A piece of a milk bowl dropped by an Israelite 3,400 years ago adds more evidence to the story of the conquest of Canaan by Joshua and the Israelites. Dr. Douglas Petrovich, author of The World’s Oldest Alphabet and Origins of the Hebrews, explains why a small piece of potteryContinue Reading
High-tech science played a key role in deciphering the text on a small lead amulet found on Mount Ebal in Israel, the site of Joshua’s altar.Continue Reading
A PIECE of broken pottery connects the Israelites to the destruction of a city immediately after Joshua’s “long day.” Dr. Douglas Petrovich, joins us to discuss his new paper on the Lachish Milk Bowl Ostracon, a potsherd with writing he describes as a “proto-consonantal alphabetic script”–Hebrew, the world’s oldest alphabet.Continue Reading
Archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling joins us to discuss the discovery of a curse tablet on Mount Ebal in Israel and explain why it’s generating so much controversy.Continue Reading
Associates for Biblical Research announced a major find Thursday from the site of Joshua’s altar on Mount Ebal—the oldest reference to the divine name, YHW, in a proto-alphabetic script.Continue Reading
STRONG WOMEN rose to the occasion when Israel fell under the oppressive hand of Jabin, the Canaanite king of Hazor.Continue Reading
IT DIDN’T take long for Israel to forget God. Within thirty years of arriving in Canaan, God was compelled to tell the Israelites that because of their disobedience, He would not drive out the people before them.Continue Reading
THE PEOPLE of Israel are finally dispatched to their homes. Before they go, however, Joshua binds them with another oath, demanding that the people choose who they will serve.Continue Reading
THE DIVISION of the land continues in this week’s study as we read through the boundaries of the lands allotted to the seven tribes who had not yet claimed their inheritance.Continue Reading
THE SECOND HALF of the Book of Joshua begins with a list of kings defeated by Moses and Joshua.Continue Reading