The
Israeli Antiquities Authority is releasing a free app for iPhones and iPads.
The app, called “Dig Quest: Israel,” is meant to help kids get a feel for what
archaeologists do, and experience what it’s like to discover artifacts from the
past. The app features two simulated dig sites – a Roman period mosaic at Lod,
and the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran. The
app plans to add more dig sites and content, over time. “The Israel Antiquities
Authority embarked on the development of the Dig Quest: Israel App for kids as
part of the overall mission of the IAA to make available and accessible to
audiences around the world the archaeological treasures of Eretz Israel,” said
the IAA spokesperson. Read complete article at -- http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/11/23/new-app-dig-quest-israel-teaches-children-about-archaeology-in-israel/
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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