Jordan’s baptism site: Completing the Holy Land
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published at The Jerusalem Post In 1873 the British surveyor, explorer and soldier Claude Conder was in the Jericho area exploring for ruins. “I rode day […]
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Why Vatican recognition of Palestine was not surprising
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’d think from the coverage of the “Vatican recognizes Palestine” news story that this was some major change in policy. Some articles have implied it was […]
