a full report on the excavations at Beersheba, see the Winter 1974 issue of Bible and Spade, pages 21–27). There, in a courtyard, is a staircase which leads nowhere. The staircase may be seen in … Continue reading “BIBLE
AIDS ARCHAEOLOGIST IN INTERPRETING BEER-SHEBA DISCOVERY”

E.M. Blaiklock [E.M. Blaiklock taught Latin, Greek, and ancient and biblical history at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, for more than forty years. He is well known for his books on classics, history, and the New Testament, and also as an essayist and journalist. This article was given in November of 1972 as the … Continue reading “MORE
AND MORE, SCRIPTURE LIVES!
A PERSONAL ACCOUNT BY A NOTED CLASSICS SCHOLAR”

Terence Smith On a lonely, isolated hill called Kuntillet Ajrud, overlooking a vast and empty desert plain, an Israeli archaeological team has discovered an ancient Judean fortress containing a rare collection of Hebrew and Phoenician inscriptions dating to about 800 B.C. The inscriptions were discovered on pottery and the plaster walls of a remarkable 2,800-year-old … Continue reading “2,800-YEAR-OLD
FORTRESS IS DISCOVERED IN SINAI”

Raymond L. Cox [Raymond L. Cox, a frequent contributor to BIBLE AND SPADE, is pastor of the Salem, Oregon Foursquare Church. He has traveled extensively in Bible lands and has written over 1650 articles on biblical and archaeological subjects. In addition, he is the author of four books.] An inscription somewhat to the east of … Continue reading “ERASTUS
SALUTES YOU”

A mine in western Saudi Arabia is now believed to have been the principal producer of King Solomon’s gold, according to a new study by scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Department of the Interior, working with their counterparts in the Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources (DGMR). Although many mines scattered throughout … Continue reading “SOLOMON’S
GOLD MINE BELIEVED FOUND”

Paul W. Wallace Philadelphia — The City Of The Open Door And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: “The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, who shuts and no one opens. “I know your works. Behold, I … Continue reading “JOURNEY
BY LAMPLIGHT
A VISIT TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA — PART 4”

With an area of about 30 acres, Aphek-Antipatris is one of the largest mounds in the land of Israel. It is situated near the source of the Yarkon River and was, for this reason, called Tel Ras el-’Ain in Arabic, meaning “Mound at the Head of the Spring.” In antiquity the main international highway of … Continue reading “EXCAVATIONS
AT APHEK — ANTIPATRIS”

Beneath a dusty, sun-baked mound in northern Syria, Italian archaeologists have uncovered one of the most spectacular finds of all time — a collection of 15,000 clay tablets from a civilization that flourished over 4, 000 years ago. That kingdom was Ebla, a Semitic civilization which was previously known only by occasional references in ancient … Continue reading “FROM
SYRIA
SENSATIONAL NEW COLLECTION OF TABLETS FOUND”

Paul W. Wallace Thyatira — A Businessman’s Town And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: “The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. “I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that … Continue reading “JOURNEY
BY LAMPLIGHT
A VISIT TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA — PART 3”

Robert J. Bull Drew University While at Jacob’s Well and during the course of an argument with Jesus about the proper place to worship God, a Samaritan woman exclaimed, “Our fathers worshiped on this mountain,” and thereby directed attention to Mt. Gerizim. It has been assumed that she was referring to the mountain in general … Continue reading “AN
ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING JOHN 4:20”