Nuggets provide topical background information to support our understanding of the Bible text.
Nuggets began as apologetic articles, but you, as a reader, can influence the topics I discuss by your questions and requests.
HUPOMIMNESKO
HUPOMIMNESKO (a devotional reading from Rick Renner) This is a reading from the book Sparkling Gems from the Greek by Rick Renner, which I read personally on a daily basis. This year (2019) I am using his second volume. I read this precisely on the …
The Final Approach to Canaan – Kadesh to the Beth-Jeshimoth
By now, you are well aware of the complications of tracking the Exodus Route from Rameses to the entry point of the Israelites to their Promised Land in Canaan. I have quoted the words of William Dever and K.A. Kitchen for you before, “Any attempt …
Is Petra the Location of Greater Kadesh?
I have shown you that there were multiple places named Kadesh meaning ‘holy’. It makes sense to conclude that there was a northern location named Kadesh and a more southern location. To conclude that there were two sites in particular help us to understand the …
Following the Trail from Sinai – Putting the Pieces Together
I am still focused on unravelling the detail related to the route the Israelites took after they left Mount Sinai. I am sure you have gained a bird’s-eye view of what faces scholars, adventurers and interested people when it comes to the question of the …
Where On Earth is Kadesh and / or Kadesh Barnea?
The Israelites, the whole community, arrived in the first month (of the third year) at the Wilderness of Zin. The people settled at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried. Numbers 20:1 Moses sent messengers from Kadesh: ‘To the king of Edom, your brother Israel …
The Problem of Multiple Toponyms with the Same Name
In the previous Nugget I began to unravel the remaining route and told you that we have difficulties. The first problem is that we appear to have too many place names in the Numbers 33 list to fit into a route which should not have …
The Journey from Sinai Onward: Unravelling the Remaining Route
I have brought you to Sinai, the Mountain of God. Now we need to track the route from Sinai onward to Kadesh Barnea in the Wilderness of Paran and on finally to the Promised Land. We have reached a cross over point after arriving at …
From Rephidim to Mt Sinai / Mt Horeb / Mt Musa
I am sure you have been wondering if and when the Nuggets would ever start again. I have had one person write to me and say, “Ian, did I miss something? Have you already brought us to Mt Sinai and now you are leaving us …
Dophkah via Alush to Rephidim According to David Rohl
I left you at the end of the last Nugget with us arriving at Dophkah (Serabit el-Khadim). At the time of the journey outlined in the book of Exodus, Serabit el-Khadim (Sarbut al-Khadem) was a principle mining centre for turquoise and other treasures. The name …
Following the Timing of David Rohl’s Journey from Pi-Hahiroth to Dophkah
One of the aspects of David Rohl’s research and approach that I most admire is his intention to map the Exodus journey according the times specified in the biblical text. The expeditions he undertook in 2001 and 2004 was with the expressed purpose to see …