Archaeologists
may have uncovered the oldest known prehistoric school, where it seems young
hominins were taught how to make flint tools, butcher animals, and master other
skills necessary to survive in the Stone Age about 400,000 years ago. The
discovery is so remarkable that the scientists are wondering whether it
means Homo sapiens itself evolved much earlier than is currently thought. The
notion that what they found was evidence of an early teaching system is based
on analysis of hundreds of flint stones and fragments found in Qesem Cave, in
central Israel, a spot that hominins called home from 400,000 to 200,000 years
ago. See pictures and read complete article at -- https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.824356
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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