Searching for Biblical Mt. Sinai - Biblical Archaeology Society
Mar 11, 2025 · While tending to the flock of Jethro, the priest of Midian who became Moses’ father-in-law, Moses came to “the Mountain of God” (Mt. Horeb–one of two names for the Mountain of God in the Bible) and there received God’s call to take the Israelites out of Egypt (Exodus 3:1,17). In contrast to the archaeologically empty Sinai during the ...
Video: Har Karkom—Archaeological Discoveries on a Holy …
Feb 14, 2014 · Mount Horeb is certainly NOT in Sinai. It is not a volcano which Exodus describes in detail. It is not in territory free from the pursuing Egyptians and is not known in detail by Moses. Midian, on the other hand, is where Moses lived for many years, had his family and connections, knew the territory and the mountains and was safe from the ...
Mt. Horeb Archives - Biblical Archaeology Society
Aug 21, 2024 · Mt. Horeb. Mt. Horeb Latest. Aug 21 Blog. More Queries and Comments Fall 2024 . By: BAS Staff . Mysterious ...
Water from a Walking Rock - Biblical Archaeology Society
Oct 10, 2024 · “Upon the rock in Horeb” could refer to the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut behind which is a cliff wall where the western sky rests upon (the Lord standing upon the rock) an her temple was dedicated to Hathor (House of Horus, hinted at in the name Horeb where the letter ‘bet’ also means house, in keeping with Zohatic ...
Wilderness Wanderings: Where is Kadesh? - Biblical Archaeology …
May 28, 2024 · (Ge 16:7, 14; Nu 20:14-16 [Heb. ʽir (city) at Nu 20:16 may simply mean encampment; compare Nu 13:19.]) Apparently 11 days’ travel distance by way of Mount Seir separated Kadesh-barnea from Horeb.—De 1:2. Kadesh is spoken of as being located in both the Wilderness of Paran and the Wilderness of Zin.
Hazor Excavations’ Amnon Ben-Tor Reveals Who Conquered …
May 21, 2017 · Horeb which means sword was named horeb because of the everturning sword that protects the way to the tree of life. Jacob saw these angels in his vision of the ladder. Abraham also first came to shechem and sett up his tent between bet el and ai. In other words shilo. Judges 21 tells us shilo is north of bet el on the east side of the highway.
More Queries and Comments Fall 2024 - Biblical Archaeology …
Aug 21, 2024 · Convent of St. Catherine with Mt. Horeb, by David Roberts. Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. THAT IS A LOVELY painting towards the back of your current BAR issue (“A Thousand Words,” p.
Moses as Pharaoh’s Equal—Horns and All - Biblical Archaeology …
Sep 20, 2023 · Third, in Exodus 4:4 God commands Moses, atop Mt. Horeb, to hold the staff-turned-snake by the tail, an action to be compared with the many portrayals of the young Horus holding snakes (and other animals) by the tail. Once again, so Horus, so Moses, as the latter becomes the equal to the former (and by extension to Pharaoh).
The Cave of Elijah the Prophet under Threat?
Sep 23, 2015 · “Elijah Flees to Sinai (Horeb) and Yahweh Silently Appears (1 Kings 19:1–3, 8–12),” Bible Review, October 1992. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, “What Really Happened at the Transfiguration?” Bible Review, Fall 1987. Jerome Murphy-O’Connor, “The Three Parallel Accounts of the Transfiguration” Bible Review, Fall 1987.
Where Noah Landed? - Biblical Archaeology Society
May 16, 2024 · Still another group is looking for Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah landed after the flood. This group is looking to confirm the tradition that nearby Mt. Cudi (Judi Dagh) is really Mt. Ararat, as recorded in the Quran, Sura 11.44.