I visited as an assignment for my seminary Greek II class. Awesome site! I will return.
Karlton L, Howard <karlogos@att.net>
Augusta, Ga USA - Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 8:36:25 (CDT)
Hello, Dr. Binder. I have just begun reading your internet articles on the
"Second Temple Synagogues". I am looking into further
research that would tell me more of their
culture, through the archaeological finds
in that early period of literature. I am
interested in the time period between the
time period of Genesis, and Psalms--and would appreciate any sites, or links to this type of information. Naturally, I have been pouring over the information from the two college library's at hand, and I am learning to navigate my way through the internet.
Sincerely,
J Lynne Granander
rarhythm@aol.com
Hi, I'm mike davis, M.Th. '69. Had the pleasure of studying with Drs. Harvey, Ogden, Deschner ( a true jewel of a man), and Farmer. I abandoned the ministry in '71; too much bull for my meagre political talents, But I have never forgotten my education at Perkins. Although a psychotherapist (narrative, post-modern, no less) and not much of a churchman, I continue to read and think about theology and biblical studies. I discovered this site as I was looking for material to assess the work of N. T. Wright-especially Jesus and the Victory of God. What a pleasure to find you. I have not examined your whole site--it is very large!--but I have definitely bookmarked it.
A comment and a question. I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of John Deschner in 2000. I only discovered this fact about 2 months ago. All of his learning at the feet of Barth was wasted on me, I'm afraid. But to this day, I remember him as the only teacher that I ever had who actually said aloud "I think that I am mistaken" (what he actually said was, in a seminar in anthropology, "Another fine theory shot down by the facts"). As a class, we walked out of the seminar disbelieving what we heard. Such a fine teacher.
The question. What do you make of Stanley Hauerwas? How can a bricklayer's son from Pleasant Grove rise up to give the Griffith Lectures? How did he do that? He and I are about the same age and both come from Dallas's working class and the, at best, middling education, offered by The Dallas ISD.
What do you make of his theology? I like that he can be vulgar when the occasion calls for it, but he often reads as a 21th cent. tribalist; his advocacy of no salvation outside the church (I do not believe he has clearly asserted that--but something close, I think). And what flesh and blood church is he talking about? Most of the ones that I have been exposed to are parochial and self serving if not self aggrandizing. And yet...his prose is so engaging and his arguments so fused totether by head and heart(I doubt if the man has ever written a trivial sentence) that I want his vision in this paragraph or that chapter to be so. I want his vision of a church as polis (even if a romanticed polis--the Greeks had a time sustaining civil culture) to be true. But, I have strong doubts; but I still read him, etc., etc.
I am sure that I have passed all reasonable expectations for a "comment" about your site. But it was such a pleasure to find your work and at my old alma mater!
With sincere good wishes
michael davis
60 bristol green
san antonio tx 78209
michael davis <brillig@sbcglobal.net>
san antonio, tx USA - Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 19:43:52 (CDT)
bravo pour votre site très riche et très utile
Dr Christophe Batsch <cbatsch@hotmail;com>
Paris, France - Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 2:01:21 (CDT)
God bless you and your beautiful website! Please add more to it especially about the women of the Bible and the Biblical world.
Sylvia Anderson <sylvand@insightbb.com>
Jeffersonville, IN USA - Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 9:40:43 (CDT)
Great info loved to brows through
Steve Stein <mir_ltd@netvision.net.il>
Zichron Yaacov, Israel - Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 19:16:59 (CDT)
While searching for any new information about Delos, I discovered your site.
Julia Cochran <gileadcenter@aol.com>
Rincon, GA USA - Saturday, April 12, 2003 at 4:34:30 (CDT)
This page has been of immense help to me in providing a springboard for further study. I appreciate your hard work in compiling this wealth of information!
Dave Owens <dave.owens.i6tn@statefarm.com>
Lancaster, CA USA - Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 23:14:52 (CST)
I thank you G-d for all efforts spent on the study about synagogue.
I have a question: Is the synagogue in Egypt the first one that ever built? If yes, was it built by the Israelites moved to Egypt after the murder of Gedaliah (2 Kings 25:26)?
Thank you and regards,
Magda
Magda Rosana Marti <martimr@apci.com>
Jakarta, Indonesia - Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at 4:55:01 (CST)
I have just received a link to your site and have not had time to go through and look at very many things, but it seems extremely interesting! I will have comments later I am sure! ~sharon
Sharon Carruth <smcarruth@lock-net.com>
Greensboro, NC USA - Monday, March 17, 2003 at 14:46:02 (CST)
Do you know anything about sources for the end time vision of the Prophet Joel. While the vision of Isaiah I seems totally Jewish in character and Malachi seems Christian (zoroasterian), Joel seems unique. Although the idea that "anyone who invokes the name of the Lord shall be saved" may be a preview and a hint of Christianity, the idea of God pouring down his spirit on all people with dreams, prophicies, etc. --what is that? Could it be Gnostocism?
Kate <laposeys@tampabay.rr.com>
LA, FL USA - Saturday, March 15, 2003 at 17:21:27 (CST)
I love this site. It has been a real blessing to me. I love to read and I love learning. "Study to show yourself approved"
I haven't stopped yet. Thank you for all your hard work.
Monica Mikesell <Mmikesell10@aol.com>
Middletown, OH USA - Thursday, March 13, 2003 at 0:23:10 (CST)
Aloha, just came accidently to your site and didn't want to leave without posting a message. Keep up the good work! ;o)
Clement <clement-schw@aol.mail.com>
Kanada - Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 16:13:44 (CST)
This site is unbelievable. I have been studying these things since I was a little girl. I admire the things that are on this site, and I would like to add: Keep up the good work! It keeps me going everyday. :)
Destria
Destria <Destria@VampireArmand.zzn.com>
Winnipeg, MB Canada - Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 23:28:05 (CST)
Have any 2nd Temple Synagogues been found in Spain (Iberia)? Your website is VERY informative and interesting. I believe many early Synagogues have been totally destroyed.
Gil Levy <gedalia626@attbi.com>
Highland Park, IL USA - Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 22:26:23 (CST)
This is a super website. I have only just discovered it and it is so interesting I want to find out more and more.
carole breeze
uk - Tuesday, February 25, 2003 at 11:41:11 (CST)
I was over joyed to read through this site
John Chilongo
- Sunday, February 23, 2003 at 3:56:55 (CST)
Rev. Donald Binder, PhD
Your Web site is incredible; the Lord is blessing you. I will be using it in the Intro to the New
Testament course you are teaching at VTU. I could not find the notes from last night, which
was probably my oversight. I'll check with you in class next Thurs.
I also wanted to change from an audit to a graded category. I would like to do a paper on Luke and
Acts as it relates to pastoral counseling and healing. I am a member of the Order of
St. Lukes. Do you have a chapter in your church?
Will discuss with you next Thursday. Thanks for sharing your wonderful Bible knowledge.
bonny falk <bonnyfalk@msn.com >
leesburg, vaR USA - Friday, February 21, 2003 at 16:36:14 (CST)
nice website
Yana Dimitrova <Yana Dimitrova>
none, TX US - Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 11:12:34 (CST)
Very interesting. Beautifully laid out material. Very accessible. Thanks.
Bob Parfk <rpark@main.nlc.gwu.edu>
Washington, DC USA - Thursday, February 20, 2003 at 9:07:32 (CST)
Excellent Photographs of Gamla. Exactly what I was looking for. Thank You.
dolfindisko
Lewis B. Sckolnick <info@runanywhere.com>
Leverett, MA USA - Saturday, February 15, 2003 at 19:23:29 (CST)
thank you...any emails pertaining to Dead
Sea Scrolls will be appreciated...Linda
Linda Rios-Bauer <redstarapache@netscape.net>
Hobe Sound, FL USA - Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 9:37:17 (CST)
Wonderful site! Thanks so much for doing it. I am a mature student just starting a PhD in religous studies, area of specialty is jewish renewal today. Will probably try to contrast it with late 2nd Temple times. So I will come back to this site often. Also, I have found on my first reading the discussion board is a good place to learn things. Again, thanks for putting your effort into this.
M- Josee Posen <mjposen@rogers.com>
Ottawa, Canada - Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 16:19:58 (CST)
I am a middle school teacher who has assigned a project to my Jewish students to find evidence of Jewish populations in the ancient world.
Dennis Grogan <dennisgrogan@4edisp.net>
Denver, CO USA - Monday, February 3, 2003 at 7:58:28 (CST)
Your website is very useful and it's great for reports
bryant sanchez <none>
montclair, ca USA - Monday, January 27, 2003 at 16:54:00 (CST)
Do you have a copy of my monograph "The Ancient Synagogues of the Iberian Peninsula?" If not, though long out of print, perhaps the U. of Florida can dig one up for you.
Have you visited the Nabatean synagogue remains near Beersheva? An interesting floor mosaic.
Don Akiba Halperin, PhD <Winewood1@aol.com>
Gainesville, FL USA - Monday, January 27, 2003 at 16:36:56 (CST)
VERY SCHOLARLY AND USEFUL SITE. CONGRATULATIONS!
