To the Editor:
Congratulations on a fine issue. I read it with interest and I believe that you have achieved your purpose. However, that is for a more general reader to judge.
Biblical Archaeology Review
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Beno Rothenberg replies:
To the Editor:
I read with interest your report that archaeologist Beno Rothenberg found a “Midianite tented shrine which provides a parallel to the tent shrine of Israel’s desert wandering” Was this Midianite tent preserved for more than 3,000 years? If it wasn’t, how does Rothenberg know a tent shrine was there? And how does he know it was Midianite?
Also would it be possible to print a picture of the gilded snake which he discovered at the same site?
I enjoyed your first issue and wish you much success in this new endeavor.
Queries & Comments
Beno Rothenberg Answers Query on Midianite Tented Shrine
To the Editor:
I read with interest your report that archaeologist Beno Rothenberg found a Midianite tented shrine which provides a parallel to the tent shrine of Israels desert wandering Was this Midianite tent preserved for more than 3,000 years? If it wasnt, how does Rothenberg know a tent shrine was there? And how does he know it was Midianite?
Also would it be possible to print a picture of the gilded snake which he discovered at the same site?
Footnote 2 - Bells, Pendants, Snakes & Stones
See Hershel Shanks, “Where Mary Rested,” BAR 32:06; Hershel Shanks and James F. Strange, “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?” BAR 08:06.
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