Is
there archeological evidence for the Biblical Joseph? If you misdate the
Biblical Exodus i.e., if you put the Exodus into a historical context where it
does not belong, then – by definition – you won’t find any archeological
evidence for Joseph, or any other Biblical figure for that matter. And this is
precisely what the majority of archeologists do when they date the Exodus.
First, they say it didn’t happen. Then, they illogically date what didn’t
happen to the 13th century BCE – 1270 BCE to be precise. But if you go with the
date for the Exodus proposed by the Bible itself i.e., 480 years prior to the
construction of the Temple of Solomon (1 Kings 6:1), then you get a date around
1,500 BCE. Based on archeology and textual analysis, professors John Bimson and
the late David Livingston proposed
a similar date. So let’s go with the Biblical chronology and see if it leads us
to any archeology connected to the Israelite patriarch Joseph. Read the
complete article at -- http://www.simchajtv.com/statue-of-biblical-joseph-found-story-covered-up/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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