I told you in the previous Nugget, how two Israeli experts, Mordechai Mishor and Edna Engel, noticed the similarities in handwriting and layout of the text of Exodus 9:18–13:2 while the sheet was on display in the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem. It reminded them …
Comparing the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15) in Two Ancient Documents
A Missing Link Found in the Story of Text Transmission
When I first read the news announcement related to a major new discovery of a 7th or 8th Century document called the Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript, it reminded me of a quote I first heard over 25 years ago. Archaeology has not yet said its last word; …
How the Antikythera Mechanism Changes Our Perspective
I have given you a lot of detail over the last two Nuggets as I have focused on the instrument called the Antikythera Mechanism. A number of my readers have asked what does the word Kythera mean and is it spelt Kythera or Cythera? Well …
The Complexity of the Antikythera Mechanism (120 BC)
In the last Nugget I shared with you some of the detail involved in the Antikythera Mechanism, an instrument made around (circa) 120 BC and yet so complex that it has taken a team of international experts years to piece together in order to figure …
Point of Fact: Were the Ancients ‘Neanderthals’?
We have been led to believe that the early humans were primitive. The worldview we pick up from school comes from the evolutionary theory of graded, incremental change from Primitive Man to Modern Man. From an anthropological point of view the Neanderthals were a primitive …
The Connection Between the Pool of Siloam and Hezekiah’s Tunnel
I left you in the previous Nugget with some sleuthing to do. I divided these Nuggets in order to provide you with an opportunity to learn to read the Bible correctly. To fully understand what is going on we need to read the Bible account …
The Clue Found at the Pool of Shiloah
The Jewish people regard the accounts of the past in the Tanakh (the Law, the Prophets and the Writings) as historical – real life stories. But the attitude of the Gentiles, the non-Jews has varied over the years. At times over history the ancient accounts …
Leviticus: A Good Source for Medical Advice
As I told those of you last week who are signed up for Berean Insights Announcements, I would be changing the focus of the Nuggets from today and going back to add to the Nugget Series Evidence to Believe. This was how the Nuggets started …
God’s Shekinah Glory Sheds Light On the Paradox (aPP 31)
When I embarked on this rather bold journey of discovery, I have to admit and I had some clues in my bag but I did not really know what I was taking on. I began with some of the truths that God had allowed me …
God’s Ultimate Paradox is the Final Key to Understanding the Puzzling Paradox (aPP 30)
I am sure many of you will be relieved to know this is the penultimate Nugget in the series A Puzzling Paradox – Pain & Praise, Suffering & Solace, Grief & Glory. I will write one more to draw it all together after giving you …