Author name: Merv Islip

Dating the Period of the Kings Using Rigorous Research Methods

Israel Archaeology | by | Volume 30, Issue 5 | September – October 2024

Israeli researchers have used a precise method to establish a detailed chronology of the First Temple period (1200BC to the Babylonian destruction in 586BC). Working with archaeological evidence at the City of David National Park in Jerusalem, the team reconstructed an accurate history of the city …

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Constantine, Pagan Worship and Judaism

Archaeology & History | by | Volume 30, Issue 4 | July – August 2024

Writing in Thirteen Lectures on … the Apocalypse of the events of the sixth seal, which records the eventual triumph of Christianity over paganism as the sole religion of the Roman Empire, Brother Robert Roberts observes that: “This change was one which affected the entire civilized world. Rome wielded universal empire over the civilized races of men, so that what affected Rome affected all the earth, and a change so radical, effected so violently, could not better be represented than by the symbolism of the sixth seal. It was a change that took considerable time to accomplish. It was not the work of one year. It occupied several years”.[1] In the words of one historian: “paganism was dying a slow death”. [2]

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Coin from the First Year of the Jewish Revolt Against the Romans Discovered in Israel[1]

Israel Archaeology | by | Volume 29, Issue 6 | November – December 2023

A half-shekel silver coin dated to AD66/67 has been discovered in the Judean Desert. The rare coin minted in Jerusalem by the Jewish rebels[1] was found in the area of the Ein Gedi nature reserve. It has the words “The Holy Jerusalem” in ancient Hebrew on the coin’s face, and was issued in the first year of the Jewish Revolt against the Romans.

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Hitler, Turkey and the British Mandate for Palestine

Jewish History | by | Volume 29, Issue 4 | July – August 2023

This year, 2023, marks the centenary of three events, which directly affected the Jews and changed the course of history. All three events facilitated the return of the Jews to their ancient homeland.

Hitler, the Beer Hall Putsch 8 November 1923[1]

In 1923, on 8 November, Adolph Hitler proclaimed a Nazi revolution at a Munich beer hall, which became known to history as the “Beer Hall Putsch” (revolution). The next day he tried to take over the Bavarian government by marching on the administration with the support of his private army of over 2000 Storm Troopers. The attempt failed. Police opened fire, killing sixteen of his followers, while Hitler was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison for treason.

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