John Vaipil <vaipil@libero.it>
Rome, Rome ITALY - Monday, January 27, 2003 at 15:07:58 (CST)
Bravo !
Jana Marikova <marikova@arup.cas.cz>
Prague, CZ Europe - Monday, January 27, 2003 at 11:26:46 (CST)
Nice material...accessed via the new Libronix CD in Luke Johnson's Writings of the NT (i use it as a text and require students to learn to surface and surf "legit" s).
Best Wishes
Gary T Meadors <gmeadors@cornerstone.edu>
Grand Rapids, MI USA - Monday, January 27, 2003 at 9:02:45 (CST)
I am working on my thesis about synagogue and church sanctity. Your site has helped me in finding bibliography. Thank you!
naama dinur
jerusalem, israel - Tuesday, January 21, 2003 at 2:51:34 (CST)
lot of entries
gutes 2003 wünsche ich!
ersteigern-online.de
Anton Zierer <freizeit@dwingas.de>
D - Thursday, January 9, 2003 at 9:12:13 (CST)
Hey Don,
It's your former colleague,Tom Phillips, just saying hi. Your site looks great.
tp
Tom Phillips <tphillips@ccu.edu>
Lakewood, co USA - Wednesday, January 1, 2003 at 16:40:15 (CST)
Hallo! Sehr schöne Seite, muss man wirklich sagen! Schönen Gruß!
Petra
Petra <petra@swop.nu>
Essen, USA - Monday, December 30, 2002 at 10:30:16 (CST)
It was so interesting to visit Masada that I have tried to find information of its history, but it has been quite difficult, until I found these your pages of Masada.
So thank your very much for these interesting pages.
By the way, when I visit Masada, it became the hottest place I have ever been ,except my sauna at home in Finland.
Juha Piuva <juha.piuva@orionpharma.com>
Oulu, Finland - Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 4:10:47 (CST)
The links to the writings of Josephus appear to be broken.
Kirk Brooks <kirk@kirk-brooks.com>
California USA - Friday, December 20, 2002 at 3:09:31 (CST)
Dr. Binder,
I just came upon this site as a link from the Pohick Church web site. This is interesting. Just wondering if you have any old friends in the Dallas Denton area from your days at SMU. Most of my church friends are United Methodist and Episcopalian too.
Peace,
John R. Huff Jr.
Denton, Texas
John R. Huff Jr. <johnrhuffjr@juno.com>
Denton , TX USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 17:38:07 (CST)
I am really over here in the Azores Portugal and I was trying to find ancient buildings in Bethleham and I came upon this site with the synaogogue design. This is great. Just what I was looking for so I can make one out of cardboard and have an authentic ancient Bethleham scene. Thank you. K Silsbee
Tomi K Silsbee <mp3260@mail.telepac.pt>
Plano, TX USA - Saturday, December 14, 2002 at 3:45:55 (CST)
This is the most usefull webpage that I have seen in relation to finding important religious dicuments. Thank you very much. The only thing that it needs is an english translation of the Midrash. Once gain, thank you.
Joshua Aubrey <joshua.aubrey@trinity.edu>
San Antonio, TX USA - Wednesday, November 13, 2002 at 6:57:44 (CST)
This is by far the greatest works all under one site that I have ever seen. I appreciate all the hard work and dedication that it took to make this. God bless you and I pray this web site last forever.
Joanne DeHerrera <nazarene_bible_student@msn.com>
North Port , Fl USA - Monday, November 11, 2002 at 19:16:41 (CST)
This is a wonderful site full of very valuable infomation. Thank you for making it available. I have sent another email asking for permission to use one photograph. I am writing a running commentary on the book of Ephesians. Thanks for your consideration.
Bruce Gililland <BGililland@aol.com>
Sunnyvale, CA USA - Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 23:58:24 (CST)
Hi! I'm Brian. I really like your site, it's usefull and informative. I am working for discount magazine subscription comparison service. I find your site while searching for magazine related sites and It's a pleasure to sign your guestbook. Thanks!
Brian - magazine subscriptions <briant88@yahoo.com>
Texas, Texas USA - Monday, November 4, 2002 at 4:58:32 (CST)
searching for "Qumran" information I found this site very complete and apropriate for consulting on religious history.
Mariano Barceló <barcelo@oninet.pt>
Lisbon, Portugal - Sunday, November 3, 2002 at 10:27:17 (CST)
I have noted the site with great interest and hope to return as soon as my academic obligations have been fulfilled for the year - they are rather pressing! But this is my abiding interest.
karen batley <batley@WOL.co.za>
Pretoria, GP RSA - Saturday, November 2, 2002 at 23:02:44 (CST)
THANKS! THE SYNAGOGUES AT GAMLA, CAPERNAUM, MASADA AND JERUSALEM HAVE INTRIGUED ME FOR YEARS - SINCE MY FIRST VISITS IN 1996! I HAVE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE BUT I AGREE (FOR NOW!) THAT THE SYNAGOGUES WERE ORIGINALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE TEMPLE. I THINK THE ACCOUNT OF JESUS' EXPERIENCE IN THE SYNAGOGUE AT CAPERNAUM BEARS THIS OUT. CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR MY NEXT ISRAEL ADVENTURE TO EXPLORE THE VISTAS YOU HAVE OPENED. THANKS AGAIN.
NEAL FLOWERS <DOCTORLUKE@COX.NET>
PENSACOLA, FL USA - Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 10:57:18 (CST)
Dear Dr. Binder,
I found your site about the The Bosporus Kingdom most interesting. I am at the moment working on a paper where I seek to trace Snorri Sturlusons travel description of the Asa people from Asgard to the Danish island of Funen (Odinsey). A great many sources place the Asa people around the Sea of Asov around year zero. A theory put forward by the Danish priest and historian Grundtvig was that the King of Asburg (10 AC) and Phanagoria, which in Danish would be "Asborg" (ie. the Castle of the Asa people) and "Vanagaard" (ie. the Home of the Vanir people), in fact is central to the understanding of how the Asa People travelled from the East and ended up in Denmark as the Danes.
Heimskringla which is the basis of my paper clearly states that Odin had great possessions in the area. We also know about the wars between the Asa and the Vanir. My own view at the moment is that the Asa people did arrive from Asgard to the area. My central theory is that they went to Gardarike (a kingdom comprising Kiev and Novgorod) and got divided when Odin and the Danes moved on. The Bosporus Kingdom could be where the part of the Asa people that moved south went to. But it could also be the case that in fact Snorri did not have a specific address of where they went and that The Bosporus Kingdom was the kingdom of the Asa people from where they went to Saxland and then Denmark. The origin of the runic futhark is also believed to be from the area. Would you perhaps have discovered anything in your studies that could assist me in my understanding of who the inhabitants of the The Bosporus Kingdom were? (I know that King Aspurg was Schytian)
Best regards
Flemming Rickfors
Flemming Rickfors <dane@attglobal.net>
Santos, Brazil, USA - Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 8:24:11 (CST)
This is an amazing site and it has taught me so much. More than I could ever imagine. it also has very interesting photos.
Jacob <ledzh@aol.com>
Springfield, VA USA - Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 17:16:54 (CDT)
Your site is very interesting. Though i have not read all of the work it is pleasing i can enjoy history you present here. Detailed plans helps me view a uniform city planing of the classical period and before as it relats to evolution.
Glen <sixofeight_borg@yahoo.com.au>
Melbourne, Vic Australia - Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 3:36:29 (CDT)
nice site........
mugu <mugu@mugu.com>
lome, USA - Monday, October 7, 2002 at 17:16:07 (CDT)
Please remove my e-mail address from your guestbook. It is dated September 18, 2002. I have
received a growing number of unwanted e-mail messages. The typical message does not reflect well on you or your site.
Thank you in advance for this courtesy.
Ted Baughman
USA - Friday, October 4, 2002 at 7:10:10 (CDT)
Dear Sir,
You have heard how beneficial you have been, so I will simply agree with that fact. I love Israel, I love the Hebrews, and most of all I love the GOD of the Hebrews. I look forward to seeing your work as I progress through it all.
Shalom
Bonnie
Bonnie Iqbal <RuthIqbal@hotmail.com>
Puyallup, Wa USA - Thursday, October 3, 2002 at 19:09:02 (CDT)
Wonderfull site & Greate Infos
Druckmessgeräte
Druckmessgeräte <drck@web.de>
la, ca USA - Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at 10:17:28 (CDT)
Dr. Binder, several years ago you helped me with the Julia Severa material. Thanks again. Now I have another question. Can you point to any material that discusses what went on in synagogue worship (specifically descriptions on the use of instruments)?
Thanks, Chris Mauldin
Chris Mauldin <cmauldin@midsouth.rr.com>
West Memphis, AR USA - Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 10:59:59 (CDT)
i like your website i used it alot for my reports in skool Thanks a bunch bye kayla
Kayla <Ghettowolfie1013@aol.com>
Elizabethtown , Pa USA - Monday, September 23, 2002 at 9:58:01 (CDT)
I have recently become interested in the Jewish roots of Christianity. As a layman, I have never heard of Second Temple synagogues. I am looking forward to exploring your web site, obtaining new info, applying the info and thinking of new questions. Thank you for the opportunity.
