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Aug 30, 2026, 6:09 PM

Jericho area: A New Hypothesis on Mysterious Latin Letters in the Copper Scroll

The Copper Scroll: Are Its Mysterious Foreign Letters Codes Used by Ancient Water Engineers? The Uniqueness of the Jericho District and the Concentration of the Greek Signs One of the most striking features of the Copper Scroll is not the meaning...

Pinchas M. Orbach

Aug 27, 2026, 9:29 PM

The Ivory Pomegranate and the Living God

Replica of the ivory pomegranate and its disputed Paleo-Hebrew inscription. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons.

There is a particular kind of tremor that passes through the academic world whenever the earth beneath our feet seems to whisper something that lines up unusually well with the biblical record. In biblical archaeology, a handful of dirt or...

Aug 25, 2026, 8:47 PM

Jerusalem: Unknown Reservoirs in Absalom’s Tomb on Pilgrims’ way to Temple Mount

The Hidden Waterworks of the Kidron Valley: Do Sections 48–49 of the Copper Scroll Lead to Absalom’s Tomb and the Tomb of Jehoshaphat? This article explores an attempt to decipher a mysterious and potentially extensive water installation beneath the western...

Aug 21, 2026, 6:52 PM

Copper Scroll: From the Pool of Siloam to the Jordan River Basin and Qumran

Trying to Decipher Section 47 of the Copper Scroll: A New Hypothesis on the Hidden Engineering of the Pool of Siloam. Following the hydro-archaeological analysis that proposed identifying Section 46 of the Copper Scroll with the mysterious tunnel at Ramat...

Allen S. Maller

Aug 20, 2026, 12:30 PM

We Will Survive: Qiyamah Optimistic Eschatology

The Book 1 Enoch marks a new religious perspective. So familiar do 1 Ezra’s themes look in retrospect – angels, personal and national Judgment, one or two Messiahs, plus a Son of Man – that we can easily fail...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:21 AM

Establishing the Beis HaMikdash Party in Israeli Democracy

For generations, the longing for the Beis HaMikdash has served as the steady heartbeat of Jewish identity. It is an image woven deeply into our daily prayers, our holiday rituals, and our collective memory. Yet for many, the concept...

Aug 11, 2026, 7:53 PM

Judean Desert: Are we Closer to Solving the Mystery of the Copper Scroll?

The Copper Scroll: From a Treasure List to a National Infrastructure Survey? 1. Introduction: The Hydraulic Paradigm Since its discovery at Qumran in 1952, the Copper Scroll (3Q15) has presented scholars with one of the most intriguing puzzles among the Dead...

Aug 8, 2026, 12:50 AM

Jerusalem’s Next Crisis Is a Hiring Decision

Last Friday a Turkish worshipper tried to enter the Al Aqsa compound for prayers. An officer stopped him and said, in English, "Turkish, it's closed, okay?" He walked to a second gate, where officers shook their heads once he...

Aug 5, 2026, 6:28 AM

Does a Heavenly Temple Replace the Earthly Avodah?

The claim moves quietly through communities that love the Hebrew Scriptures. The earthly Temple, they hear, was only a shadow. The real altar stands in Heaven. The real high priest serves there. The real and final cleansing happens above....

Allen S. Maller

Aug 1, 2026, 6:07 PM

A Mahdi And Two Messiahs Will Fill Each Religion’s Hopes

Messiah son of Joseph (or Messiah ben Joseph) is a Messiah that we find in rabbinic literature. He comes from Galilee and dies, pierced by ruthless foes, at the gates of Jerusalem. He appears in scores of rabbinic texts,...

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