Israel and the U.S. Must Not Lose Sight of the Dangers of a Nuclear Iran
A greater threat than even Hamas or Hizballah.
December 21, 2023
Understanding Biblical Warfare
And the geopolitics of the Bronze Age Levant.
Tomorrow is the fast of the Tenth of Tevet, which commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia. In the books of Jeremiah, Kings, and Chronicles one finds descriptions of the siege, which are among the Hebrew Bible’s many accounts of ancient warfare. But what was it like to fight a war in the ancient Near East? Paul Edgar discusses this subject with Aaron MacLean, along with how his service in the U.S. Army brought him to Israel, his experience studying there, what historians know about this time period, and Middle Eastern geopolitics in the late Bronze Age. (Audio, 43 minutes.)
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Understanding Biblical Warfare
And the geopolitics of the Bronze Age Levant.
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