Ted Baughman
Spokane, WA USA - Wednesday, September 18, 2002 at 20:37:06 (CDT)
great site really informative, if you want to visit mine you can find it at insurance
JB <inf@quoteserv.com>
USA - Sunday, September 15, 2002 at 11:46:06 (CDT)
Dear Mr. Binder, this is really a marvellous web-side with lots of very useful informations. Since I am actually studying some early synagogues I have profited a lot and will certainly come back to your webside!
With kind regards
M. Truemper
Monika Truemper <monika.truemper@urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
Heidelberg, Germany - Thursday, September 12, 2002 at 0:50:30 (CDT)
Thanks for a wonderful site and great resources to share with my sem students. Yours is one of the best!
Prof. Klyne Snodgrass <ksnodgrass@northpark.edu>
Chicago, IL USA - Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 22:13:53 (CDT)
This is a really well-organized and very informational website. I have used it for research and I found it extremely helpful and easy to browse through. The photos are also excellent.
samantha <samyslmndr@aol.com>
new york, ny USA - Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 17:20:30 (CDT)
This is a really well-organized and very informational website. I have used it for research and I found it extremely helpful and easy to browse through. The photos are also excellent.
samantha <samyslmndr@aol.com>
new york, ny USA - Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 17:20:19 (CDT)
I have read about there being assigned seating, by tribe, in the first Temple. Is this correct? Were the seating assignments ever changed?
Donald A. Montgomery <dmontgomery115@charter.net>
Woodlawn, IL. USA - Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 10:32:19 (CDT)
Very interesting. Have added this site to the list.
Donald A. Montgomery <dmontgomery115@charter.net>
Woodlawn, IL. USA - Tuesday, September 10, 2002 at 10:28:00 (CDT)
inetresting site
Juling <reinhard@juling.net>
Rgeine, Germany - Friday, September 6, 2002 at 13:29:35 (CDT)
I am on a quest, I am searching for what I believe is the true God. I don't believe in fairy tales, nor myths. I need to find piece of mind and know that what is the truth is right in front of me, not in books, nor scrolls. I believe there was a man called Jesus, but I don't beieve he was the son of God.
Earl Martin <emmandggg@one.net>
Bethel, OH USA - Sunday, September 1, 2002 at 4:49:53 (CDT)
Just happened to find your web page. It is very interesting so I'll be back when I have more time to
check it out. Thanks
Jerry A. Shrader <jshrader@netscope.net>
Cedar Bluff, VA USA - Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 18:16:21 (CDT)
Great Site!
Jared A. Henson <jaredhenson@hotmail.com>
USA - Wednesday, August 14, 2002 at 16:30:38 (CDT)
Allow me to introduce myself to you I and my wife and children are Messianic Jewish believers living in Arlington,TX. I thought that you are Pastoring a fellowship (synagogue) in the Dallas /Fort Worth Metroplex if this the case we would look forward to joining you and partake of your teaching. If this possiblity
does exist please feel free to contact me.
SHALOM Le'Hetrahot Ben Zion SHATKIN
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Ben Zion SHATKIN <texasbarry@hotmail.com>
Arlington, TX USA - Wednesday, August 14,
2002 at 16:17:53 (CDT)
Extraordinary and comprehensive website not usually found with such depth and devotion.
Lewis Du Bois <ldubois751@aol.com>
Clayton, , NC USA - Thursday, August 1,
2002 at 13:29:03 (CDT)
Congratulations for an excellent website. As professor of Hebrew Bible and language at Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC and at the University of NC at Asheville and having been at many of the sites listed with my first mentor, Prof. Herbert Gordon May of the Graduate Scool of Theology at Oberlin College and many more times after I became an academic myself, I can really appreciate the great effort that went into this website.Beautiful and very useful work. Right on! and Thanks.
Dr. Walter Ziffer <waziff@aol.com>
Weaverville, NC USA - Tuesday, July 23,
2002 at 16:09:27 (CDT)
Rather than change what we, in the Christian west, call our dating system why not just give us the dates in the Jewish calendar, the Mayan calendar, or any other religion's calendar for that matter. It would be less intellectually dishonest than "un-Christianizing" the Christian calendar.
P.S. If you think this era is "common" you don't know very much history at all!
Rob Freve
USA - Monday, July 22, 2002 at 15:01:22 (CDT)
Thank you for all of the interesting info
found on this site. i am a christian, and am
very interested in Jewish holidays.
Georgia Batts <MiracleFth@AOL.COM>
Tacoma, Wa. USA - Tuesday, July 9, 2002 at 0:34:04 (CDT)
I really like your site! And have put it on my favorites so I can refer to this site every-so-often. I would like to know more about the Dead Sea Scrolls. I like to study from different perpectives. Also I would like to know who or what site I can talk with other Jewish people who know more about such subjects I am interested in. As I am Pentecostal and like to study between my faith and the Jewish faith.
Rhonda Neal <RonnieD758@aol.com>
Gallatin, TN USA - Saturday, July 6, 2002 at 23:47:14 (CDT)
Very good site, really enjoyed my visit, thank you.
Chris <chantale@web.de>
USA - Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 16:07:52 (CDT)
Great site. Keep up the good work.
thanks.
Paul
USA - Thursday, June 27, 2002 at 9:25:33 (CDT)
Your website is definitely informative, It really helps people to find what they want. Thank you very much!! I salute you!!
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Manila, Philippines - Tuesday, June 25, 2002 at 22:16:06 (CDT)
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SB, CA USA - Monday, June 24, 2002 at 15:45:04 (CDT)
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Berlin, Germany - Monday, June 24, 2002 at 3:01:32 (CDT)
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China - Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at 9:21:08 (CDT)
Very interesting and comprehensive site. I look forward to exploring it further. Thanks for the excellent work.
Allan S. Morton <morton4law@aol.com>
Los Angeles, CA USA - Monday, June 17, 2002 at 20:04:52 (CDT)
I found your website very useful for my subject "Early Jewish history". Thank you and keep up the good work.
Teejay Casado <teejay4u@hotmail.com>
Melbourne, Victoria Australia - Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 7:04:47 (CDT)
You have a marvelous website! I am looking for an English translation of the Mishnaic Laws. I am trying to find out if the Law really said that "An unmarried man may not be a Rabbi" which I read recently. Do you have any idea if this is true, or have any suggestions as to where I can find out?
Yolanda Traugott <morgterv@aol.com>
Sanford, MI USA - Friday, June 7, 2002 at 10:00:36 (CDT)
Thanks for a ver interesting and informative
web page. It has increased my understanding
and knowledge of the area. I found you due
to my interest in Constantinople/Istanbul and
am very appreciative.
Max Biederman
Mt. Vernon, OH USA - Thursday, June 6, 2002 at 12:44:28 (CDT)
My best thanks for your site that helps my study in this field. I'm catholic , I'm a doctor (M.D.) but my mind is focused on studying Historical Background of NT.
My thanks
antonio
antonio sollazzo <ricerca@orkus.it>
barletta, italy - Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 10:08:00 (CDT)
found the information i was searching for, Rausgeprueft
Rausgeprueft <http://www.rausgeprueft.de>
GE - Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at 6:06:02 (CDT)
Just browsing for a Bosporus reference and found your site.
It adds to my understanding of the region in that period.
Thanks.
Paul Hoff <hoff@gol.com>
Tokyo, Japan - Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at 19:28:15 (CDT)
Site is very informative. My interest is in the intertestimental period. Thanks for the help. Jack
Jack F leissig <onehappyjack@hotmail.com>
East Meadow, NY USA - Sunday, June 2, 2002 at 18:33:31 (CDT)
Your site looks good!
webmaster
USA - Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 10:15:15 (CDT)
I teach Disciple Bible Study at Westlake Methodist Church in Austin, Texas. I try to bring in additional materials on history, other readings, other interesting information, etc. Your website will be a great help to me.
sulinda mann <sulindamann@hotmail.com>
austin, tx USA - Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 11:11:05 (CDT)
You´re doing OK!
Ómar Torfason <omarto@nett.is>
Akureyri, ICELAND - Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 6:39:10 (CDT)
Dear Sir,
Sorry for my English skills, I am a French citizen living in Canada!
I am a numismatist and webmaster of a new non-profit and educational numismatic website:
www.pilatecoins.com
Let me please suggest you to visit it. Then feel free to send me your possible comments and suggestions about it!
So, if you enjoy this subject which is in relation with your own site, I would suggest to create a link to each other. Please just let me know...
Best regards,
Jean-Philippe.
Fontanille <jp.fontanille@sympatico.ca>
Outremont, Qc Canada - Saturday, May 18, 2002 at 0:02:02 (CDT)
Great site. Very informative, good looking website.
Heike
Hotel Dresden <F.Kaden@t-online.de>
Dresden, Germany - Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 9:49:36 (CDT)
Excellent help; used your map to locate Syrtis for SS class.
I didn't have much free time, but I enjoyed reading about different views on the papyri. I'm putting the URL on my favorites.
