Mahmoud Abbas Insults Joseph Biden’s Intelligence
Condemn terror? No, thanks.
March 16, 2016
On the Bad-Faith Attempt to Sever Biblical Archaeology from the Bible
When there’s too much “Jewish stuff” in the Bible.
The Danish archaeologist Thomas L. Thomson recently penned an attack on leading figures in biblical archaeology for paying excessive attention to ancient Israel in general and specifically to the question of whether material evidence and inscriptions can be reconciled with the Bible’s historical passages. Thomson went on to condemn some in both Israel and elsewhere for “ethnocentricity,” with ancient Jews (or Israelites) being the ethnic group in question. In his rejoinder, Alex Joffe gets at Thomson’s real objections and points to contradictions in his argument:
March 16, 2016
In Britain, the Muslim Brotherhood Sells Itself as Moderate
Moderates who believe that Jews have “no conscience” and “all the bad qualities.”
In France, Everyday Anti-Semitism Becomes the Norm
“Jewish!” he hissed and recoiled from me as if I were a leper.
Did Putin Declare Victory in Syria?
Assad will remain in power, and Islamic State is undefeated.
On the Bad-Faith Attempt to Sever Biblical Archaeology from the Bible
When there’s too much “Jewish stuff” in the Bible.