#ancient-israel — Public Fediverse posts

A sacred symbol that still inspires courage, justice, and faith across centuries. The Ark’s story reminds us that true power rests in moral strength. #ArkOfTheCovenant #BiblicalHistory #SacredArtifact #TenCommandments #TempleOfSolomon #AncientIsrael #FaithAndLaw #ReligiousSymbolism #SacredHistory
https://sm.stayingalive.in/did-you-know/ark-of-the-covenant-the.html

Archaeologists just found the grandparents’ room in a 2,700-year-old Israelite house. A cedar chair, a rare footbath, & a ground floor bedroom (the ladder to the 2nd floor being the giveaway). #Archaeology #IronAge #AncientIsrael https://www.anthropology.net/p/the-grandparents-room-finding-the

What aspect of the Sanhedrin’s legacy moves you the most? Could a similar council bring unity today? Share your thoughts on how ancient wisdom might shape modern challenges. #Sanhedrin #AncientIsrael #JewishHistory #Mishnah #Talmud #Hillel #Shammai #Temple #RabbinicTradition #OralLaw
https://spiritulality.stayingalive.in/inspiring-harmony/sanhedrin-the-council-that.html

@CoolerPseudonym
If you're going to start flinging stuff round then here is a series of 26 interviews about the archaeology of #AncientIsrael and an interpretation of it by #IsraelFinkelsteinArchaeologist.

I think Q gets a mention, maybe 2.

Take that.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL34lSDv_z3lv4WGX95ngJAWdhOnFAtWts

Watching #IsrealFinkelsteinArchaeologist be interviewed in a 26 part series about the history of #AncientIsrael.

First episode was good, went over the approach to be used.

There are subtitles, which make clear words like Apiru.

And a clarification that academic #BiblicalMinimalists are not claiming that there is no or little history in the Torah/Old Testament, but instead claiming the historical facts were injected after getting info from the Persians and/or Greeks

https://youtu.be/22HQKXCMfHk

Everything Wrong With #Revelation14 in the #Bible

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joWMpk-D4Y4

We've met the #SeaBeast and the #EarthBeast and the #MarkoftheBeast... and somehow, this is all supposed to make us #Christians. It's not working.
So why not try a murder-hungry #Jesus?

#mythology #ancientrome #ancientisrael #atheism #atheist

Concepts of #Demons in #AncientIsrael

#AncientLevant #Demonology
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25684138

It's the Day of Helios / Sol's Day / #Sunday! ☀️

Four steeds pull the chariot bearing the sun god #Helios, surrounded by the 12 signs of the zodiac. Helios and the zodiac appear in at least seven synagogues from about 400 to 500 CE.

🎨 Floor #mosaic in the ancient Sepphoris Synagogue, Israel. Photo: Gabi Laron/Courtesy Zeev Weiss.

#DayOfHelios #GreekRomanArt #ancientRome #mythology @antiquidons @mythology #MosaicMonday #ancientIsrael

New article: Israelite Divination and the Mysterious Teraphim

I briefly address the passages in the Bible that mention teraphim and discuss what these sacred objects were before moving on to the topic of Israelite divination.

https://isthatinthebible.wordpress.com/2023/05/04/israelite-divination-and-the-mysterious-teraphim/

#Bible #Christianity #AncientIsrael #history #religion #divination #necromancy #deconstruction #exvangelical #HigherCriticism #BiblicalStudies #BibleStudy #Judaism

My standard length for long was known
And measured from the funny bone
To fingertip. The Builders of
The Temple, He Who Loosed a Dove,
And Ptah employed me. Now my name
Sounds like a phrase that means the same
As “raise it to the power of three,”
And only wonks remember me.

#poetry #smallpoems #riddlepoems #history #science #bible #measurement #ancientegypt #ancientisrael #architecture #mythology #poetrycommunity

I have a new video essay up. This time, it's about the murder that Israelite queen Jezebel is accused of in 1 Kings 21. A close look at the text’s inconsistencies and conflicting accounts of the incident cast doubt on her guilt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqWFuRpI_1w

#Bible #BiblicalStudies #HigherCriticism #history #AncientIsrael #Fundamentalism #Deconstruction

This 9,000-year-old skeleton is the oldest cremation in the Near East - Enlarge / Fire. (credit: Soreen D. / Flickr)
A cremation pit recently unearthed at Beisamoun, jus... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1699392 #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #funeralpractices #ancientisrael #archaeology #cremation #osteology #skeletons #science

Ancient trash heaps reveal the Plague of Justinian’s economic toll - Enlarge (credit: Guy Bar-Oz)
Ancient trash heaps recently yielded some clues about how the Plague... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1694582 #plagueofjustininian #byzantineempire #justinianplague #yersiniapestis #ancientisrael #bubonicplague #archaeology #garbology #gazawine #y.pestis #science #negev

Ancient slag offers insight into the uneven pace of technological advances - Enlarge / Copper production waste Khirbat en-Nahas, Jordan was piled 6m (18 ft) deep. (credit: T. ... more: https://arstechnica.com/?p=1571921 #punctuatedequilibrium #bronzeagecollapse #edomitekingdom #ancientisrael #ancientegypt #archaeology #metallurgy #science #copper