Thanks for all the learning and work it must have taken; it's a great source of help. Jim Rawdon, Kansas City
jimrawdon <jriii@kc.rr.com>
kansas city, ks USA - Friday, May 10, 2002 at 10:15:19 (CDT)
The info looked fine except that I could not get the link I was looking for: a site map of ancient Ephesus. It was listed nicely in the contents but would not connect me.
Ted Shmidt <shmidtta@hotmail.com>
USA - Friday, May 10, 2002 at 4:00:18 (CDT)
All i want to find is information on Cleopatra for my Ancient History Class!!!!!
Bridget Proshek <lovinstellar@hotmail.com>
Cold Spring, MN USA - Monday, May 6, 2002 at 10:16:38 (CDT)
Hello,
I'd like to get information about synagogue.
Can I see your book on the net?
I'll so much appreciate to you if you send me information about synagogue please.
Kim Bo Sun <inggocp@hanmail.net>
Suwon, South Korea - Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 2:17:07 (CDT)
Thanks you for a wonderful and helpful website!
Blessings,
Nils Haug
Nils Haug <haug@ozemail.com.au>
Australia - Thursday, April 18, 2002 at 22:24:54 (CDT)
dear Professor Binder,
I am currently working on my PhD dissertation on early Hellenistic Jewish literature at the Krakow University and I find your site extremely helpful for someone, who, like myself, needs additional information on the topic of ancient synagogues. I was especially happy to find the illustations, as they helped me a lot to imagine what I was reading about.
Best regards,
Aleksandra Kleczar
Aleksandra Kleczar <aleksandra_kleczar@yahoo. co.uk>
Krakow, Poland - Wednesday, April 10, 2002 at 7:24:47 (CDT)
I would like to invite you to visit my website at www.rxs.bigstep.com where I've posted my research on Jesus & the Acceptable Year of the Lord. I would appreciate any comments. Do you have any information regarding sidrah & haftarah readings? Do you have any opinions about Thomas L Thompson's book The Mythic Past?
- Ray Soller
Raymond Soller <rxs@alum.mit.edu>
Duluth, GA USA - Friday, April 5, 2002 at 6:32:06 (CST)
I have just found your site, so I haven't yet examined it extensively. I plan to do so!
I am interested in the history of the use of human and animal imagery in Jewish places of worship - when it began and when and why it virtually ceased. If you can direct me to any sources on this topic, I would be very appreciative.
Thank you. Carol Freundlich
Carol Freundlich <freund2@mindspring.com>
Tucson, AZ USA - Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 12:48:03 (CST)
Just wanted to say hello! I have been here.
Preisvergleich
Berlin, Germany - Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 6:26:06 (CST)
Nice page! I enjoyed it a lot. Keep it up. Bye
Christian
Berlin, Germany - Tuesday, April 2, 2002 at 6:25:32 (CST)
Awesome site! Great job! Please do not let this site go away. Thanks!
Steve Thompson <StephenPThompson@prodigy.net>
CT USA - Thursday, March 28, 2002 at 8:23:09 (CST)
Thank you very much for this site. For the biblical archaeologist (teaching) it is invaluable ! Its speed to and academic abundance of sources makes it my first choice for online research. Thanks again. Pax vobiscum. ALB
Andy Bennett <Broozr@hotmail.com>
Washingon Court House, Ohio USA - Monday, March 25, 2002 at 3:25:55 (CST)
Great website Father Binder:)
Ginny Corder <ginnyc@bhcs.com>
Dallas, Tx USA - Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 9:23:20 (CST)
send the full text thruogh my e-mail. I am taking the course on the intertestamental Literature.Blessings!
Worku Menamo <workumen@yohoo.com>
addis Ababa , ethiopia, Ehiopia - Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 1:35:01 (CST)
send the full text thruogh my e-mail. I am taking the course on the intertestamental Literature.Blessings!
Worku Menamo <workumen>
addis Ababa , ethiopia, Ehiopia - Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 1:31:37 (CST)
Great site! It helped me with my research paper on Jewish architecture.
Virginia
- Wednesday, March 20, 2002 at 21:21:43 (CST)
There is not much I can add. Well done!
My Engineering Site (Under Construction) <kiska@kiska.net>
Personal, - Friday, March 15, 2002 at 0:40:37 (CST)
Thank you for your great web-site. We found it very helpful in a middle-school paper on First Century Synagogue life.
holt
USA - Sunday, March 10, 2002 at 17:26:45 (CST)
I'm glad I found your site! I've been doing research on the archaeology of miqva'ot, and they seem to often correspond with the synagogues (at least during the second temple period). Now I have a few more excavation reports to look at!
Danielle Steen <steend@hotmail.com>
Stanford, CA USA - Friday, March 8, 2002 at 20:05:08 (CST)
Just wanted to say you have some excellent resources here.
Ann
USA - Wednesday, March 6, 2002 at 17:56:14 (CST)
A wonderful Bible resource!
D. Kenney <dkenney@ix.netcom.com>
E. Stroudsburg, PA USA - Saturday, March 2, 2002 at 17:34:16 (CST)
I'm a 50 years old Chemical Engineer studing Juish History @ Haifa University . This subject is in my fielsdof interest , Especially I would like to study the meaning of Synagogs in the galily and the relations between the Galily and " Har Hamelech " in the second revolt .
SEncierly
Hanan
Hanan Bar-Chaim <bar_haim@hotmail.com>
Zurit, Israel - Saturday, March 2, 2002 at 15:03:25 (CST)
Thank you for allowing us to have access to such great New Testament works.
Lilet Burton
Col, Ohio USA - Saturday, March 2, 2002 at 11:51:17 (CST)
Fascinating site, I especially enjoyed the pictures of Archaeological sites with commentary.
Dr Tim Bulkeley
University of Auckland - Carey Baptist College
Postmodern Bible commentary http://www.bible.gen.nz
Tim Bulkeley <tim@carey.ac.nz>
auckland, NZ - Thursday, February 21, 2002 at 12:08:33 (CST)
great site!!
G Krigbaum <glkrigbaum@msn.com>
USA - Thursday, February 14, 2002 at 17:28:28 (CST)
Listening to a book on tape"DESIRE OF THE EVERLASTING HILLS" hearing for the first time the term HASMANEANS, and finding this web site, great! I've seen, walked thru the synagogue in Caparnuaum. Thanks.
Jerry McAdams
N.Quincy, MA USA - Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 21:53:10 (CST)
Hi everyone
Dirk Benedict <dirky@jumbal.com>
Dothan, AL USA - Saturday, February 9, 2002 at 12:50:47 (CST)
I have sent you a question via e-mail.
Manlif Barnes <manbmax@bellsouth.net>
Birmingham, AL USA - Thursday, January 31, 2002 at 12:25:29 (CST)
Good webpage you have here, and best greetings to you all
And You Are --> WELCOME
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Akranes, ICELAND - Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 15:41:32 (CST)
This is wonderful and very helpful. Thank you so much for putting all this information on the internet. God bless you!
Janet <jsluvsjc@aol.com>
Cortland, Ohio USA - Sunday, January 20, 2002 at 15:31:48 (CST)
Very well done. Thank to your publisher for supporting this website. I am a student of the Essene
Doctrines...and of Ancient History. In a referenence found on www.nutraceutic.com, the description
of the Therapeutae, includes a lineage. It states "Mary was one of the seven sacred Almah (or Virgins)
of the Temple, practitioners and teachers of the purification traditions of women..."
Have you heard of te Almah? I know of the purification traditions, and am in a huge flow of
information from this time...including your fabulous site! Perhaps, if of interest to you, a link or posting
any notes found on the Almah...Most gratefully. Kelly O
Kelly O'Connor <paradigm8@hotmail.com>
Burbank, CA USA - Thursday, January 17, 2002 at 15:34:13 (CST)
Thank you for a very informative and well written site. This topic is very new to me. I am actually found your website while doing searches on the Essenes. My interest in this group was sparked by a tv Discovery channel presentation. Not much to go on, but I do hope to learn more about this intesting group. Through the years I do remember hearing that it is thought, at least by some scholars, that Jesus may have dwelt with this cult at some point prior to His three year ministry on earth.
Once more, thank you. I look forward to reading more of your work and hope to learn much by doing so.
May the Lord richly bless you,
In His Love...
Linda Anne Walters
Linda Anne Waltes <lawalters@townsqr.com>
West Plains, MO USA - Monday, January 14, 2002 at 21:42:07 (CST)
My daughter and I are doing some research on Synagogues. We will be visiting a synagogue soon. This is such valuable information. We are learning a lot.
Thank you so much for the pictures and infomation.
Julia Adelman <ashsmom@starpower.net>
Riverdale, MD USA - Saturday, January 12, 2002 at 12:06:24 (CST)
I commend you on your interesting and well organized web-site. It is interesting to
read the historical material which you have painstakingly researched. My interest in
your web-site was peeked by my reading of Paul Johnson's book, A History of the Jews.
I wanted to do a little research of my own to have a better understanding of what
happened at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and also to
have a better understanding of what happened to the Diaspora. The information contained
in your web-site is very helpful. Thank you for your historical contribution to our
general knowledge about the development of humankind.
