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Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of...

The heroes of antiquity are perhaps due for another revision of their status. My Glorious Brothers Fast's Maccabees My Glorious Brothers Uri Avnery Uri Avnery's English weekly December 27, 2014 http://www.avnery-news.co.il/english/index.html When...

ed note–yes, somewhat cerebral and loaded to the gills with ancient history, but it is actually very relevant and important to what is going on right now, and in an apocalyptic way that affects everyone. First, a little history primer for the reader...

This post Archaeology: 2016 – a year of proving God’s promises is via Kehila News Israel. The Gregorian calendar is fast drawing to a close summing up a year of discoveries in Israel in the field of archaeology that provide evidence of God’s promises...

Warren Carter has written a handy little book (~150 pp) on the background and context of the New Testament called Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World (Baker, 2013). So, what are the “big seven”? (1) The Death of Alexander...