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1,500-year-old mosaic with Bible verse
Archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old monastery near Israel with an intricate mosaic floor that features a Bible verse blessing all who read it. At the center of the intricately designed floor there is an inscribed verse in ancient Greek that reads: "Blessed are you when you come in and blessed are you when you go out." The discovery was made near the Israeli city of Kiryat Gat, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Monday. The monastery dates back
Bible sales are booming despite a decline in religiosity
Briana Fitzpatrick grew up in a Christian family and felt a strong connection to a higher power. But it wasn't until this time last year that the young, New York-based artist finally decided to buy her first Bible. The inspiration came to Fitzpatrick as she was sitting with her father, watching a documentary about "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson. "He pulled out his Bible and … you could tell he'd had it for decades and decades.
Biblical Idea of Greater Israel Fuels Conflict
Standing on Mount Nebo in Jordan and looking towards the west, you see the ‘Promised Land’ before you: a yellowish-brown landscape of rolling hills and ravines that stretches into the distant Mediterranean haze. The Jordan River crosses the land somewhere in that haze, and across it lies the West Bank and Jerusalem. It was on Mount Nebo, the Old Testament says, that God showed Moses the land “flowing with milk and honey” that he had
Structure discovered in Jerusalem; used during the First Temple Period
A unique structure, which was uncovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on the eastern slope of the City of David, dates back to the First Temple Period and was used for ritual religious practices. The structure contains eight rock-hewn rooms which contained various elements of ritual practice, including a standing stone (matzeva), an olive oil press and a winepress, both used to provide oil and wine for the rituals, and a carved installation with