Sincerely,
William
William D. Finseth <mktpower@storm.ca>
Ottawa, Ont Canada - Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at 16:46:50 (CST)
Thank you for a very rich, edifying, and attractive website. I have referred my students to it and will continue to do so.
Jack Pastor <jpastor@macam.ac.il>
Kfar HaMaccabi, Israel - Wednesday, January 2, 2002 at 2:24:49 (CST)
lundi 31 décembre 2001
Bravo pour votre magnifique travail que je vais apprécier dans tous ces détails.
Les découvertes autour du Bosphore m'ont particulièrement intrigué.
(mes parents sont de Stamboul)
A.A.Levy <a.a.levy@wanadoo.fr>
TOULOUSE, France - Monday, December 31, 2001 at 9:23:43 (CST)
Your site is great! Have a good one!
Asian Avenue <lisbethg_g@canada.com>
Miscellaneous, - Saturday, December 29, 2001 at 21:00:25 (CST)
You have an excellent web site! I love to learn and study about events of the inter-testament period in the Bible. Keep up the great research!
Phillip Edwards <phil.edwards@accessky.net>
Bowling Green, KY USA - Thursday, December 20, 2001 at 12:46:38 (CST)
I am researching archeology and came across your web site. I find it extremely informative. If you could, I am researching archealogy and the confirmation of our beliefs in scriptures, please respond and let me know, I am looking to narrow to a specific topic. Thanks, JC
Johnny Youngblood <johnnyyngbl@aol.com>
colorado springs, co USA - Wednesday, December 12, 2001 at 17:54:52 (CST)
first visit to site; looks wonderful!
Mark Richardson <markrich@cox-internet.com>
Jonesboro, AR USA - Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 17:19:14 (CST)
Thanks for this resource. All I ask is complete privacy as far as NOT giving my email to ANYONE else.
Devena Reed
Morgan Hill, Ca USA - Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 11:00:48 (CST)
As a new social studies tacher, this site was extrememly informative! Now all I need is a lesson plan to go with this site. Perhaps a scavanger hunt for information would be cool.
Dee <hereisddw@home.com>
USA - Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 23:24:59 (CST)
its a great shame so many of the dead sea scroll links have been broken ,,, hope it gets sorted soon ,,, shame coz it spoils a superb site
colin brewer <stupormundis@yahoo.com>
eastbourne, esx UK - Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 15:48:41 (CST)
Well done.
Howard Joseph <hsjoseph@sympatico.ca>
Montreal, QC Canada - Monday, November 26, 2001 at 8:48:24 (CST)
I am student of teology. I am searching about temple and synoguge in judaism. please help and lead me.
hamidmahmudian <hamidmahmudian@yahoo.com>
shiraz, iran - Monday, November 26, 2001 at 5:36:34 (CST)
A fascinating and beautiful site. It is a pleasure to sample the ever-growing Bible resources on the net and this is a favourite of mine.
I particularly enjoy the human touches you give ... eg the translations of the manumission inscriptions... thank you
Colin Brewer <stupormundis@yahoo.com>
eastbourne, esx UK - Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 15:13:59 (CST)
Interesting site, I have visited Masada two years ago and had a rest on the stairs of the synagoge. Can you tell me after the excavation are the remains a more or less rebuilt, and is there much changed to make a clear display of the plan of the synagoge. For the rests of the roman bathes were rebuilt and supplied by a roof. Also the palaces were grown much larger as they were found.
Marion
M.J. Kuipers-Verbuijs <kmw9911@cs.com>
Amsterdam, NL - Sunday, November 25, 2001 at 14:42:52 (CST)
Iam a student gathering information on Pharisees and synagogues. I have found your site very interesting. Iam also gathering photos for collage backgrounds for opening pages of class material for the Arkansas Institute of Holy Land Studies AIHLS. If all credits are referenced to your web site may we have your permission to use selected photos as a base(background)to form an opening page for class material?
William Virgil Lancaster <billsha@presys.com>
Reedsport, OR USA - Monday, November 19, 2001 at 16:14:38 (CST)
I am a Lutheran pastor preparing for a very broad adult class on Jewish worship. I am searching for a "floor plan" of a synagogue, which I understand is patterned in some sense on the floor plan of the Temple. Couldn't find what I want on your site, but enjoyed the tour. By the way, I grew up in the Park Cities and graduated from Highland Park HS in 1962 and SMU in 1967 as a business major.
Stewart McDonald <livingstones@att.net>
Tacoma, WA USA - Thu Nov 8 14:28:53 2001
I Love the work u have done with this i would like to be part of this in anyway i can . i would like to join u and learn as much as i can , please let me know if u can help me. your truly lupe salas
Lupe Salas <lupelizsalas@hotmail.com>
brownsburg, in USA - Tue Nov 6 21:30:04 2001
Fascinating and I will be bookmarking your site for further reading and to pass on to others who are interested in archeology in the Holy Land. Thanks for sharing your work and allowing it to reach a much wider audience on line. I connected through the Text this Week.
cheryl duke <gritsfla@aol.com>
Panama City,, FL USA - Sat Nov 3 23:29:19 2001
EXCELLENT Site!
I'm so glad I discovered it; will refer to it over & over again...
Robert E. Yorke <yorker@deltanet.com>
Norco, CA USA - Wed Oct 31 15:22:47 2001
I found your web site 2 be entertaining and informative. The colloquial style was effective as it created the effect that you were directly speaking 2 me-the reader. congrats!!!!!!!!!!!
vixenator
Uk - Tue Oct 30 10:21:46 2001
nicely done. your hits marker must not be working
Paul <turco141@yahoo.com>
laramie, wy USA -
Very informative. Got into your site accidentally - I was looking for information about the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD - what happened to the people, etc.
Have barely glanced at your pages, but found them very interesting. I've downloaded and saved them, to read later, after I obtain what I was looking for originally.
Thanks a lot.
Ed Rialp <rialp@surfshop.net.ph>
Manila, Philippines -
Great study website
Abel S. Badillo <abelbadillo@hotmail.com>
houston, tx USA -
re my mesage of 30 minutes ago, I've just realised that the answer has to be Pharasee
Can't think why it ewscaped me before. It fits the crossword too.
Sorry to have troubled you.
Regards
Terry Cox
Terry Cox <tandjcox@onetel.net.uk>
London, UK -
Fascinated with your material.
Actually I was looking for an answer for Saturday's London Times Crossword!
"Member of ancient Jewish religious sect of the Second Temple Period"
I couldn't easily lay my hands on the info.
As a practicing Christian who is pretty familiar with the Old Testament and other relebvant writings, I thought I should have known it, but it eludes me.
Regards
Terry Cox
Mr Terry Cox <tandjcox@ontel.net.uk>
London, UK -
Have traced our ancestory to Solomon HaLevi of Burgo, Spain. I was wondering where i could get more information on him. I have also re some on Judah HaLevi, but i am not sure if Solomon is a direct decendent of Judah.
jose.
Jose Santa Maria <jsanta_maria@hotmail.com>
Alamo, TX USA -
Very helpful at school for our research projects! Thank you!!!
Jessica <jrwhottie1@aol.com>
ferndale, Washington USA -
Nice site. I'm studying at the New Orleans Baptist Theo. Seminary and you have compile a great resource of material. Thank You!
James Douglas <jrd1877@yahoo.com>
New Orleans, LA USA -
Sholam Aleichem. G-d bless you.
Thank you.
Mike
Michael J. Hurwitz <arlenehurwitz@juno.com>
St. Petersburg, Fl USA - Saturday, September 29, 2001 at 00:13:23 (CDT)
very interesting.thankyou.
rob <rob@rpettit.freeserve.co.uk>
brighton, sx Uk - Sunday, September 09, 2001 at 11:18:04 (CDT)
Hi,
im an observer of jewish history, i've been told about the 1st & 3rd temple but no nothing about the secound temple could some one please help and send me some info.
Jamie <jamie_spiller@hotmail.com>
Reading, Uk - Saturday, September 08, 2001 at 14:21:54 (CDT)
I'm planning a trip to Rome in 2 weeks, and found your helpful descriptions and info on Ostia. From one Mustang to another, thank you!
Jay Mlinar
SMU B.B.A. '83
Jay Mlinar <jgm1376@earthlink.net>
Miami, FL USA - Thursday, September 06, 2001 at 16:24:58 (CDT)
Cool site, Don. Thanks for referring me - will share with folks at VTS.
Semper Orans,
JD
J.D. Brown <TAIKO@prodigy.net>
Woodbridge, VA USA - Friday, August 31, 2001 at 17:12:49 (CDT)
Felicitaciones.
Antonio Murcia <a.murcia@teleline.es>
Murcia, Spain - Thursday, August 30, 2001 at 18:28:10 (CDT)
looking forward to explore this area of research.
