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The City of David: A Place of
American
Heritage?
Linking an archaeological site in the heart of Jerusalem to the foundation of the United States of America
By
Brent Nagtegaal
Does the Geologic Column Actually Exist?
The single question that could topple the entire edifice of evolution
By
Andrew Miiller
• September 15
Hezekiah’s Historic(al) Reform
Does new evidence from Tel ‘Eton reveal the religious reform of one of Judah’s greatest kings?
By
Micah van Halteren
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The Birth and Death of Biblical Minimalism
By
Prof. Yosef Garfinkel
Jerusalem’s Massive First Temple Period Gate
Did King Solomon build the Ophel gatehouse?
By
Brent Nagtegaal
King Solomon’s Gates
Four cities, four gates: Are the similarities and dating enough evidence to support a Solomonic kingdom?
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• December 26, 2022
INFOGRAPHIC: Solomon’s Blueprint
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
A Study Into King Solomon’s
Three
FOUR Monumental Gates
Was Solomon a significant king ruling over a vast, wealthy empire? The Bible says he was. What does archaeology say? A journey begins at the gates …
By
Christopher Eames
‘David at Shaaraim and Ziklag’: Prof. Yosef Garfinkel Speaks at Armstrong Auditorium
The visiting Hebrew University professor addresses Armstrong College students at our campus headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma.
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• November 27, 2022
‘Land of Milk and HONEY’—An Ancient Apiary in Northern Israel
The discovery of the oldest apiary in the world adds depth to the biblical account of the Promised Land.
By
George Haddad
• November 21, 2022
King Hezekiah’s Monumental Jerusalem Inscription
And a new tool in biblical archaeology: archaeomagnetism
By
Brent Nagtegaal
• November 2, 2022
‘[He]zekiah’: First-of-Its-Kind ‘Monumental’ Inscription of a King of Judah Revealed
The slab fragment might not be much to look at. But even in fragmentary form, it shows that Judah’s kings also had ‘monumental’-style inscriptions …
By
Christopher Eames
• October 26, 2022
Can the Book of Ruth’s Genealogy Be Reconciled With an Early Exodus?
The much-debated genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22 can be somewhat of a headache for Bible scholars. Is it necessarily so?
By
Christopher Eames
• October 8, 2022
Rare First Temple-Period Ivories Discovered in the City of David
Just an ancient gift, or more proof of a powerful Judahite kingdom?
By
George Haddad
• September 7, 2022
Excavating the Ophel
After a four-year hiatus, we recently renewed archaeological excavations on the Ophel.
By
Brad Macdonald
Evidence for the Jebusite Araunah (Or at Least, the Incredibly Strange Use of His Name)
Bible translations and commentaries mis-transliterated it—then wondered why they couldn’t understand it. Enter the “dean of biblical archaeologists” ….
By
Christopher Eames
• August 20, 2022
Minimalism’s Answer to Bible Historicity: Bible Accuracy Only ‘Coincidental’?
A curious method of explaining away archaeologically corroborated biblical accuracy
By
Christopher Eames
• July 7, 2022
Riddle Me This: Why Did King Hiram Pay Solomon for Cities He Didn’t Want?
Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men
By
Christopher Eames
• June 25, 2022
An Ingenious Sluice Gate in Hezekiah’s Tunnel Revealed by New Research
What could prove to be the world’s “oldest sluice gate”
By
Christopher Eames
• June 13, 2022
Highlights From a New Academic Conference on Temple Mount Research
Some colorful highlights from the inaugural “International Academic Conference on New Studies in Temple Mount Research”
By
Christopher Eames
• May 22, 2022
Rethinking the Search for King Solomon
Are we using the right metrics to judge the United Monarchy?
By
Christopher Eames
and
Brad Macdonald
King Baalis: First Evidence of a Biblical Ammonite Ruler
And the man who had Judah’s first governor assassinated
By
Christopher Eames
• March 7, 2022
Interview: Rethinking the Search For Kings David and Solomon
By
Armstrong Institute Staff
• January 19, 2022
Jehoiakim, Tattooed King of Judah?
And other peculiarities about this unusual king of ‘abominations’
By
Christopher Eames
• December 9, 2021
King Manasseh’s ‘Nose Hooks,’ in the Bible and Archaeology
Beneath a peculiar English translation lies a scripture far more brutal (and a warning to the stubborn).
By
Christopher Eames
• November 9, 2021
On the Archaeological Trail of King Jotham
A journey of three seal stamps, of twisted floors and belligerent Ammonites, from seventh-century
b.c.e.
Edom all the way to the 20th-century antiquities market
By
Christopher Eames
• March 4, 2021
Amos’s Earthquake: A Mountain of Evidence
Nearly 2,800 years ago, a megaquake shook ancient Israel. So says the Bible—and so says a mountain of archaeological evidence.
By
Christopher Eames
• February 25, 2021
Did King Ahab Really Have 2,000 Chariots?
Archaeological discoveries are often used to ‘fact check’ the biblical account. This time the roles are reversed: A dramatic claim on an artifact was dismissed as ‘scribal error.’ Was it? What does the Bible say?
By
Christopher Eames
• November 2, 2020
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