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Jericho is a city in [[Palestine]] by the [[Jordan River]]. | Jericho is a city in [[Palestine]] by the [[Jordan River]]. | ||
| − | In the book of [[Joshua]], Jericho is taken by the Israelites with the help of God. Joshua 6.20 "When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city." | + | In the book of [[Joshua]], Jericho is taken by the Israelites with the help of God. Joshua 6.20 "When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city." Subsequently the Israelites killed every living thing within it, "The men, the women, the young, the old, the cattle, the sheep and the donkeys" (Joshua 6:21) |
The site believed to be the ruins of the City of Jericho described in the Bible has been excavated several times. Its first excavation was done in 1868, but it was not scientifically excavated until 1907. The first series of excavations, conducted by archeologists who hoped to prove the story found in the Bible to be true, failed to confirm the Biblical story of Jericho—it instead revealed that the city was unoccupied at the time the Israelites would have been invading. A second excavation, conducted between the years of 1930 and 1936, appeared to show the city was occupied at the time of the Israeli movement into the area, but this finding was based on methodology considered crude by today’s standards. A third and highly scientific dig was conducted between 1952 and 1958, this dig supported the findings of the first scientific excavation, that Jericho was unoccupied during the Biblical time period. The most recent excavation, has again cast doubt on the findings of the first and third digs, suggesting that Jericho was in fact occupied during the Biblical time frame. At the moment there is no consensus in the archeological community on when or how Jericho was destroyed. <ref> http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/jericho.html </ref> | The site believed to be the ruins of the City of Jericho described in the Bible has been excavated several times. Its first excavation was done in 1868, but it was not scientifically excavated until 1907. The first series of excavations, conducted by archeologists who hoped to prove the story found in the Bible to be true, failed to confirm the Biblical story of Jericho—it instead revealed that the city was unoccupied at the time the Israelites would have been invading. A second excavation, conducted between the years of 1930 and 1936, appeared to show the city was occupied at the time of the Israeli movement into the area, but this finding was based on methodology considered crude by today’s standards. A third and highly scientific dig was conducted between 1952 and 1958, this dig supported the findings of the first scientific excavation, that Jericho was unoccupied during the Biblical time period. The most recent excavation, has again cast doubt on the findings of the first and third digs, suggesting that Jericho was in fact occupied during the Biblical time frame. At the moment there is no consensus in the archeological community on when or how Jericho was destroyed. <ref> http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/jericho.html </ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:01, March 13, 2007
Jericho is a city in Palestine by the Jordan River.
In the book of Joshua, Jericho is taken by the Israelites with the help of God. Joshua 6.20 "When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every man charged straight in, and they took the city." Subsequently the Israelites killed every living thing within it, "The men, the women, the young, the old, the cattle, the sheep and the donkeys" (Joshua 6:21)
The site believed to be the ruins of the City of Jericho described in the Bible has been excavated several times. Its first excavation was done in 1868, but it was not scientifically excavated until 1907. The first series of excavations, conducted by archeologists who hoped to prove the story found in the Bible to be true, failed to confirm the Biblical story of Jericho—it instead revealed that the city was unoccupied at the time the Israelites would have been invading. A second excavation, conducted between the years of 1930 and 1936, appeared to show the city was occupied at the time of the Israeli movement into the area, but this finding was based on methodology considered crude by today’s standards. A third and highly scientific dig was conducted between 1952 and 1958, this dig supported the findings of the first scientific excavation, that Jericho was unoccupied during the Biblical time period. The most recent excavation, has again cast doubt on the findings of the first and third digs, suggesting that Jericho was in fact occupied during the Biblical time frame. At the moment there is no consensus in the archeological community on when or how Jericho was destroyed. [1]