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Huh??? Are you referring to the land they squatted on in Israel?
Nice try. Home as in: the land their families owned pre-1947.
Israel didn't exist before 1947, so that's a no.
In archaeological terms The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine focuses on the Iron Age (1200-586 B.C.E.). Iron I (1200-1000 B.C.E.) represents the premonarchical period. Iron II (1000-586 B.C.E.) was the time of kings. Uniting the tribal coalitions of Israel and Judah in the tenth century B.C.E., David and Solomon ruled over an expanding realm. After Solomon's death (c. 930 B.C.E.) Israel and Judah separated into two kingdoms.
Israel was led at times by strong kings, Omri and Ahab in the ninth century B.C.E. and Jereboam II in the eighth.
The Semitic Museum has installed a new exhibition that brings the world of biblical Israel into vivid, three-dimensional reality. "The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine" immerses the viewer in Israelite daily life around the time of King Hezekiah (8th century B.C.), creating an experiential environment based on the latest archaeological, textual, and historical research.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is a full-scale Israelite house, open on one side, filled with authentic ancient artifacts that show how life was lived by common inhabitants of ancient Jerusalem. Agricultural tools, a cooking area, and a stall occupied by a single, scruffy ram fill the ground floor of the cube-shaped, mud-brick structure, which, thankfully, is not olfactorily authentic. The upper story, reached by a ladder, is devoted to eating and sleeping.
In this lavishly illustrated book some of Israel's foremost archaeologists present a thorough, up-to-date, and readily accessible survey of early life in the land of the Bible, from the Neolithic era (eighth millennium B.C.E.) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. It will be a delightful and informative resource for anyone who has ever wanted to know more about the religious, scientific, or historical background of the region.
The Archaeology of Ancient Israel - Ben-Tor, Amnon; Greenberg, R. - Yale University Press
Huh??? Are you referring to the land they squatted on in Israel?
Nice try. Home as in: the land their families owned pre-1947.
Israel didn't exist before 1947, so that's a no.
Oh now I get it. There was no Israel until 1947. Thats when they became the Israelites, right Ima?
Huh??? Are you referring to the land they squatted on in Israel?
Israel didn't exist before 1947, so that's a no.
The University of Haifa has deciphered the most ancient Hebrew writing, which pushes the date of Jewish writing abilities back to 400 years before the previous estimate. The 10th century BCE inscription on potsherd closely parallels the biblical commandment to provide justice to widows and orphans.
The text is nothing short of astonishing:
You shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
Judge the slave and the widow, Judge the orphan
[and] the stranger. Plead for the infant, plead for the poor [and]
the widow. Rehabilitate … at the hands of the king.
Protect the poor [and] the slave, support the stranger.
Religion, thus, seems to have been a major issue for Jews already three thousand years ago. Slaves had full access to courts—a thing unheard of even 29 centuries later—and there is no indication in the text that they were only Jewish slaves. Justice, as the Torah enjoins us, has indeed always been a major value among Jews.
Jews had full sovereignty on this Land around 1,000 BCE—so much that they recognized and accorded benevolent treatment to strangers. At that time, Jews were ruled by monarchs, contrary to the claims by biblical minimalists of the fictitious nature of the Chronicles.?
You want to go back to 1947? Let's go back further then.
The University of Haifa has deciphered the most ancient Hebrew writing, which pushes the date of Jewish writing abilities back to 400 years before the previous estimate. The 10th century BCE inscription on potsherd closely parallels the biblical commandment to provide justice to widows and orphans.
The text is nothing short of astonishing:
You shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
Judge the slave and the widow, Judge the orphan
[and] the stranger. Plead for the infant, plead for the poor [and]
the widow. Rehabilitate at the hands of the king.
Protect the poor [and] the slave, support the stranger.
Religion, thus, seems to have been a major issue for Jews already three thousand years ago. Slaves had full access to courtsa thing unheard of even 29 centuries laterand there is no indication in the text that they were only Jewish slaves. Justice, as the Torah enjoins us, has indeed always been a major value among Jews.
Jews had full sovereignty on this Land around 1,000 BCEso much that they recognized and accorded benevolent treatment to strangers. At that time, Jews were ruled by monarchs, contrary to the claims by biblical minimalists of the fictitious nature of the Chronicles.?
Jewish History in Israel
Israeli News: Jews wrote 3,000 years ago
You want to go back to 1947? Let's go back further then.
The University of Haifa has deciphered the most ancient Hebrew writing, which pushes the date of Jewish writing abilities back to 400 years before the previous estimate. The 10th century BCE inscription on potsherd closely parallels the biblical commandment to provide justice to widows and orphans.
The text is nothing short of astonishing:
You shall not do [it], but worship the [Lord].
Judge the slave and the widow, Judge the orphan
[and] the stranger. Plead for the infant, plead for the poor [and]
the widow. Rehabilitate at the hands of the king.
Protect the poor [and] the slave, support the stranger.