Ronald Guy <curate@holynativity.org>
plano, TX USA - Thursday, August 30, 2001 at 16:49:57 (CDT)
Great site, Dr. Binder. It reminds of the our 'Graeco-Roman class at Perkins few years ago. Peace and love, dh
David Havea <shef@sialeiofa.fsnet.co.uk>
Sheffield, UK, USA - Friday, August 24, 2001 at 17:05:45 (CDT)
This website was found while searching for Paul Bridwell. Southern Methodist College is in what state and city? There was no address on the search papers I located.
Paul E. Bridwell <pt10@prodigy.net>
Lakeland, FL USA - Tuesday, August 21, 2001 at 09:37:58 (CDT)
Can anyone please tell me how long it takes to go from Masada to Eilat?
gonda <gondabielen@hotmail.com>
heusden, Belgium - Tuesday, August 07, 2001 at 09:19:13 (CDT)
Great site! Good info that's easy to absorb. Very usefull. Thanks.
(Just love the photos of Masada)
Ross McKinnon <juromac@bigpond.com>
Perth, WA Australia - Monday, August 06, 2001 at 02:19:56 (CDT)
Greetings,
I am looking forward to meeting you when you arrive at Pohick Church. I am ordained, had a church in East Haddam, CT, for ten years, then decided that I was called to write on Christian apologetics. Have been recently director of Transformation Christian Ministries, part of the Exodus network helping people out of homosexuality.
I will not be there the week you are said to be arriving, as I will be supplying at another church. But I will get in touch.
Blessings,
Earle Fox
Earle Fox <emmfox@juno.com>
Alexandria, VA USA - Thursday, August 02, 2001 at 18:25:52 (CDT)
I eagerly look forward to reading your research.Blessings be upon thee.
roger l.hosmer <dogpepper at att.net>
nashville, tn USA - Wednesday, August 01, 2001 at 21:45:07 (CDT)
Good webpage you have here,
.. Yes You Are --> WELCOME
27 IDX 106 - Odinn
Reykjavik, ICELAND - Saturday, July 28, 2001 at 21:52:19 (CDT)
The images -photos and planes- of Caphernaum are not quotated by the original sources. This is not corrected. But congratulation for the work and idea.
If you want new photos or news from the archaeological excavation in Caphernaum, please refer to me.
Fr. Stefano De Luca, assistant director of Caphernaum archaeological reserch.
Stefano <delucastefanosr@libero.it>
Castellana Grotte, Bari ITALY - Saturday, July 28, 2001 at 05:31:01 (CDT)
Ta logia einai perita... words are useless.
Thankyou for answering all my queries.Your web site is just unbeleivably innovating.
Best regards,
Elizabeth.
Elizabeth <megaliza@hotmail.com>
Sydney, Aus - Friday, July 27, 2001 at 13:22:33 (CDT)
May Hashem bless you, please continue your work on the truth. By the way do you know of the 7 Noahide laws that were given by God to Noah when he left the Ark.
andrea kaufman <superkauf23@yahoo>
ilford, GB - Friday, July 27, 2001 at 05:42:12 (CDT)
thank you so much for this wonderful sight, i am a chasidic jew from London and I appreciate your great attention to the beauty of the people of Israel.
andrea kaufman <superkauf23@yahoo>
ilford, GB - Friday, July 27, 2001 at 05:33:26 (CDT)
I found your web site very imforative. Thank you for having it on the web. I am very interested in old history of the temples and the way they were built even how they are represted today. Thank you for helping understand more. I am a teacher in my church. I like to be able to tell my students what I have found and shrare with them the truth of the Jewish People that they may or may not know. Thank you again. Naomi
Naomi <giggles1155@hotmail.com>
Alma , Ar USA - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 09:20:18 (CDT)
As a Christian I enjoyed reliving the scenes that I read about everyday.
Thank You,
Robert
Robert Terry <savedbygrace69@hotmail.com>
Riverside, CA USA - Tuesday, July 24, 2001 at 03:33:07 (CDT)
I loved very much this brave point of view although not many believe in it, more please. Question( What is the relation between the early Synogouges and the first centuries churches, concerning ritual point of view?
Emile <anba_reuis@hotmail.com>
Melbourne, vic AUS - Thursday, July 19, 2001 at 08:32:24 (CDT)
As my wife and I are the only Jews living in a town located in the wilds of North West England, some 12 miles SSE from Liverpool (The Home of the Beatles!), we try to sample all Web sites concerned with Jews, the Jewish people, and Judaism in general.
I found your Web site quite interesting, but I have several questions. Since you argue that the synagogue was in effect an extension of the Jerusalem Temple, where if anywhere do the Ebionites (the original Jewish Christians) fit into the picture, if anywhere? Did they continue to worship in existing or new synagogues common to all Jews, or were they eventually excluded from these synagogues, leading them to estabvlish their own places of worship? Also, if the Ebionites were forced to establish separate places of worship, did they refer to these facilities by the Hebrew/Aramaic name of Beit ha-Knesset, of which Synagogue is the literal Greek translation, or did they term their places of worship Ekklesiai, i e, churches?
Also, have you come across any First Century C E Christian literature, perhaps but not exclusively connected to the synagogues, which refers to Baraithot, i e, doctrinal statements attributed to leading Perushim, that is to say, Pharisees?
Ron Lahav <ron_lahav@hotmail.com.>
Runcorn, Cheshire England - Monday, July 16, 2001 at 15:06:25 (CDT)
I'm doing a study on Corinthians and wanted some imformation on synagogues.Your site was really helpful.
Adrian.
Adrian Baker <adribaker@hotmail.com>
Barbados - Friday, July 13, 2001 at 11:01:40 (CDT)
I am researching the particulars of John on Patmos for a Christian drama on the same subject...for historical authenticity, I am compelled to request any notes on your class that you gave on the Revelation of Jesus Christ. Can you help?
Stephen Fair <n1zjm@aol.com>
Tolland, Ct. USA - Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 23:55:43 (CDT)
Great site, Dr. Binder! Thank you for the excellent resource.
Rev. Wayne Larson <walarson@juno.com>
Des Moines, IA USA - Tuesday, July 10, 2001 at 14:38:51 (CDT)
I Really enjoy your sight have not gotten near all of it and using it for some of my searching of the Word... Thanks Ronnie Fowler
ronald l. fowler <rfowler@seark.net>
Mcgehee, AR United States - Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at 17:06:01 (CDT)
I am writing a paper on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and would like to thank you for your informative site. It was an incredibly interesting search,and I will definitely visit again.
Jenny <oceansbyjjAaol.com>
Wilmington, NC USA - Friday, June 15, 2001 at 02:35:54 (CDT)
Shalom Donald
I'm sending you an e-mail.
Robert B. Turcotte, Ed.D. <abbaenoch@cs.com>
Wakefield, RI USA - Tuesday, June 12, 2001 at 22:16:47 (CDT)
Great site, thanks.
Rodney Thomas <rodney.thomas"durham.ac.uk>
Durham, Durham UK - Monday, June 04, 2001 at 03:29:36 (CDT)
Just browsing the sites that relate to Dr. Don Binder.
I am the webmaster for Pohick Church.
Richard Heintze <heintzer@pohick.org>
Lorton, VA USA - Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 22:18:58 (CDT)
I am Jewish and am very interested in Israel's history.
Josh Rosenthal <intv@bellsouth.net>
Mandeville, La USA - Sunday, June 03, 2001 at 20:20:34 (CDT)
Very helpfull for preparing lessons at school and journeys to Israel.Thank you.
H. Brügge
Brügge, Herbert <h.bruegge@t-online.de>
449497 Mettingen, Germany - Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 14:27:30 (CDT)
I am a Christian (Cumberland Presbyterian)and the leader of a weekly home Bible Study group. In our study for this week we are looking at influences on early Christian worship and synagogues were mentioned as early influences. Since I didn't know much about synagogues, I looked on the net and found your web site. IT HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS HELP! Thanks for posting all of this very interesting information!
George Marston <put11599@aol.com>
Memphis, , TN USA - Thursday, May 24, 2001 at 13:47:47 (CDT)
Found your site through this great link list on Jerusalem (updated Jerusalem Day,
May 21, 2001), for all lovers of Jerusalem.
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/i-jer.htm
Eli
USA - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 01:40:00 (CDT)
Fascinating site!
It provides me with a great tool to learn
more about my favorite city (Jerusalem) and country.
Thanks!
Eliedaat
Jerusalem, Israel - Monday, May 21, 2001 at 01:30:10 (CDT)
Thanks for the beautiful website. I think I got here through a "geomantic divination" search? I am participating in a local study of the Book of Genesis and was fascinated by the accretion and evolution of sacred sites. When I suggested that wells were sacred because they represented a meeting place for the underworld and the natural world, I got some startled looks. I expect that when I suggest that Daniel tended an oracular shrine, I'll get some more!
Keep up the good work. Again, thanks for a beautiful, complex, and informative website.
Stephanie Ashworth <SSASHWORTH@msn.com>
Fuquay-Varina, NC USA - Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at 15:03:56 (CDT)
Looking forward to seeing you.
John C. Springer <jspringer@porterwright.com>
Washington, DC USA - Tuesday, May 15, 2001 at 14:13:26 (CDT)
Valuable information!!..
