Dr. Daniel Vainstub is Lecturer in the Department of Bible, Archaeology and Ancient Near East, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, where he did his Ph.D. His dissertation is titled Governmental Institutions in Phoenician Cities from the Bronze Age through the Beginning of the Roman Period. Vainstub is the editor of The Persian and Hellenistic Periods in Israel. A Southern Perspective (Beer Sheva 2018) and Worship and Burial in the Shfela and Negev Regions throughout the Ages (Beer Sheva 2019). His research on the Lachish comb was featured on the BBC and his work on the Ophel inscription was selected as among the top-ten in 2023 by ASOR
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May 12, 2024
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Jeremiah excoriates the Judahites for sacrificing babies to Baʿal at the Tophet, in a valley near Jerusalem. Archaeological excavations throughout Carthage uncovered the remains of thousands of babies offered to Baʿal and his consort Tanit, together with dedicatory inscriptions, referring to the offering as a molekh, the very term the Bible uses to prohibit child sacrifice.
Jeremiah excoriates the Judahites for sacrificing babies to Baʿal at the Tophet, in a valley near Jerusalem. Archaeological excavations throughout Carthage uncovered the remains of thousands of babies offered to Baʿal and his consort Tanit, together with dedicatory inscriptions, referring to the offering as a molekh, the very term the Bible uses to prohibit child sacrifice.
