Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament: King Herod's Tomb Was Desecrated

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

King Herod's Tomb Was Desecrated

According to a news report published in Haaretz, the archeologist who located King Herod's tomb at Herodium said Tuesday that the grave had been desecrated, apparently shortly after his death, but called the discovery a "high point."

Read the news report by visiting Haaretz.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

Tags: Archaeology, Herod, Herodium

Labels: Archaeology, Herod, Herodium

1 Comments:

At May 09, 2007 11:58 AM, Natalie said...: Even a desecrated tomb has some historical value. It would have been great to find it in tact from the original though.

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Name: Claude Mariottini

Location: Lombard, Illinois, United States

I have been professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary since 1988. I was born in Brazil. I graduated from California Baptist College, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, The Southern Baptist Seminary, and have done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union. I have pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. I have published more than 150 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. My academic works have been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, and Biblical Archaeologist.

Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

King Herod's Tomb Was Desecrated

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