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Lucas Cranach the Elder's map of the Holy Land in Christopher Proschauer's edition of the Old Testament (Zurich, 1525) in The Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge. Credit: The Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge

A 500-year-old inverted Bible map with the borders of the tribes of Israel shaped the perception of borders and states to this day.

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New research from the University of Cambridge shows how the first map of the Holy Land in a printed Bible from 1525 – which was accidentally printed upside down – contributed to shaping the idea of ​​territorial borders, reinforcing the concept of the nation-state.
A visual representation of the team's findings. By comparing word usage and sentence patterns, the AI-based statistical model identified three distinct writing styles—or writing traditions—shown here in yellow, blue, and green. Credit: Faigenbaum-Golovin et al.

Artificial intelligence reveals hidden language patterns and possible authors of the Bible

Researchers from universities in Israel and around the world used AI-based statistical models to identify three distinct writing styles in the first nine books of the Bible – and assign controversial chapter authors to these groups.
Prof. Erez Ben Yosef with the Midianite pottery avoids. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

About 3,000 years ago, the Midianite ceramics were intended for ritual purposes in the thriving copper industry in Timna

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The researchers: "For many years, archaeologists have been trying to decipher the meaning of the 'Medina ceramics' found at sites in the south of the country. According to our findings, these are tools that were brought by potters from the Arabian Peninsula, and were used in worship
the Golden calf. Illustration: depositphotos.com

We did not leave Egypt

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The story of the exodus from Egypt includes a collection of unrelated folk tales, various authors have added more legends to the core, the story itself, which is of priestly origin, contradicts large parts of the Bible that indicate an origin
One of the Akhat plot tablets in Ugrit. From Wikipedia

The stories of the Bible: the prose that was a song

Biblical prose may have begun as narrative poems, similar to those prevalent in the ancient Near East.
Description of the Passover mitzvot in Deuteronomy. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Because this Passover has not been done since the days of the judges

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The Creation of Man - Michelangelo's famous ceiling painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Rome

The God who created everyone in his own image

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Crossing the Red Sea, painting by Nicolas Poussin, 1634

Exodus from Egypt - was or was not

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The mythological Irish Leprechaun in a painting from the beginning of the 20th century. From Wikipedia

Why creationism is not science

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Jacob wrestled with the angel. Drawing: Gustav Dora

The muscles song D - Jacob makes a muscle

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The goose that laid golden eggs

Faith-na-na: This is how it started...

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David statue - the work of Nicolas Cordier in the Basilica of David_SM_Maggiore in Rome

New evidence on the establishment of David's kingdom was presented at an international conference on the study of the Ancient Near East held at the University of Haifa

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Frog Strike Illustration by SWEET MEDIA from Wikipedia

Exodus: the unbelievable numbers

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An intelligence officer whose name is Isaiah the prophet

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"The Creation of Man" by Michelangelo

Are there scientific ciphers in the Torah?

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Did the sages of Torah Israel know scientific secrets that were revealed only recently? It is possible that the big bang, the glaciers on the moons of Jupiter and other scientific facts were given by God when he transmitted his teachings to the people
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Vatican astronomer confirms belief in aliens

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Noah's flood - first chapter

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The dating in the book of Jeremiah

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Shmuel - a priest with a troubled childhood

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The political status of the prophet Ezekiel

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Nathan the prophet-the prophet behind the scenes

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Rehoboam as an example of unworthy government

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in the eyes of the beholder

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Jacob as a tragic figure

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Isaac - the man who did not know how to fight

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Abraham - an attempt to test the kernel of truth in the biblical story

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Joseph's life as an adult

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The ambivalent attitude of the kings of Judah and Israel to the prophets

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Winner of the Dan David Prize, archaeologist Israel Finkelstein: Fortunately, there is no thought police in Israel

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Exodus - invented narrative

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The dog as reflected in the literature of the Sages

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Again a debate surrounding the question of whether the kingdoms of David and Solomon were indeed as they are described in the Bible

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Yehoshua ben Nun - Was he or wasn't he?

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The Kirkus (Hippodrome) built by Herod in Jerusalem based on the scale model of the Second Temple in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The greatest spin in history * on the book Rashith Israel by Israel Finkelstein and Asher Silverman

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Even God is wrong!

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Shamgar Ben Anat - a virtuoso fighter

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Samson's shadow men

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The resurrection of Babylon

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Somewhat right? always right? Always wrong?

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The personality of Ehud Ben Gera

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The Bible as history?

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The real Noah's ark - artifacts were found from a culture that was flooded by the waters of the Black Sea

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God is just another theory

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The Bible - no findings in the field - reader comments

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Herzog is almost a consensus - most of his colleagues respond

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The Bible. There are no findings in the field

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Carl Sagan on: The Colliding Worlds of Immanuel Volikovsky Part II

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Carl Sagan on: The Colliding Worlds of Immanuel Volikovsky

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The first Shadow Slayer

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