What are the differences between northern and southern Israel? How does the dry climate of Israel affect the preservation of things for archeologists to discover? How dry does it get in the south? What can archaeologists discover from chemicals in the soil and plant impressions?
How does science help the discoveries of archaeologists? And aerial views?
Click picture, "Desert and Science Potential," 6 m. 45 s. video clip
Click picture, "Limitations of Archaeology," 4 m. 23 s.
How and why did scholars hold the Dead Sea Scrolls as hostage for so many years? In what condition were they originally found? And how do some authors and scholars expect too much from archaeology? In what ways are archaeologists hampered even now due to pride and closed-mindedness?
In this video clip I also briefly flipped back and forth from another time in the tour when we passed a Bedouin encampment. I used this brief clip to introduce the Bedouin and then I said more about them in this blog.
If you go to the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth with a local tour guide, you’ll likely be told this set of chalk stairs is where Christ’s home was. I was so glad to have Hannaniah explain in this video clip what can be certain from an archaeologist’s perspective.
Also it’s equally fascinating to have him explain about the pedestrian walk and how big Nazareth was found to be from the first century.
Click picture, "Archaeology at the church in Nazareth," 1 m. 50 s.
Click picture, "Interpretations of Archaeologists," 5 m. 32 s.
In hindsight, I should’ve had a microphone on Barbara (who spoke rather quietly) or asked her to turn off the water flowing from the pump, or both. But the text on the screen helps.
This is the footage that first opened my eyes to the differences in cultures and ways of thinking. I learned a lot in my books about this subject since then, and introduce numerous cultural differences throughout my blogs.
Why was Israel a land that “flowed with milk and honey”? What is the difference between functional and descriptive thinking? How can the imagery in Revelation and the Song of Solomon make more sense when we understand these differences?
Did you read your Bible lately?
Heather, May 2023
