Could anyone recommend a book that has the latest archaeological findings about Ai? Pictures are always nice. I was looking at this:
https://www.logos.com/product/20158/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary-new-testament-and-old-testament
Could anyone recommend a book that has the latest archaeological findings about Ai? Pictures are always nice.
It's interesting you ask! I don't know of a book offhand, but I happen to have been digging there this past Friday and as I understood it, several Faithlife guys are going to be there tomorrow to take pictures or what not!
Could anyone recommend a book that has the latest archaeological findings about Ai? Pictures are always nice. I was looking at this: https://www.logos.com/product/20158/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary-new-testament-and-old-testament
This is on my wish list. [Y]
By the way, I just added a space after your link to make it active.
That is very cool. Did you discover anything worth mentioning?
I'd like to see those pics!
Pictures are always nice
A media search produces some interesting results
I personally didn't find much besides pottery and some bones, but my close friend working in the adjacent square found a coin (unassisted by the metal detector!). Most of my day was spent digging out an old cistern that had been discovered the previous day. It was fun nonetheless!
That is very cool. Did you discover anything worth mentioning? I personally didn't find much besides pottery and some bones, but my close friend working in the adjacent square found a coin (unassisted by the metal detector!). Most of my day was spent digging out an old cistern that had been discovered the previous day. It was fun nonetheless!
That is cool. I have the same request as Josh. Do you have any pictures you can share?
I was actually too busy slaving away (to take pix) as the energetic "fresh meat" as my Square Supervisor called me! 😳He was the team photographer, however, and got plenty of pictures. I want to contact him for the ones of our square, but I'm sure he'd be happy to point you to the right place as well. His name is Steve Rudd and is the one most frequently pictured on his website: http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology.htm
I was actually too busy slaving away (to take pix) as the energetic "fresh meat"
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His name is Steve Rudd and is the one most frequently pictured on his website: http://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology.htm
Thanks for the interesting link.
I have the NT and find them useful. I am not sure I use them enough to justify the additional $200 for the OT.
You know I read that as AI or Artificial Intelligence. And here I thought Faithlife was going to go all out sci fi on us [:P][:D]
You know I read that as AI or Artificial Intelligence. And here I thought Faithlife was going to go all out sci fi on us
And here I thought it was a three-toed sloth (ai is a useful Scrabble word).
You know I read that as AI or Artificial Intelligence. And here I thought Faithlife was going to go all out sci fi on us And here I thought it was a three-toed sloth (ai is a useful Scrabble word).
Not many points[:|]
And here I thought it was a three-toed sloth (ai is a useful Scrabble word). Not many points
Not many points
Ah, but in Scrabble, the best strategy is often not to maximize your points on each move, but rather to keep the right letters on your rack to set yourself up for higher-point moves in the future and frequent bingos (using all seven letters to get a 50 point bonus). It's best to keep good balance of vowels and consonants on your rack, for example. If you've got too many vowels and need to dump some, words like ae, ai, oi, and eau are useful. Even though I'd get more points by playing AIM out of a rack of AIIIMOO rather than AI, I'd be dumb to use my only consonant on that move. Better to dump vowels and hope to pick up more consonants for a much better score on my next move. Even better than AI would be to play OI (if there's somewhere on the board I could play it) because that would leave me with a better chance at a bingo, with words like MAFIOSI and ORIGAMI possible if I draw the right letters. I try to reduce duplicate letters on my rack whenever I can as well. Except blanks and S's as those are always the most useful letters of all -- save them until you can get really high-scoring moves with them.
we are officially off topic.
Sorry.
Here is the inline search for Ai in https://www.logos.com/product/20158/zondervan-illustrated-bible-backgrounds-commentary-new-testament-and-old-testament in Genesis
The book is relatively new. It seems to be reasonably objective but of course does not go into details
Are there any pics?
Sorry Josh, no highjack intended[;)]
Not that I could see in the Zondervan resource
There are some from a straight media search (will depend on what resources you have)
These books (see tabs) seem to have good pics in general, not many from Ai, the third from left might be useful although it is just a ruin
Alan has decided to go public about his discovery of Ai and his software program. for better of man kind he is willing to debate it.
Are you talking about "artificial intelligence" or the Biblical city of Ai? Or both?
This forum is for users of Logos Bible software so I presume most readers of this thread are interested in the city of Ai.
This is not the latest on the subject, but you should be aware of the state of the study.
The Rothschild excavations were confined to the upper part of et-Tell, between contours 835 and 850 on the site plan (see Fig. AIP.01). This was the area sketched by Garstang in 1928 as the entire site. During 2 months of work in the 1st campaign, the so-called palace was unearthed, a part of the Iron Age I village was discovered and tombs in the necropolis NE of the tell were excavated. A long and productive six-month campaign in 1934 continued excavations of the Iron Age village, uncovered the lower-city fortifications near contour 835, and discovered the “sanctuary” in the citadel area of the acropolis (see D.4. below). A final campaign in 1935 focused on completing excavation of the Iron Age village, which was found to be constructed on top of EB remains with no intervening occupation evidence. The lower city was also extended inside the city walls, and the “Postern Gate” inside an elliptical tower was found. All of the lower-city remains belonged in the EB Age. This limited the Iron Age village to the acropolis area (Callaway 1972: 18–22; 1980: 4–7). See Fig. AIP.01.
The following settlement phases have been identified: STRATUM PHASE DESCRIPTION PERIOD CHRONOLOGY Pre-Urban I–II Unfortified Village EB IB 3200–3100 B.C. Urban A III Walled City of 27.5 Acres EB IC 3100–2950 B.C. Urban B IV–V Remodeled Buildings and Fortifications EB II 2950–2775 B.C. Urban C VI–VIII Reconstructed City and Fortifications EB III 2775–2400 B.C. Intermediate IX Site Abandoned ——— 2400–1200 B.C. Iron Age X–XI Unfortified Village above Contour 845 Iron Age I 1200–1050 B.C. Byzantine-Islamic XII Site Terraced and Cultivated ——— 5th Century to Present̔̔̓̓̔̔̔̔̔ ̔̔̔̔̔
The following settlement phases have been identified:
STRATUM PHASE DESCRIPTION PERIOD CHRONOLOGY Pre-Urban I–II Unfortified Village EB IB 3200–3100 B.C. Urban A III Walled City of 27.5 Acres EB IC 3100–2950 B.C. Urban B IV–V Remodeled Buildings and Fortifications EB II 2950–2775 B.C. Urban C VI–VIII Reconstructed City and Fortifications EB III 2775–2400 B.C. Intermediate IX Site Abandoned ——— 2400–1200 B.C. Iron Age X–XI Unfortified Village above Contour 845 Iron Age I 1200–1050 B.C. Byzantine-Islamic XII Site Terraced and Cultivated ——— 5th Century to Present̔̔̓̓̔̔̔̔̔ ̔̔̔̔̔
<Are you talking about "artificial intelligence" or the Biblical city of Ai? Or both?
Biblical town of AI
<Are you talking about "artificial intelligence" or the Biblical city of Ai? Or both? Biblical town of AI
You'll get more focused results by searching media specifically for the biblical place Ai with this syntax:
<Place Ai (of Joshua)>
(and more in the online and library results sections) However, these photos are not necessarily recent.
Thanks Sean, I did not know this, I had been wondering how to find the images and maps in the books like Holman Bible Handbook etc. [H]
