Syro-Palestinian Archaeology

rich · Post by **rich** » Fri May 16, 2008 11:36 pm

Don't forget too - by that time they finally had the power of Rome too.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:19 am

rich wrote:You forget they call themselves Israelites. They already managed to insert themselves into the "fold".

Outside of the OT we have no clue what they called themselves. The indication from the Tel Dan Stele and the Mesha stele is others called them the House of Omri. There are no inscriptions.

Ishtar · Post by **Ishtar** » Sat May 17, 2008 12:27 am

rich wrote:Don't forget too - by that time they finally had the power of Rome too.

Hmm .... I'm really addressing another point, Rich.

If the OT is primarily a PR document cobbled together by the Tobias's Madison Avenue crew, it's a pretty piss poor one, in my view.

Dat's all's eye's a-sayin.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:11 am

Ishtar wrote:I was thinking about angel names, and then realised that they all end in el - Gabri-el, Micha-el, Zadkiel, Rapha-el, Sammu-el and so on. So could this mean that the angels' names are earlier than Yahweh, that they are the messengers of El?

I always found the name Mica-el very interesting. Mica is another form of Mitra. There are so many parallels though between Zoroastrian angelology and the later Jewish version that there can be no doubt where the concept came from.

Didn't someone here refer to Ahura Mazda and the seven sparkles? I like that expression.

rich · Post by **rich** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:33 am

Yeah but I kinda think Thales had something to do with it somehow.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:44 am

I think I have to read this book.

http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id= ... QDIkS7OqDw

rich · Post by **rich** » Sat May 17, 2008 8:59 am

I've got an old book on it burried someplace over here but I'll be damned if I can remember where. Been a lot of years since I read it. Maybe I'll try to dig it out again or get a new one.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat May 17, 2008 9:08 am

I ordered it....where would I be without Amazon? Also pre-ordered Niels Peter Lemche's latest effort.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Sun May 18, 2008 8:30 am

I highly recommend Mary Boyce. I don't agree with all of her conclusions but her research is solid.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun May 18, 2008 9:25 am

It's on its way. Will give us something else to discuss, seeker.

Post by **Minimalist** » Tue May 20, 2008 11:49 am

In mid-June a web site will be set up by the team excavating at Megiddo.

http://digmegiddo.wordpress.com/

It will be run by George Washington University students under the direction of Eric Cline.

It joins the existing blog by Aren Maier at Tel es-Safi (Gath,)

http://gath.wordpress.com/

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 4:51 pm

of Syro-Palestinian Archaeology.......

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988803.html

Dozens of skeletons from the early Islamic period were discovered during excavations near the Temple Mount, on a site slated for construction by a right-wing Jewish organization. Contrary to regulations, the skeletons were removed, and were not reported to the Ministry of Religious Services. The Israel Antiquities Authority termed the incident "a serious mishap."

A "serious mishap?" If the Waqf had removed Jewish skeletons in this manner there would be cluster bombs dropping on Amman.

kbs2244 · Post by **kbs2244** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:05 pm

I would imagine things are a bit tense in that part of town at the moment.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:09 pm

You have a talent for understatement, kb.

seeker · Post by **seeker** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:09 am

That's the kind of news that never gets reported here in the US. People here in the US, restricting themselves to US media, have no clue what is going on in Israel.

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