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August 25, 2026

Vendyl Jones and the Search for the Lost Incense

The tale of a Texan Noahide amateur archaeologist.

Among his many assertions—few of which are accepted by mainstream archaeologists—the Texas-born Baptist-pastor-turned-“Noahide” Vendyl Jones claims to have discovered a jar in the Judean Desert containing the incense mixture used in the Temple. Yosef Lindell examines the career of this unlikely figure.

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