Thank you Ian for your comments on En Gedi. By Herodian remains, did
the excavators include the period of Herod the Great, or are we speaking
later Herodian?
Mazar and Dunayevsky talk of two phases of usage, the second of which featured two
coins from Agrippa I. They suggest it was
Dear Bruce,
Please check out my Archaeology Menu on my website (click on the url in
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signature) for my dating of each and every book in the Primary History
(Genesis-2 Kings) via archaeological anomalies revealed by Biblical
Archaeology. Archaeology has revealed that certain sites were
First, thanks to Ian for his bibliographical reference and comments on En
Gedi.
Responding to Stephen's posting piecemeal (with advance apologies for the
length):
Though we disagree on Pliny's source on Essenes, let me begin by noting
that we have (at least in the past) agreed that
