court docs detail raphael golb’s harassment of robert cargill

on march 5, 2009, raphael golb, son of university of chicago oriental insitute historian norman golb, was arrested on 51 felony and misdemeanor counts of identity theft, forgery, criminal impersonation, aggravated harassment, and the unauthorized use of a computer. golb’s arrest set in motion a bizarre and twisted path towards his trial, complete with motions [...]

bombshell: ny da’s response to raphael golb’s motion to dismiss charges and suppress evidence

court docs allege: norman golb knew about the smear campaign! court docs also allege: norman golb participated in the smear campaign against other scholars. in fact, according to email transcripts contained in the january 19, 2010 new york district attorney’s response to raphael golb’s motion to dismiss all charges and suppress evidence, norman golb actively [...]

now where have i seen this before? using aliases to support or attack an idea

‘ellie light’ is the pseudonym used by someone who loves and supports president obama. according to several news agencies, ‘ellie’ has been sending letters to the editors of various news outlets supporting the president and bashing the media for daring to criticize him. one editor, sabrina eaton of the cleveland plain dealer, bagan to notice that [...]

is there life after death? the possible return of jim west

see for yourself. he may be back. and if he is, i welcome him. there is life after (blogging) death. after a brief stint as the roommate of tiger woods in a sex blogging rehab clinic, jim west is back!!! welcome back jim.

the guardians of the dead sea scrolls

there is a great new article in ha’aretz by nir hassan that talks about the guardians of the dead sea scrolls: four tireless women who restore and preserve the dead sea scrolls for future generations. lead by pnina shor, these scientists – tania treiger, asia vexler, tanya bitler, and lena libman – painstakingly work on [...]

asor publications now available online for free

the american schools of oriental research (asor) have made a very wise and forward-thinking decision: they are making their journals available online for free. i applaud this decision because it will not only increase public access to credible archaeological information, but it will also increase readership of their journals and ultimately drive both asor membership [...]

devry university, itt tech, and university of phoenix announce acquisition of dead sea scrolls

in a stunning development just one day after southwestern baptist theological seminary announced (blog) it had acquired three fragments of dead sea scrolls, the assassinated press is reporting that three more prominent american universities have acquired fragments of the dead sea scrolls and other well-known jewish cultural heritage objects from unnamed antiquities dealers. in what [...]

double checking the ‘research’ of jim barfield

a number of posts have been made regarding jimmy barfield and the copper scroll project: http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/transcript-of-tamar-yonahs-interview-of-copper-scroll-project-director-jim-barfield/ http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/new-article-by-dr-robert-cargill-pseudo-science-and-sensationalist-archaeology-an-expose-of-jimmy-barfield-and-the-copper-scroll-project/ http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/how-not-to-pad-your-ratings-the-copper-scroll-project-facebook-marketing-scheme/ http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/the-insanity-continues-jim-barfield-and-the-copper-scroll-project-get-another-jpost-article/ http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/now-busted-the-cover-up-begins-jimmy-barfield-and-the-copper-scroll-project/ http://bobcargill.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/this-is-why-we-must-fight-pseudoscientific-fake-archaeology/ http://robertcargill.com/2009/10/22/now-you-can-pay-to-hear-the-madness/ http://robertcargill.com/2009/11/13/the-copper-scroll-project-gives-an-exclusive-tv-interview/ http://www.bibleinterp.com/opeds/copper.shtml http://www.bibleinterp.com/articles/cargill2_08261.shtml http://drjimsthinkingshop.com/2009/08/27/pseudoreality-and-archaeology-virtual-reality-and-qumran/ http://asorblog.org/?p=259 http://blog.bibleplaces.com/2009/08/copper-scroll-code-cracked.html http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/the-copper-scrolls-dr-robert-cargill-on-the-insignificance-and-the-abuse-of-the-copper-scroll/ http://biblicalpaths.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/copper-scroll-the-jim-barfield-saga-continues/ http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/oklahoma-ark-eologist-arson-investigation-skills-to-find-lost-temple-treasure/ http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/claim-oklahoma-government-officials-to-lobby-top-people-in-israel-on-behalf-of-copper-scroll-treasure-hunter/ http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/jim-barfields-israel-adventure-continues-hebrew-roots-teacher-sets-up-meeting-with-archaeologist/ http://barthsnotes.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/jerusalem-post-puffs-jim-barfields-copper-scroll-treasure-quest/ however, i wanted to make sure that the criticism of barfield’s so-called expedition was not unwarranted. so, i got in a [...]

you have got to watch this: the worst christian children’s show ever

i’m not even going to describe it. i’m just going to let scott bailey describe it. go to scott’s site. read the post. watch the videos. two hints: watch the top video first. then watch the bottom video, which is a bbc exposé of the program. i’ve reposted them here. it’s absolutely hilarious in a [...]

southwestern baptist theological seminary acquires dead sea scrolls fragments

according to an associated press article, southwestern baptist theological seminary has acquired fragments of the dead sea scrolls. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is set to unveil three newly acquired biblical Dead Sea Scroll fragments. Southwestern spokesman Thomas White says the fragments acquired Tuesday include Scriptures from the books of Exodus, Leviticus and Daniel. first it [...]

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