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John 3:16; Jn 3:16; John 3
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Salvation, Jesus, Gospel
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Gorgias Press have published a reworking of my dissertation. The hard cover book is entitled The Seven Messages of Revelation and Vassal Treaties: Literary Genre, Structure, and Function. Gorgias Dissertations Biblical Studies 41. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009. The cover has just been added to their website. This is the standard cover for the Gorgias Dissertation Biblical Studies series.
Gorgeous Press have published a reworking of my dissertation. The hard cover book is entitled The Seven Messages of Revelation and Vassal Treaties: Literary Genre, Structure, and Function. Gorgias Dissertations 41. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2009. Link to the book on Gorgeous Press.This work is sure to interest those fascinated with the literary genre, structure, and function of the messages to the seven churches. Written in a readable format, this work is both an excellent introduction to the book of Revelation and a resource for the apocalyptic specialist.
"Dr. Graves seeks to shed light on the problem of the structure of thought in Revelation by placing the work as a whole and the messages to the seven churches in particular firmly in the context of the ancient near eastern vassal treaties that have also influenced the shape of covenantal theology in the Old Testament. This carefully researched thesis brings a new contribution to the interpretation of the apocalypse and deserves close examination." — I. Howard Marshall (Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis, University of Aberdeen)
Thanks to all who helped make this possible.
This year at the annual Evangelical Theological Society meetings in New Orleans there will be an entire session dedicated to the research of Tall el-Hammam. Dr. Steven Collins is director of the Tall el-Hammam Excavation Project and serves as Dean of the College of Archaeology and Biblical History at Trinity Southwest University in Albuquerque and will provide an overview of the fourth season of excavations at Tall el-Hammam. There were some interesting finds this season that I'm sure he will want to share. Gary Byers, assistant director of the excavations will not only moderate the sessions but speak on the discoveries related to the culinary practices in the Early Bronze Age (Gen 10). Dr. Steve McAllister, field archaeologist will speak on the defensive walls discovered at Tall el-Hammam. Dr. McAllister’s PhD research was on defensive walls and together with the excavation findings over four seasons, will provide an interesting session. Finally, Scott and I, who are supervising the Roman excavations, will present our arguments for identifying the Roman ruins as part of the significant Roman city of Livias. Not only will this be a time of intellectual stimulation but reunion of good friends.
This photo was taken (Jan 09) on our hike in search of the Roman aqueduct that existed in the Roman/Byzantine period on the back side of Khirbet el-Ḥebbēsa. I have doctored the photo and imposed a sample aqueduct where the remains indicated it ran across the gorge. The original aqueduct would have fed the five cisterns that I've calculated held over 1 million litres of water and would have been magnificent in its day. This water system was more than enough to supply a large city like Livias. This photo was taken the day before we located the aqueduct remains and had walked right through the base of the V in the gorge because they were so camouflaged. With the help of Dr. Kay Prags article and map several of us went back the next day and after much searching were able to see the water channels at the top of both sides of the gorge. The remains of the aqueduct were evident once located. We measured, photographed, and GPS'ed the ruins and just enjoyed the satisfaction of finding the water source from the hills somwhere behind. The aqueduct spanned 43.5 meters of the gorge and was 19m high. The recreation of the aqueduct in the photo shows what it might have looked like. Tall e-Hammam is located just behind the aqueduct in the photo. More details will be provided in an upcoming publication.
