SciFriday: Sodom and the Cult of the Dead
2022-09-02
AMONG THE MYSTERIES of ancient Sodom are the fields of megalithic funerary monuments called dolmens clustered around the city.Continue Reading
SciFriday: The Discovery of Sodom
2022-07-01
A very large city across the Jordan River from Jericho was destroyed during the Middle Bronze Age, the time of Abraham, by something that exploded in the air over the north end of the Dead Sea.Continue Reading
Doug Hershey – The History and Mystery of Turkey
2022-04-25
MUCH OF the Bible’s early history occurred in the land we now call Turkey. Noah’s boat landed there, and Abraham—contrary to what you may have been taught—was from northern Mesopotamia, not Sumer.Continue Reading
Abraham and the ‘Son of the Cup’
2022-01-19
We all know the basics of the story of Abraham. What we haven’t been taught is the cultural context behind his distress at reaching old age without a son and heir.Continue Reading
The Second Coming of Saturn Part 9: The Well of Souls
2021-12-20
There is a cave underneath the Dome of the Rock, directly below the Foundation Stone. Since the Middle Ages it’s been called the Well of Souls.Continue Reading
The Second Coming of Saturn Part 8: From Urkesh to Canaan
2021-12-17
What did God mean by “the iniquity of the Amorites”? Why did He single out a group of people that most of us have only heard of, if we’ve heard of them at all, in the list of nations that the Israelites had to push out of Canaan? There must have been something unique about the Amorites for God to call them out.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: Sodom and the War of Gog and Magog
2021-10-04
THE DESTRUCTION of ancient Sodom, which is in the news thanks to a new academic paper, is connected to the promise God made to Abraham and to the battle of Armageddon.Continue Reading
Unraveling Revelation: Mount Hermon, Babel, and Sodom
2021-09-27
WHEN GOD personally intervenes in human affairs, it’s a big deal.Continue Reading
Cult prostitution in the Bible
2020-06-14
IF THE Bible had truly been edited to make the apostles, prophets, and patriarchs look better, chapter 38 of Genesis would have disappeared long ago.
From Abraham to Jacob
2020-05-03
WE REACH the end of Abraham’s time on earth this week. We discuss the death of Sarah, Abraham’s purchase of the cave of Machpelah, the marriage of Isaac, the birth of Esau and Jacob, and the short-sightedness of Esau.