the insanity continues: jim barfield and the copper scroll project get another jpost article

Posted on August 31, 2009 by bobcargill

the insanity continues. apparently, the copper scroll project is listening to the criticisms made on this blog here and here and here and on the bible and interpretation site here and here and on jim west’s blog here and here and here and here and on dr. jim linville’s blog here and eric cline’s comment on [...]

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new 4th century fragment of the book of hebrews announced

Posted on August 28, 2009 by bobcargill

a new biblical manuscript has been announced on the textual criticism of the bible group: introducing p126. I am pleased to announce to you that we have a new New Testament papyrus. I noted it in the last volume of the PSI a NT. It contents He 13,12-13.19-20, and it has still not been remarked [...]

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how *not* to pad your ratings: the copper scroll project facebook marketing scheme

Posted on August 27, 2009 by bobcargill

just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse… i have reported several times on the copper scroll project, a group led by retired arson investigator jimmy barfield, who claims to have ‘cracked’ the ‘code’ of the copper scroll. recently, fellow christian zionist and copper scroll project supporter, shelly neese, wrote a fluff piece for [...]

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new article by dr. robert cargill: pseudo-science and sensationalist archaeology: an exposé of jimmy barfield and the copper scroll project

Posted on August 26, 2009 by bobcargill

the bible and interpretation website has published my latest article entitled, “pseudo-science and sensationalist archaeology: an exposé of jimmy barfield and the copper scroll project.” it is a call to arms for biblical scholars and archaeolosgists to address publically the sensationalist claims made by amateur archaeologists and pseudo-scientists. Members of the academy must take individual [...]

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on the resumption of peace talks between israel and palestine: it’s time

Posted on August 26, 2009 by bobcargill

regarding the rumor that president obama is close to brokering a deal to renew peace talks between israel and palestine, i have little to say beyond: let us hope beyond hope. inshallah!

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transcript of tamar yonah’s interview of copper scroll project director jim barfield

Posted on August 24, 2009 by bobcargill

the following is a transcript of this week’s (august 23, 2009) ‘weekend edition‘ on arutz sheva’s israel national radio. host tamar yonah interviews copper scroll project director jim barfield. you can download an mp4 version of the interview to listen along while you read the transcript here. i shall comment further on this matter tomorrow. [...]

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ucla’s kara cooney to star in discovery’s new archaeology show, “out of egypt”

Posted on August 24, 2009 by bobcargill

updating a previous item on this site, ucla’s kara cooney will star in the upcoming discovery show, out of egypt. the la times says: Using Egypt as a starting point, Cooney embarks on a journey to find links between the social, cultural and religious practices of several ancient civilizations. She discovers that despite being completely [...]

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what kind of facebooker are you? or, how (and how not) to facebook

Posted on August 22, 2009 by bobcargill

what kind of facebooker are you? how do you use facebook? what kind of facebooker annoys you the most? these are the questions addressed by a new cnn article by brandon griggs entitled, ‘the 12 most annoying types of facebookers.’ i’ve been on facebook since early in 2005, when a couple of my pepperdine students, [...]

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u.s. news & world report 2010 college rankings released

Posted on August 20, 2009 by bobcargill

u.s. news & world report has issued its college rankings for best colleges 2010. harvard caught princeton for the #1 ranking. the top 10 are as follows: 1. harvard 1. princeton 3. yale 4. cal tech 4. mit 4. stanford (another california school in the top 10) 4. penn 8. colombia 8. chicago 10. duke [...]

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fool me twice?? windows 7 arrives next month

Posted on August 20, 2009 by bobcargill

fool me once, shame on windows vista. fool me twice, i’ll never use your software again. microsoft is shipping windows 7 on october 22, 2009, and this time it had better work. windows 7 is essentially what vista was supposed to be: the next great thing after windows xp. but vista was death incarnate was [...]

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