Ken White <76250.531@compuserve.com>
Hygiene, CO USA - Monday, May 14, 2001 at 13:42:30 (CDT)
Helpful background to an area of considerable controversy. Thank you.
Revd. Delia Bond <rpm.bond@virgin.net>
Hythe, Kent UK - Saturday, May 12, 2001 at 06:01:32 (CDT)
I am a student at Chapman. I am writing on religion and cultural diversy in the U.S. I found your website. i found your site very informative. Thank you
teresa Padilla <curlyTap@aol.com>
Ca USA - Monday, May 07, 2001 at 02:05:50 (CDT)
I will have to revisit, when I have more time. You might consider adding an image of yourself.
Sometimes people like to put a face on the author.
Warren Prados <Prados@gte.net>
Nokesville , VA USA - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 19:52:47 (CDT)
I will have to revisit, when I have more time. You might consider adding an image of yourself.
Sometimes people like to put a face on thre author.
Warren Prados <Prados@gte.net>
Nokesville , VA USA - Sunday, May 06, 2001 at 19:49:51 (CDT)
This a nice site, however I was looking for something that I could use to teach my children with. This is just a little over their heads and would not keep their attention. I might come back later and look for myself.
Heather Brackens <hbrackens@yahoo.com>
Gonzales, TX USA - Saturday, May 05, 2001 at 14:33:37 (CDT)
The discovery of these scrolls has proven that there is alternate history to westren civilization.
Since I am a catholic, I find it very troubling that the "church" has covered up so much!!!
D. Schram <drschram@hotmail.com>
london, Ont. Canada - Thursday, April 26, 2001 at 13:48:41 (CDT)
I am a 4th year York U student and I came across your site while in the process research. I am currently writing an essay on Masada and its archaeology, your site was extremely helpful....thankyou so much!
kyla king <kyla_king@hotmail.com>
toronto, on Can - Thursday, April 26, 2001 at 10:15:42 (CDT)
Great Job. Thanks. I will be using them for my lectures.
Katheryn Leung, Ph.D. <katherynl@cesnac.org>
La Puente, CA USA - Wednesday, April 25, 2001 at 18:43:05 (CDT)
Hello,
I recommend you to read this sites and sign the guestbook:
http://truth.macedonia.gr/
http://Makedonia.cc.ece.ntua.gr
http://www.real.macedonia.gr/
http://www.abest.com/~angelos/macfaq.html
http://history.macedonia.gr/faq.htm
P.S. Please tell me what you think and which of them you find best. You can email me to the ad poseidon@mail.vu
Poseidon
Thessaloniki, Greece - Tuesday, April 24, 2001 at 13:50:33 (CDT)
I am doing a presentation for a seminary class and found your page. Nice to see that someone else feels that synagagues weren't just pharasitic in nature.
David Mason <pooh42867m@aol.com>
Columbus, Oh USA - Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at 16:25:54 (CDT)
I'm goint to be in Vancouver May 22 thru May26, is any ortodoxe sinagogue ?
menahem beniflah <benny.beniflah@bankofmaerica.com>
san antonio, TX USA - Monday, April 02, 2001 at 21:12:46 (CDT)
why do you call Israel Palestine?
dp <danoi69@hotmail.com>
USA - Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 15:44:13 (CST)
Very nice, well-made and informative site.
Dr. Gary Heller <HELLERL@YAHOO.COM>
Jerusalem, Palestine - Tuesday, March 27, 2001 at 10:31:24 (CST)
Pl mention about the place of worship of jews...
Shreenitha <madhu_neetu@yahoo.com>
Nairobi, Kenya - Monday, March 26, 2001 at 19:15:47 (CST)
Great work Please visit our site for more
pisidian antioch info
aydin akduz <info@pisidian.com>
isparta, tr turkey - Sunday, March 25, 2001 at 09:58:53 (CST)
good work
tanya <tanya_hackenbroch@hotmail.com>
USA - Saturday, March 24, 2001 at 12:46:40 (CST)
great page
seenu
USA - Saturday, March 24, 2001 at 11:25:18 (CST)
My husband and I are M-DIV students at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in KC. We are persuing degrees in languages and NT. We are specifically interested in factual data about the 1st Century. We just found this site and haven't yet had a chance to thoroughly look it over, but want to say "Thanks" for the time and effort required to get this info out!
Susan Couch <scouch@afo.net>
Smithville, MO USA - Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at 21:01:50 (CST)
Why don't you have an english version of the tractates (or "Masekhet"s) found in the Minshah? I am looking for something in the Mishnah, but I can barely read Hebrew, however, your site have given me a ton of usefull information, so thanks.
josh <jocotton7@hotmail.com>
fairfax, VA USA - Wednesday, March 21, 2001 at 14:11:01 (CST)
Cool!!!!!!!!!
Paul Bennett <Paul_E_Bennett@hotmail.com>
thorn hill thorn hill
, tn USA - Saturday, March 17, 2001 at 21:44:14 (CST)
BRABO SAS!!! EISTE KATAPLIKTIKOI! ENOIOSA POLY PERHFANH ME TO SITE SAS! KALH SYNEXEIA!
PITSA RASSIA <PITSA_RASSIA@HOTMAIL.COM>
ATHENS, GRECCE - Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 06:18:52 (CST)
Excellent site!
My wife and are currently working on our master degree in Middle Eastern History and find your site interesting and very informative. We share your opinions.
William and Sha <billsha@harborside.com>
Reedsport , OR USA - Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 01:02:15 (CST)
ONE OF THE BEST SITES
SAM KURAS <sam@flinet.com>
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA USA - Saturday, March 10, 2001 at 20:38:08 (CST)
Dear Sir,
I inform you about the Memorial Page of Professor Grigol Ph. Tsereteli (1870-1938):
http://www.webhostcorp.com/members/grigtseret/index.html
Dr. Levan Z. Urushadze <levan_urushadze@hotmail.com>
Tbilisi, Georgia - Tuesday, March 06, 2001 at 16:28:04 (CST)
I am not a specialist in the field but I am relieved to find such an excellent site on the web, amid an abundance of junk on the subject elsewhere, especially with the wealth of primary material in translation.
Martin Crampin
Wales - Tuesday, March 06, 2001 at 03:37:42 (CST)
GREAT SITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laurie S <Twoclean9294@aol.com>
Temple City, CA USA - Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 14:10:23 (CST)
Gamla has, since my first visit in 1985, been in my soul. Over the years I have lived on the site, seriously studied her, and written about her as a founding Director of Canadian Friends of Archaeology in Israel. One regret is having misplaced the e-mail address of Danny Sion. Can you forward his address to me? Thanks. Jehovah-shalom Gamla, for you remain the triumphant symbol for the Redemption of Jerusalem the Holy (Legeulat Yerushalem Hak Dosha).
Dr. Bruce Bailey <drbruce@escape.ca>
Winnipeg, MB Canada - Monday, February 26, 2001 at 10:14:57 (CST)
Very well organized and thorough site. Your links are very interesting. I am primarily interested in the four invasions of Israel and Judah by the Assyrians, and the movements of true Israel after those captivities. I am not a professional historian but came to your site through links from www.libertyhistoricalsociety.org.
Owners of that site are fellow employees and have uncovered an interesting dig in Israel.
Eastwood Herin <eastwoodherin@cs.com>
Indianapolis, IN USA - Saturday, February 24, 2001 at 19:03:28 (CST)
great site found what i was looking for
ian <eliteforce13@aol.com>
orpington, uk - Friday, February 23, 2001 at 02:51:02 (CST)
very good information
iyad shrydeh <iyadsh_tg@hotmail>
bethlehem, pl isr - Tuesday, February 20, 2001 at 10:06:31 (CST)
Hi,
Greetings from Finland.
Jari <http://sivut.koti.tpo.fi/polit>
Tampere, FINLAND - Sunday, February 18, 2001 at 22:23:13 (CST)
Thank you for this fine site. You have so much here that I have made a link to your site on our Library Section of our Site.
We are http://qumran.com
Th only negative I have is that the site loaded very slowly for me. This, perhaps, is due to the volume of copy on your site.
Thank you again,
Sis Y'Channah
Y'Channah BatAbba <brethren@qumran.com>
Leslie, AR USA - Friday, February 16, 2001 at 18:28:08 (CST)
Thanks for the good work you are doing!
Jay Southwick <jays@honeycomb-resources.org>
Indpls., IN USA - Thursday, February 15, 2001 at 13:55:37 (CST)
As a fellow NT scholar, let me express my gratitude to a wonderful web-site! I will recommend it to friends who are on the lookout for academically respectable web sites. Your links to other sites alone makes your site valuable.
Perry Kea <kea@uindy.edu>
Indianapolis, IN USA - Wednesday, February 07, 2001 at 16:32:51 (CST)
Please add me to your email list. I am writing a murder mystery novel that will deal with ancient synagogues. THank you. Joan
joan regen <writerjr@earthlink.net>
Guttenberg, NJ USA - Wednesday, February 07, 2001 at 14:52:41 (CST)
What a terrific site! Well organized, great pictures, easy to navigate. I don't have time right now to read your material about synagogues, but I'll probably be back in the future. I'm teaching a class on the DSS and wanted to find pictures of Masada and Qumran. Is it OK if I use some of your pictures in a Power Point presentation? I will let the students know about this web site.
