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The theater with video on Shiloh
TBy Nick Mancino Uncovering Shiloh:
he Israelites had left oppression in
Egypt and were in the Sinai Peninsula. The Bible’s First
At God’s command, Moses directed Capital Centuries of biblical history among
the building of a tabernacle, or tent,
which would hold the Ark of the archaeological wonders
Covenant and other sacred objects. The
Ark and Tabernacle was portable, set up mostly American, but virtually every day which they are found. However, they (the dig
when God’s people stopped at a place in the they were joined by volunteer diggers from leaders) are looking for big things like rooms,
wilderness, then taken down and moved to around the world. Workers from Spain, houses, meeting places, walls and gates. The
their next stop. This pattern would continue Canada, Ireland and Denmark were part place Aaron and I were working was thought
for 40 years until the people of God entered of this season’s team. Of course, they had to be the main entrance to the city during the
the Promised Land. After the conquest of local specialists on their team as well: a Roman Era. That was rather exciting, but we
Canaan, Joshua ordered the Tabernacle representative from the Temple Mount Sifting will not know until the excavation continues
to be moved to a permanent site in Shiloh, Project, an artifact conservator and ceramic next summer. I look forward to learning if that
where he oversaw the division of the land specialists who visited and reviewed their is indeed the spot. It was a thrill to have my
among the twelve tribes. Shiloh became the pottery finds. The project, now entering its hands in the dirt at the location where the
center of Jewish worship, the first capital. third year, is overseen by Associates for Tabernacle rested for the first 369 years the
Biblical Research. Hebrew people were in the Promised Land.”
Our good friend, Pastor John Reynolds,
reported in to us recently. He was excited Pastor Reynolds writes: “I learned that on The Bible tells us that the Tabernacle
to tell us about visiting his son Aaron, an archaeological dig, it is great to find small remained in Shiloh for over three centuries,
who had worked with an excavation team things - coins, weapons, pottery, bones, during the period of the Judges. Eventually,
in Shiloh during the summer. Aaron was etc, all the things that help date the level on with the building of the First Temple in
working towards a master’s degree in
biblical archaeology through Crown College
Seminary, Powell, TN. His dig team was
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