Footnote 1 - Dining in Heaven
See Robin Jensen, “What Are Pagan River Gods Doing in Scenes of Jesus’ Baptism?” BR 09:04.
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See Robin Jensen, “What Are Pagan River Gods Doing in Scenes of Jesus’ Baptism?” BR 09:04.
In 1928 a Syrian farmer accidentally struck an ancient tomb with his plow. Subsequent excavations revealed the remains of the 14th-century B.C. city of Ugarit. Archaeologists discovered thousands of cuneiform tablets. Several found in the library of the chief priest of the temple of Baal record the major Canaanite myths.
See the following articles in Biblical Archaeology Review: Frank Moore Cross and Esther Eshel, “The Missing Link,” BAR 24:02; and the response by Ada Yardeni, “Breaking the Missing Link,” BAR 24:03.
See Bezalel Porten, “Did the Ark Stop at Elephantine?” BAR 21:03.
See Frank Moore Cross, “The Text Behind the Text of the Hebrew Bible,” BR 01:02, and “Original Biblical Text Reconstructed from Newly Found Fragments,” BR 01:03.