Dear Russell,
You raised an interesting question! Dame Kenyon indeed excavated several shaft
tombs on Tell es-Sultan (see Chrystal Bennett's report in Kenyon, Jericho II,
London 1965, 516-546). Only the third subtype described by Bennett (p. 516) seems
to be directly comparable to the ones fo
George Brooks wrote:
> Prof. Gibson writes:
>
> "And if I take the "some say" correctly, this passage also indicates
> > that there was some doubt that the claim itself (about daughters, etc.)
> is in any way reliable."
>
> REPLY:
> The Talmud is FULL of "some say" commentary. I hardly think
> y
George Brooks wrote:
> Prof. Suter,
>
> The view that the Rechabites were craftsmen in general is quite
> well established. But I'm not quite certain why you think these
> crafts preclude any capacity in Levitical or Priestly service.
> Priests made things in the service of Yahweh. so why wo
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Jeffrey wrote about the Rechabite passage from Eusebius:
More accurate,
Dear Russell
Regarding your query as to whether the Roman period graves found in Jericho
show affinities to those at Qumran, the scant archaeological evidence, which
I pointed out in my article (The Cemeteries of Qumran and Celibacy:
Confusion Laid to Rest? (Dead Sea Discoveries Vol.7 no. 2) sug
Dear David,
Thank you for your response.
First off, you ask me about my comment to Jeffrey. You
write: "I think that you'reunfair to Jeffrey to demand that he
support you rather than "BLOCK" you."
Perhaps you have not had the pleasure of reading Jeffrey's
posts to ANY of my lines of inquiry o