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Premiere of a New Khirbet Qeiyafa Short Film is Right Here
A new short film titled “Khirbet Qeiyafa: A Fortified City in the Kingdom of Judah” now debuts on this blog. It summarizes the major finds at Khirbet Qeiyafa and presents the excavators’ conclusions on how the site shapes our understanding … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, Inscriptions and Manuscripts, Israel, Jerusalem, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Short videos
Tagged Amihai Mazar, David, Elah Fortress, Inscriptions, Inside Jerusalem, Iron IIa, Israel, Judah, Khirbet Qeiyafa, King Saul, Ostracon, Peter Hagyo-Kovacs, Saar Ganor, Yosef Garfinkel
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Information on the second Qeiyafa inscription coming later this year
A few people have inquired about the new Khirbet Qeiyafa inscription discovered in the 2012 season. I asked Yossi Garfinkel about it last week when I drove up to Chattanooga (from Tampa!) to catch his presentation at Southern Adventist University. He … Continue reading
Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation ending. Garfinkel’s next dig site is…
The Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation is wrapping up this summer and excavators Yosef Garfinkel and Michael Hasel have just announced their next dig site. The excavation is moving to Lachish. They will proceed with surveying and test pits this summer followed … Continue reading
Qeiyafa Update #2 – Two Things You May Want to Know
This excavation week has come to a close. Lots of hard, dirty, sweaty, rewarding, and enriching work. Here are some tidbits for the future: 1. This may be the last dig season here. Due to hard work over the past 3 weeks, … Continue reading
Garfinkel responds to discussions about the new Qeiyafa shrines
Yossi Garfinkel asked me to post some comments from him regarding the new discoveries from Khirbet Qeiyafa. These comments address some misconceptions about his conclusions. For one, he clarifies that the unique shrine here is the stone model, not the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, General Archaeology, Israel, Jerusalem, Khirbet Qeiyafa, New Discoveries, Publications & Study Materials
Tagged aniconic, Archaeology, ark of the covenant, Aron Elohim, Art & Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, cultic activity, cultic room, David, Elah Fortress, Israel, Israelite religion, Judah, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Monotheism, recessed door, Shrine, Solomon, Temple, triglyph, Yosef Garfinkel
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New Finds from Khirbet Qeiyafa May Clarify Bible Text, Temple Architecture
During last summer’s dig, we found artifacts that relate to Israelite religion before Solomon’s temple. They may even help us understand more about the temple itself. As the Israel Antiquities Authority headlined it for this morning’s press conference, “Hebrew University archaeologist … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation, Ancient Architecture, Bible comments, Biblical Archaeology, Israel, Jerusalem, Khirbet Qeiyafa, New Discoveries
Tagged Archaeologists, Art & Architecture, Artifacts, Biblical Archaeology, cultic activity, cultic room, Discoveries, Elah Fortress, Israelite religion, Khirbet Qeiyafa, Saar Ganor, Shrine, Temple, Yosef Garfinkel
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Press Release: New Findings from Khirbet Qeiyafa to be Revealed May 8th
This recent announcement: “On Tuesday, May 8, Prof. Yosef Garfinkel from the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem will announce an archaeological discovery with implications for archaeology, history and biblical studies. The announcement, including artifacts never seen by … Continue reading
Questions on Khirbet Qeiyafa’s 2010 cultic room
Todd Bolen commented with a series of questions on my previous post about the Qeiyafa cultic room from 2010. Todd wrote: 1. What parallels exist for this type of incense altar? 2. Was evidence of burning found in this room? … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Khirbet Qeiyafa excavation, Ancient Architecture, Biblical Archaeology, General Archaeology, Khirbet Qeiyafa, New Discoveries
Tagged Archaeology, Art & Architecture, Artifacts, ASOR, Biblical Archaeology, cultic activity, cultic room, Elah Fortress, incense altar, Israelite religion, Khirbet Qeiyafa, massebah, standing stone, Tel Rehov, Yosef Garfinkel
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Do the adornments on the Qeiyafa shrines contradict the Israelite ban on images?
Some scholars point out a seeming contradiction with the newly-announced shrines from Khirbet Qeiyafa. The Qeiyafa archaeologists conclude that the city’s inhabitants observed the Israelite ban on religious images, yet they show us a model temple adorned with lions and … Continue reading →