The Dead Sea is one of the saltiest water bodies, with 10 times more salt than normal seawater. This is because water enters the Dead Sea from one of its main tributaries, the Jordon River. However, it does not
The temples were important agricultural and livestock farms. They operated as independent companies with specialized personnel of all kinds: shepherds, farmers, caregivers, weavers, carpenters, butchers, etc. A priest, a mayor, and an inspector were responsible for the administration, aided by the sc...
direction of the Negeb, to Gerar andBeersheba. Life was a function of the economic conditions of the moment, of pastures to follow and to find, and thus the patriarchs moved back and forth between the land ofCanaanand theNile Riverdelta. They remained shepherds and never became cultivators...
A third site was discovered by shepherds in 1952 south ofʿEn Gedi. The discoveries at this site include a lost Greek translation (1st centuryce) of the Minor Prophets, a letter of Bar Kokhba, biblical fragments, and legal documents of the Bar Kokhba era in Aramaic, Greek, and Nabataean...
The elders primary task is to act as shepherds. (Isaiah 32:1,2; 1Peter 5:2,3) They should be especially careful to clothe [themselves] with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, mildness, and long-suffering. (Colossians 3:12) Let them listen in a kindly way...
While Moses was resting at a well, according to the biblical account, seven daughters of the Midianite priestJethrocame to water their father’s flocks. Other shepherds arrived and drove the girls away in order to water their own flocks. Again Moses showed hiscourageand prowess as a warrior ...