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The earliest winepress and evidence of Canaanite folk worship
An Israel Antiquities Authority excavation, conducted prior to road construction undertaken by the Netivei Israel – National Transport Infrastructure Company, discovered a wine press – one of the oldest ever uncovered in the country, along with other unique finds that instruct us about everyday domestic Canaanite worship taking place outside Tel Megiddo. * The impressive finds will be displayed at the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of the Land of Israel
First ‘Bible map’ published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests
Lucas Cranach the Elder's map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer's Old Testament (Zürich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. Credit: The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a precedent which continues to shape our understanding
Renewed cultural interest in Scripture noted in final chapter of annual State of the Bible report
A renewed cultural interest in Scripture is recorded in the just-released 9th and final chapter of the 15th annual State of the Bible report by the American Bible Society (ABS). Latest findings come from a nationally representative survey for ABS by NORC at the University of Chicago, using their AmeriSpeak panel. It involved 2,656 online interviews with American adults in all 50 states and the District of Columbia with data collected from Jan. 2–21, 2025. The
The Great Isaiah Scroll
Matt. 1:22-23 – All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet: “Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us). Centuries prior to the nativity in Bethlehem, the prophets heralded the advent of the Messiah. In composing his Gospel, the disciple Matthew deliberately anchored the Messiah’s birth within this prophetic tradition. He invokes Isaiah’s oracle, declaring that the Anointed
