Posted on 07/27/2011 11:49:53 AM PDT by rhema
The Palestinian Authority is renewing an archaeology dig in Shechem, which the Bible records was bought by Jacob (Yaakov). The director of the PA's Department of Antiquities, Hamdan Taha, says the dig will help in writing or rewriting the history of Palestine.
Muslim clerics often have rewritten the Bible, claiming that the binding of Isaac (Yitzchak)" actually refers to Ishmael. Clerics in the Palestinian Authority and the entire Muslim world also have frequently argued that the Holy Temples never existed and that Rachel's Tomb at Bethlehem actually is an ancient Muslim holy site.
Shechem appears to be next in line. Taha told the Associated Press that the history of the area, including the Biblical period, is part of Palestinian history.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
The director of the PA’s Department of Antiquities, Hamdan Taha, says the dig will help in writing or rewriting the history of Palestine.
You can put a dress on a pig and it’s still a pig!
It’s not nice to re-write God’s Word..........................
You’re just asking for an HT pic, aren’t you?...........................
No, no, no Helen please!
If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Yes he was. Let him have it!
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