tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post3341799393039353049..comments2023-10-05T08:25:13.232-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: Has Joshua's Altar on Mt. Ebal Been Discovered and Verified by Archaeology?Dave Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-14902652579139451112014-08-03T18:22:52.294-04:002014-08-03T18:22:52.294-04:00Sacrifices and tales of sacred places were common ...Sacrifices and tales of sacred places were common in the ancient Near East. As for whether or not "Joshua" instituted the practice, that's another question. See for instance Gunkel's discussion of ancient stories: <br /><br />http://sacred-texts.com/bib/log/index.htmEdwardtbabinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036816926421936940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-35206457242142680432014-07-29T14:47:11.967-04:002014-07-29T14:47:11.967-04:00DMW
That's a very interesting perspective, an...DMW<br /><br />That's a very interesting perspective, and could very imply such. Nice jobAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071553585020176487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-70466888250209691432014-07-29T12:46:07.741-04:002014-07-29T12:46:07.741-04:00Let's look at the unhewn stones through a trop...Let's look at the unhewn stones through a tropological lens: Exodus 20:25 forbids one to build (Heb. 'banah') an altar from hewn stone. Throughout the Torah, 'banah' is used almost exclusively to refer to the construction of altars and cities, but there is one exception that stands out, namely, the first use of 'banah' in the Bible, Gen 2:22, when God fashions Eve from the side of Adam. The first woman is fashioned as a temple or a holy city (think proto-Daughter Zion) unto the Lord. (One notes too a Marian connection!) <br /><br />Using now the moral sense we can connect this to Lev 19: "27 You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh on account of the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the LORD." Entering the New Covenant, we fine this: "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, which you have from God? You are not your own" (1 Cor 6:19).<br /><br />Might this prohibition "written down for <i>our</i> instruction" (1 Cor 10:11) emphasize the holiness of the temple and altar of Christ's body and by sacramental extension to our own as holy to the Lord?A. T. Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816243030572765014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-81276140983365663432014-07-29T11:26:35.028-04:002014-07-29T11:26:35.028-04:00I don't know!I don't know!Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-39428177305169318962014-07-28T23:59:58.302-04:002014-07-28T23:59:58.302-04:00I notice in the description of the altar that the ...I notice in the description of the altar that the stones were to be of undressed stone. That was not the only altar to be built of stone that was not to be hewn. why i the stone have to be unhewn?Br Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01659316215750459652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-47135297311721321892014-07-24T14:52:02.346-04:002014-07-24T14:52:02.346-04:00At best Archaeology might call into question some ...At best Archaeology might call into question some fundamentalist interpretations of historic events.<br /><br />Like the Exodus. It seems very very unlikely a mass migration of 2 million people from a country that at it's height had no more then 5 million took place during the 13th or 12th century BC.<br /><br />But that is only if you interpret the post Exodus Census narratives a certain way. <br /><br />A migration of 20,000 people solves most of those logistics problems.Son of Ya'Kovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05645132954231868592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-14100210362431054902014-07-23T14:45:49.653-04:002014-07-23T14:45:49.653-04:00The irony is that, in their rush to debunk and sco...The irony is that, in their rush to debunk and scorn any finding that is consistent with the Bible, they scorn archaeological method and factual discovery as well.<br /><br />So they are not only anti-Christian or anti-Bible (since they also oppose traditional Jewish beliefs in the inspiration of the Bible),but also anti-scientific method and anti-reason.Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-5464308783641838092014-07-23T13:46:36.466-04:002014-07-23T13:46:36.466-04:00It's pretty amazing and exciting to see how ar...It's pretty amazing and exciting to see how archaeology helps support Biblical writings. What is so shocking is how vehemently such archaeology is attacked by those in the same academic field, who can't stand Christianity, much less God. Of course it doesn't help much when people such as the late, Ron Wyatt, decide to perform their own archaeological undertakings to support the Bible (without producing the necessary evidence to support their claims), while at the same time debunking much of the traditionally held beliefs of such events and where they took place.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02071553585020176487noreply@blogger.com