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These posts span nearly a decade of writing — some have been migrated from my old websites and LinkedIn, which may explain why some dates don't quite add up.
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Hezekiah’s Wall – an Insider’s View
How Lost Are the Ten Tribes? Rebirth of Shomron (Part 2 of 4)
“And in that day…the strayed who are in the land of Assyria…shall come and worship…
Wine and Prophecy: The Rebirth of Shomron (Part 1 of 4)
Wine and Prophecy: The Rebirth of Shomron (Part 1 of 4) Hillel Mann, winemaker and…
Lions, Oh My!
“Deliver me from a lion’s mouth; from the horns of wild oxen rescue me” –…
Seal the Deal
My students at work. Photo: Nachliel Selavan This article is intended to share the sort…
From the Midwives to Carchemish
Battle of Carchemish. Photo by: Klaus-Peter Simon – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4470680 In…
Taharqa, Sennacherib and Hezekiah – The Untold Story
Cover image: King Taharqa leads his queens through a crowd during a festival (Art by…
Gold and Gods
This Sunday (November 4, 2016) I will be visiting the Boston Museum of Arts. I…
The Spiral of Time
Beth Alpha Synagogue. Photo: Nachliel Selavan Beth Alpha Zodiac mosaic, artistic reconstruction Spiral of Time…
Interview with Professor Yossi Garfinkel of Hebrew University
My visit to Tel Lachish is still fresh in my memory. It was an exciting three…
Lachish: The Last Stand
Gates of Lachish, by Wilson44691 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0] via Wikimedia Commons וְחֵיל…
What Are You Doing in a Place Like This?
“Where are you from?” “I’m from Israel” “Yeah, but before that” “Like I said, I’m from Israel” I was…