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""En Filipo II y el Arte de la Guerra tendremos la oportunidad de conocer en profundidad a uno de los más grandes reyes de la antigua Macedonia. Gracias a su habilidad como estratega, diplomático, político y soldado, heredó un reino... more
Rev. H.P. Scholte, being persecuted for his faith in the Netherlands, emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1847 where he expected to find a “place of refuge.” Upon arrival, he established a settlement he called Pella. This is an exception to the... more
The article proposes a new translation of lines 8-14 of Amarna letter no. 255. The letter is a diplomatic protest by Mut-Baḫlu, the local ruler of Pella, against the pharaoh’s command that he relinquish his control over the local traffic... more
Macedonians have emerged from the substratum of prehistoric tribes belonging to the huge family of Pelasgians, Aeols/Boreans and Hyperboreans (Anti, Brygii, Danuni, Kiti, Hittiti, Lapiti, Macedoni, Minyi, Misiani, Mosiniki, Pelasgi,... more
Several attempts have been made to connect the nativity of Jesus, and more recently, the so-called “Rapture of the Church” to specific datable events in the heavens. In recent decades, several of these efforts have been centered on the... more
The subject of this paper is the presentation of a previously unknown local red-figure pottery workshop from central Macedonia, probably in Pella, capital of the Macedonian kingdom. It is dated to the second half of the fourth century and... more
The current paper examines five bronze, relief weights, produced in a mold. They have all been discovered in the Agora of Pella and its surrounds. They are all square; on their upper surface they bear either a denotation of their weight... more
In this paper, the presence and usage of coins of Macedon within Samuel’s Fortress is discussed, based on 218 specimens; that is, 135 being issues of the kings of Macedon and 83 being issues of the ‘Macedonians’ and of the cities of... more
In the area east of the river Jordan, eight Iron Age structures identified as cultic have been excavated. This paper presents the evidence as published and discusses the relevance of the cultic identification of the structures.
Christopher Buck, “Illuminator vs. Redeemer: A ’Trajectory’ of Ebionite Christology from Prophet Messianism to Baha’i Theophanology.” Abstracts: American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 1983 (Dallas).... more
Research on Hellenistic pottery has already argued that pottery production in the early Hellenistic period (late 4th c. B.C.-early 3rd c. B.C.) was inextricably connected with Athenian pottery. Pergamon and other cities that later... more
Says who has the worldview, etc. and supplements chapters dealing with royal rule and Aristotle's political ideology. This was originally appendix 4, but I have removed the original Appendix 3, which was on political science before... more
The purpose of this article is to present the revolt that took place in Canaan under the leadership of Lab'ayu, ruler of Shechem, shortly before the emergence of Israel, which had the adhesion of several city-states of that region. The... more
The legendary Archippos is considered to be the founder of Pella-on-the-Orontes, the city whose name was borrowed from the Macedonian city where Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great were born. The Macedonian colony, and at the... more
Dans la "section VI : La production artistique en Grèce du Nord" du catalogue d'exposition Au royaume d'Alexandre le Grand (2011), cette brève synthèse dresse un état des lieux sur les ateliers artisanaux. Elle met en évidence le... more
Pella, a major urban site in the eastern foothills of the north Jordan Valley, has been extensively exca-vated over the past 17 years (Fig. 1). Work began as a joint University of Sydney-Wooster College Ohio Expedition, and has continued... more