Biblically Compatible Archaeology and Geography

  by Damien F. Mackey   “So then, comparing the antitype with the type, even as Herod sought to destroy the Divine Child whose birth might be supposed to endanger his throne, so Ahaz, from a different motive indeed, may have sought to destroy the typical Immanuel, the prediction concerning whose birth foretold the ruin of Judah at the hands of Assyria”.   Charles Boutflower   If, as is generally thought, the name of the famous town is derived from Kfar Na ḥ um ( כְּפַר נַחוּם ), literally, ‘Nahum’s village’, then I can think of only two prophets Nahum who could possibly have inspired it.   One of these was the prophet Nahum, who was Jonah ( cf. Tobit 14:4), the man of God who hated Assyria. The other was the pious and prayerful Nehemiah, whom I have identified as the better-known prophet Daniel:   Nehemiah must surely be the wise prophet Daniel   (5) Nehemiah must surely be the wise prophet Daniel   The tw...

  “… comparing the antitype with the type, even as Herod sought to destroy the Divine Child whose birth might be supposed to endanger his throne, so Ahaz, from a different motive indeed, may have sought to destroy the typical Immanuel, the prediction concerning whose birth foretold the ruin of Judah at the hands of Assyria”. Charles Boutflower     Charles Boutflower, reading between the lines, came up with the fascinating theory that Isaiah and his family had felt compelled - just like the Holy Family that it typifies - to escape, by flight, from a wrathful king.   Here follows Chapter V, “Immanuel”, from Charles Boutflower’s 1930 classic, The Book of Isaiah, Chapters [I-XXXIX] in the light of the Assyrian monuments.   “Butter and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil and choose the good.”—Isa. vii. 15.   In studying the Book of Isaiah, whether for our own benefit or to edify others, the question will often fo...

    “The discovery may explain why pyramid fields were concentrated along this strip of desert near the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, as they would have been easily accessible via the river branch at the time of their construction”.   Sean McShee      A new branch of the Nile discovered in Egypt - Africa, Middle East, News, Uncovering the Past, World   A new branch of the Nile discovered in Egypt   By  Sean McShee   | July 10, 2024   TWH –  The science journal,  Communications Earth, and Environment , published evidence of an ancient, now dried-up and silted-over branch of the Nile. The research is from the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington. The authors of that study, Eman Ghoneim et al., named this branch the “Ahramat Branch.” In Arabic, “Ahramat” means “pyramids.” The discovery may explain why pyramid fields were co...