Tag Archives: Judah

Ashamed of the Old Testament?

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Tim Frank

As I noted in a few blog posts, there is a tendency in Christian theology and practice to disregard the Old Testament, or even to actively deny that it has any significance for the Church. Apart from any of the … Continue reading →

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A harvest stored

Posted on August 3, 2019 by Tim Frank

This fictional account illustrates how food storage might have been integrated with other household activities in Ancient Judah. I developed this from my dissertation. The rain fell heavily now, the wind driving it against the house wall, pushing it through … Continue reading →

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Pottery reconstruction

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Tim Frank

While I was writing my dissertation I was wishing again and again that more archaeological excavations would restore pottery and give a detailed report on the pottery found. For only by restoring the pottery can we know how many vessels … Continue reading →

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Bibleworld in Rotorua

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Tim Frank

Recently I visited a relatively small, but very good museum Bibleworld in Rotorua, New Zealand. It is one of the few places in New Zealand, where people can get information about Ancient Israel. While Bibleworld has several artefacts from New … Continue reading →

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The aim of archaeology

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Tim Frank

During my archaeological studies at university I only got a cursory introduction to the history of the discipline. But we learned that it started mainly with the collection and subsequent classification of artefacts. Just as others in the early 19th … Continue reading →

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Those children of Israel of whom there is no memory

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Tim Frank

The apocryphal book of Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) contains a hymn to the ancestors of the Jews. It starts in chapter 44 Let us now sing the praises of famous men, our ancestors in their generations. The Lord apportioned to them great … Continue reading →

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Summer 2016 at Tell Halif

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Tim Frank

I am not in Israel this summer, but there’s something happening at Tell Halif. A team are excavating at the northern end of Field V and establishing the connection between Fields IV and V. They are finding some good stuff. … Continue reading →

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The Assyrian century: interpretations of texts and ruins

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Tim Frank

The debate about the economic impacts of the Assyrian rule of the Levant is continuing. As discussed in previous posts about the Pax Assyriaca and the trade through Mediterranean ports, there are diverging views on the extent to which the … Continue reading →

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Pax Assyriaca

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Tim Frank

Once upon a time on the eastern shores of the sea there were many little kingdoms fighting for dominance, trying to exert control over each other. The frequent raids into the territories of neighbours made life uncertain. The enmity stifled … Continue reading →

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Remembering the past

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Tim Frank

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four the main character works in the Ministry of Truth, which is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism. He revises old newspaper reports so that the historical record always supports the party line. Because … Continue reading →

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