Religion, thus, seems to have been a major issue for Jews already three thousand years ago. Slaves had full access to courtsa thing unheard of even 29 centuries laterand there is no indication in the text that they were only Jewish slaves. Justice, as the Torah enjoins us, has indeed always been a major value among Jews.
Jews had full sovereignty on this Land around 1,000 BCEso much that they recognized and accorded benevolent treatment to strangers. At that time, Jews were ruled by monarchs, contrary to the claims by biblical minimalists of the fictitious nature of the Chronicles.?
Jewish History in Israel
Israeli News: Jews wrote 3,000 years ago
I'm not disputing that Jews where there 2000 or 3000 years ago, or whatever... But you're all arguing that Israel has been around continuously for that long. It hasn't. Otherwise, show me a map of Israel in say, 1915.
Even the ancient Egyptian Merneptah Stele proves the existence of ancient Israel.
What has archaeology taught us about the origins of Israel? (the Merneptah Stela)
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvg2EZAEw5c]1/13 The Bible's Buried Secrets (NOVA PBS) - YouTube[/ame]In the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt in 1896, British archaeologisit Flinders Petrie unearthed one of the most important discoveries in biblical archaeology known as the Merneptah Stele. Merneptah's stele announces the entrance on the world stage of a People named Israel.
The Merneptah Stele is powerful evidence that a People called the Israelites are living in Canaan over 3000 years ago
Dr. Donald Redford, Egyptologist and archaeologist: The Merneptah Stele is priceless evidence for the presence of an ethnical group called Israel in Canaan.
Even the ancient Egyptian Merneptah Stele proves the existence of ancient Israel.
What has archaeology taught us about the origins of Israel? (the Merneptah Stela)
Even the ancient Egyptian Merneptah Stele proves the existence of ancient Israel.
What has archaeology taught us about the origins of Israel? (the Merneptah Stela)
I'm not disputing that it was around a long time ago. I'm saying that Israel didn't exist in 1915, or did it? You got a map?
So it's like saying the US landmass completely belongs to some descendants of the nomadic tribe that was first here because they were here 7000 years ago. That's irrelevant to what's going on in recent history. I know you guys don't think so because that's your only argument. So hang on to it tightly!
IMA DUNCEEven the ancient Egyptian Merneptah Stele proves the existence of ancient Israel.
What has archaeology taught us about the origins of Israel? (the Merneptah Stela)
I'm not disputing that it was around a long time ago. I'm saying that Israel didn't exist in 1915, or did it? You got a map?
So it's like saying the US landmass completely belongs to some descendants of the nomadic tribe that was first here because they were here 7000 years ago. That's irrelevant to what's going on in recent history. I know you guys don't think so because that's your only argument. So hang on to it tightly!
Well now, lets be rational unbiased people & figure this land issue out together as to who is stealing who's land. Which came first, Solomon's Temple or the Al Asqa Mosque?
Even the ancient Egyptian Merneptah Stele proves the existence of ancient Israel.
What has archaeology taught us about the origins of Israel? (the Merneptah Stela)
I'm not disputing that it was around a long time ago. I'm saying that Israel didn't exist in 1915, or did it? You got a map?
So it's like saying the US landmass completely belongs to some descendants of the nomadic tribe that was first here because they were here 7000 years ago. That's irrelevant to what's going on in recent history. I know you guys don't think so because that's your only argument. So hang on to it tightly!
Oh, that's funny. Who made that up?And Israel fires US built cluster miunitions into areas where those children live. The unexploded muintions have killed and maimed many Pali children when they see the shiny objects and pick them up.
Oh, that's funny. Who made that up?And Israel fires US built cluster miunitions into areas where those children live. The unexploded muintions have killed and maimed many Pali children when they see the shiny objects and pick them up.
Gosh I wonder why Ima seems to have just disappeared?
Well now, lets be rational unbiased people & figure this land issue out together as to who is stealing who's land. Which came first, Solomon's Temple or the Al Asqa Mosque?
I'm not disputing that it was around a long time ago. I'm saying that Israel didn't exist in 1915, or did it? You got a map?
So it's like saying the US landmass completely belongs to some descendants of the nomadic tribe that was first here because they were here 7000 years ago. That's irrelevant to what's going on in recent history. I know you guys don't think so because that's your only argument. So hang on to it tightly!
Of course, they are! Otherwise people would be obsessing themselves with getting a life (and a job) instead of making OCS toobz, of course.Are Jews gods chosen people? - YouTube
Gosh I wonder why Ima seems to have just disappeared?
Well now, lets be rational unbiased people & figure this land issue out together as to who is stealing who's land. Which came first, Solomon's Temple or the Al Asqa Mosque?
I went looking for a map of israel in 1915. I couldn't find one. Now why is that?
Beats me. Let me see now, where is my map of Palestine in 1915?
I went looking for a map of Israel in 1915. I couldn't find one. Now why is that?Gosh I wonder why Ima seems to have just disappeared?