Shalom,
Tom Finley
Tom Finley <tom.finley@truth.biola.edu>
La Mirada, CA USA - Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 22:39:37 (CST)
Professor Binder, I really liked the site. Great information. I am not a history student but enjoy
reading about different regions of the world and about their culture. Could you direct me to
a site which may contain information on Ireland. I am travelling there this summer and would
like to head over there with a tad bit more information then they have great pints.
Thank you and have a great semester.
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper <anmdc@uaa.alaska.edu>
Anchorage, AK USA - Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 15:09:43 (CST)
Dear Mr Binder,
Has Archaeologist, Ehud Netzer's interpretaion on this discovery been upheld?
Myriam Beerepoot <ams1@ozemail.com.au>
Brisbane, Qld Australia - Tuesday, February 06, 2001 at 01:27:30 (CST)
plesase comment on the finkelstein/silvereman book The bible unearthed.They play down the splendor of the Solomon's
temple.Isn't Herod's temple really the second temple?Aren't
christians and certain jewish sects awaiting for the rebuilding of the third temple?
Awaiting your reply, I remain respectfully,
E-themnus2@aol.com
irv <themnus2@aol.com>
new hyde park , n.y. USA - Sunday, February 04, 2001 at 09:02:00 (CST)
I am an attorney and amateur historian and researcher. Thank you for making such an interesting resource available to the public at large and also for investing so much time in the project.
John Wertheim <wertheim@swcp.com>
Albuquerque, NM USA - Thursday, February 01, 2001 at 17:12:46 (CST)
I enjoyed this site. Hopefully, I can use this site to produce my term paper from 1 Cor. 15
Husz <fmhsjbcc@Aol.com>
solon, oh USA - Wednesday, January 31, 2001 at 10:18:31 (CST)
You are so right , you have caught my intrest. I certainly appreciate all your
effort in putting this together.
However Sir I have a question, Is there such a date as 3920 for the Hebrew calander,
and if so is there information on synagogues for that era ?
And what would be the earliest recorded synagogue ?
Edward Cedillo <redeagle@cmpmail.com>
San Antonio, tx USA - Monday, January 29, 2001 at 01:01:39 (CST)
Would like to see more info like this one. i.e. holyland archaeological discoveries and their details.
Thanks!
Micha Avni <michaa@mobixell.com>
Herzliya, Israel - Sunday, January 28, 2001 at 09:55:38 (CST)
Thank you for this excellent webside. It contains a wealth of information bothfor the Bible student and the traveller in the Mediterranean countries.
A. Giering <A.undM.Giering@t-online.de>
Bruenen, Germany - Saturday, January 27, 2001 at 01:50:06 (CST)
Very interesting site. Very well researched. I would like to have a private conversation with you please contact me. Thanks
Barzel(Bill) Kuhlmeyer <graftedin@tenforward.com>
Port Angeles, WA USA - Friday, January 26, 2001 at 22:49:01 (CST)
Very interesting site. I'm fascinated by
archaeology and how it relates to the Bible. Thank you for putting this on the web!
r morton
vanceburg, ky USA - Friday, January 26, 2001 at 06:43:23 (CST)
Thanks for your website. The classes looked interesting. I've been studying Revelation for about 12 years & have come to the conclusion that it is rooted in seven Visions of Christ. So it's structure is Prolog, Christ as: Priest/King...Lamb Almighty...Christ Angel...Christ Child...Lamb on Zion...Son of Man on Cloud,(reaper) and, last as King Priest. I've written a mss. on this and have some shorter papers outlining the seven visions and would be happy to send them to you.
Rex Downie, Jr. <pilesar@bellatlantic.net>
Beaver Falls, Pa. 15010, Pa. USA - Thursday, January 25, 2001 at 08:26:51 (CST)
Your website and the information contained in it are so interesting. I'm an architecture student and for our first project I was assigned to design a synagogue. I'll be visiting this space often for information and inspiration. This is perfect!!!
rodney redondo <grymlok@hotmail.com>
los angeles, ca USA - Wednesday, January 17, 2001 at 01:15:47 (CST)
Hello Dr. Binder,
I wrote to you a number of years ago expressing my appreciation for your work. I am in the happy position to be visiting Israel for the fouth time in March. I am hoping to break away from my group while in Tiberius and visit several sites on my own. I hope to visit Gamla and Hazor. Do you have any updates on either of these sites that might be of interest? Are there other sites I should consider beyond the usual tour sites? Do you have any suggestions on how to access these sites? Should I rent a car or try to take a taxi to these sites? Thanks
Peter McLewin <Peterwebit@aol.com>
Norfolk, Va USA - Saturday, January 13, 2001 at 13:10:23 (CST)
Hello! I've been in your page only for som minutes, but I found it very interesting. I want to visit your page later. I search for literature on a subject I study and write about: "The Moses- and Elijah-tradiditions in the second temple period and Jesus from Nasareth". I'm a theologian, and teacher in The New Testament at The Bible School in Oslo, Norway.
If you know about some literature on the subject, I would be thankful to hear from you.
I will read more from your study later on, because i travel in Israel once and twice each year with study groups or for own studies.
God bless you.
Greetings
Per Reinert Eriksen
Per Reinert Eriksen <per.reinert.eriksen@indremisjon.no>
Oslo, Norway - Sunday, January 07, 2001 at 14:49:40 (CST)
Your site has been very useful in my study of the Bible in context. I am revisiting the Old Testament and am interested the history and culture of people groups and civilizations with which the Hebrews interacted. For example, Abram lived in Ur of the Chaldeans but I know very little about that society. Can you suggest a site or textbook resource to help in my study? By the way I am an amateur.
Dennis Ford <dford@cpa-wfy.com>
Irvine, CA USA - Friday, January 05, 2001 at 14:10:26 (CST)
i only came on here 2 find info 4 project
amie <none of your buissness>
port talbot, wales u.k - Tuesday, January 02, 2001 at 07:59:08 (CST)
i think the meaning of synagogue should be menshoned because i am doing aproject on synagogues for school and that is what i needed to know
Amie <************************************>
Port Talbot, wales United Kingdom - Tuesday, January 02, 2001 at 07:56:39 (CST)
I deeply appreciate this site, it's really educational/informative and brings more exitement to study and explore/discover. God bless!!
Marlou Flor D. Abalos <Nhar092176@usa.net>
Taoyuan, Taiwan, R.O.C., USA - Sunday, December 31, 2000 at 22:48:44 (CST)
Dear Dr. binder,
Thank you for the opportunity to have easy access to the fruit of your labour! An exquisite site, but more, top hole, as they say. My compliments and thanks for our Lord's work continuing in and through you.
Malcolm Berry
Ven. Malcolm D. Berry Jr. <berry@nbnet.nb.ca>
Shediac Cape, NB Cda - Saturday, December 16, 2000 at 19:28:09 (CST)
First Time on this site. Thanks
Pastor W.F."Johnny" Vickers <WFV2415@aol.com>
Julian, WV USA - Friday, December 08, 2000 at 18:32:40 (CST)
Very nicely done. I like the ease with which I can navigate through the site as well as the non-technical explanations which even novice students of Biblical studies and Near Eastern backgrounds can use the site.
Joseph J. Saggio, Ed.D. <joesag@juno.com>
Peoria, AZ USA - Wednesday, December 06, 2000 at 03:10:00 (CST)
Splendid site, very useful.
I wrote a thesis on the Dura Synagogue. To be published 2001.
It proved difficult to obtain pictures from Israel sites.
Best wishes
Aline Rousselle
Professor of Ancient History
University of Toulouse
Aline Rousselle <alirouss@club-internet.fr>
Montpellier, France - Saturday, December 02, 2000 at 09:15:16 (CST)
Sinagoges of the second temple times it will help to understand second temple judaism because is not much that is known.thank you, shalom aleheim
TOMAS CINTRON JR <tomabenyehudah_2000@yahoo.com>
SUNRISE, FL USA - Wednesday, November 29, 2000 at 22:26:07 (CST)
Everything on your site is very, very interesting ! Keep up mthe good work !
Best wishes
Stanley
Stanislaw Sawkiewicz <Stanislaw.Sawkiewicz@ker.com.pl>
41-908 Bytom, Poland - Friday, November 17, 2000 at 03:50:16 (CST)
I am taking my first class on the New Testament at Christian Theological Seminary here in Indianapolis. It is fascinating. I stumbled onto your site while trying to find information about Mediterranean culture during the first century. Thanks for all of the info and hard work. As a beginner, I will be visiting this site over and over again.
Kathy Harting <katiediditt@gateway.net>
Indianapolis, IN USA - Sunday, November 12, 2000 at 20:35:42 (CST)
Great site. I plan to refer students to it in the future.
MM
Michael Martin <michaelmartin@ggbts.edu>
Mill Valley, CA USA - Saturday, November 11, 2000 at 22:20:04 (CST)
