Archaeologists
have discovered a 9,000-year-old 'wand' near an ancient burial site in southern
Syria, with two human faces engraved on it. The item, made of cow bone, is
thought to date from the late 9th millennium BC. Archaeologists excavated it
from Tell Qarassa, an Early Neolithic site. This is among the few
archaeological sites not damaged in the fighting in Syria, which on Saturday
marked its third anniversary. The wand was found near a burial site, where 30
headless skeletons were discovered previously. See picture & rad
article at -- http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.580267
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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