The Discovery of Joshua’s Altar

The Bible relates that shortly after entering the Promised Land, Joshua built an altar upon Mount Ebal overlooking the ancient city of Shechem. Excavations in the early 1980s, led by the late Prof. Adam Zertal, discovered a prominent early altar site on Mount Ebal. One man who helped identify the site as an altar was Zvi Koenisgberg.
On today’s program, host Brent Nagtegaal speaks with Mr. Koenigsberg about the 30-year saga to acknowledge the Mount Ebal altar and, more generally, about scholarship in the world of biblical archaeology.
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[@krackerToo]

Thank you Brothers God Bless Israel Shalom

[@steve.57]

The years following the Six Day War were ones of great exploration of our historical homeland and of the many, many surprises that awaited our discovery.

[@richardthornhill4630]

So true, many professors, archaeologist, and historians are not "intellectually honest." Let God be true and every man be a liar. The Bible is the Word of God and will never pass away.

[@jaywinters2483]

Who wouldn't like this dear man?

[@JewellTlm]

Longing to become a volunteer there... 👣Love even the thought of helping 💭 giving time to Dig, sift, and learn more

[@TanachTV]

Thanks for bringing us this first person account of this important site. It's so unfortunate that it's so difficult to visit and requires special arrangements with the IDF. Hopefully one day the site will be properly preserved and accessible.

[@michaelwho3284]

Ty Armstrong institute!!

[@maarzt]

excellent and fascinating and entertaining too! Thank you Professor!

[@G1D1B2]

I really enjoy these interviews. They give some additional information to some of the archeology in Israel. I am not an archeologist but I am very interested in Biblical archeology. Thank you for this program. Keep them coming.

[@kathycasey9521]

Thanks so much! I learned much from it and appreciate your work.

[@sgalla1328]

That was absolutely inspiring. Thank you both. Sharing stories and knowledge is the sign of good souls. I'm still waiting for the Anatoth dig😊 The answer is there let's find the question. Jeremiahs secret awaits us. God bless.

[@thewolfethatcould8878]

I am so excited to see this interview! As always, thanks for all that you guys do. Keep up the great work! Mr. Koenigsberg has a wonderful disposition~ almost feels like you could listen to his stories for eons. What a true treasure to interview all of these elders of archaeology and learn from them in "their own words". This was a wonderful interview. Just amazing!

[@ILOVEYESHUA1ST]

Your building a good foundation, we pray for full revelation of the One behind the text and behind the sites

[@emmawebb6955]

Most informative biblical history, and I certainly hope you have your guest Steve Koenigsberg back again. 👍💯

[@j.ol67]

This is great stuff!

[@josiepens4480]

I like Armstrong Institute more than Institute for Biblical Research - for obvious reasons.

[@walterdolen7169]

Wow, what an interview. Loved it. Great background information on the discovery on Mount Ebal. Zvi sounds like a great guy to know. Love the work the Armstrong Institute is doing in the ME. The curse tablet will help confirm Biblical dating.

[@onthekingsside2760]

Such an incredible interview. Thank you!!!!

[@andyutubevideo]

Excellent job, Brent! Enjoyed the conversation so much. Wow. Thank you, Mr. Koenisgberg.

[@supertrucker99]

!!!WHAT A HERO!!!!! THE ORIGINAL man behind Yeshua ...

[@benbiber4135]

Brilliant interview

[@JacquyMengal2194]

Thank you very much for sharing this interview. Shabbat shalom from Belgium.

[@LeeGee]

Lovely interview, lovely people. Thank you.

[@tumtum4776]

I love this interview in many ways. I'm so touched by his views about the discovery and not only that but through his heartwarming friendships with others so we can know God is rellationship God. He is rejoycing us when we are learning archaeology too. That is what we most needed things. God bless both and all viewer and thank you for great videos.

[@pichetkullavanijaya6908]

This discussion is much better than any from Protestant Pastor Yahoo from 1st Baptist, Independent Baptist, Evengelicals, Apostolic, Wealth & Health, or other Cow Manure Protestant Sundry so-called Churches...

[@holdthewinds]

This is so timely as I am studying this now. I was also wondering when Shiloh began .. just today.

[@charlesarbuckle7958]

brilliant interview!

[@lindacook8819]

Thank you

[@walterbailey7453]

God takes his time when he is ready not when we are ready

[@ronaldschoolcraft8654]

Jacob crossing his arms absolutely happened. Your doubt does not change the truth.

[@lsmart]

For a man who seems to be a truly sweet, decent and intellectually honest researcher, this is the one moment where his desire to substantiate his own potential discovery blinded him to the simple truth. The Torah goes into such detail as to how Joseph tried to rearrange them, but Jacob stubbornly insisted otherwise: He also explains very clearly why he did so, noting that while Manasseh will also have great descendants, they will pale in comparison to those of Ephraim (which is why he placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, since the primary blessing is always done with the right hand). So why would people struggle for 3,000 years to explain this if Jacob himself did so, and his prophetic blessings came true? Now this does not necessarily refute Koenigsberg's thesis entirely, since the great leadership of Joshua, Ephraim's descendant, was the main reason for Jacob's switch, so that he may have indirectly trying to allude to this as well, but it utterly makes no sense to say that the entire incident never occurred in actuality - unless, like the atheists whom he himself ridiculed, you want to deny the very notion that the Torah is describing actual events.

[@user-vo8zx1rm5o]

Just thinking when you were standing in front of that cave, at one time YESHUA stood and walked there. Wow! I couldn’t imagine. I’ve been wanting to go for the last 50 years. Maybe one day…

[@eliseolopez6504]

I would like Joshua s altar magazine

[@armstrongstinstitute]

We only have the PDF available now (armstronginstitute.org/magazine_issues/2) But you can sign up for a free subscription to the magazine here - armstronginstitute.org/request/magazine

[@Richard-vp6zx]

Great Interview

[@lawneymalbrough4309]

I learned more from the descriotion than from the first fifteen mi uets of the video.

[@davejohnston5925]

So, when can we see an interview between youreself and Al Fadi and Prof. Jay Smith?

[@dianabuchanan5547]

The bible is being shown more and more with each day. I didn't need the proof of the bible. I believe that Jesus our Lord Savior is real. People better get it together and repent. He is coming back soon. Thank you for your videos.

[@deksue2846]

Wow they found rocks that someone put together

[@eliseolopez6504]

If the oldest we have was preserved (noahs ark) everything in the bible is at the ground just waiting

[@pruephillip1338]

As an Australian tourist, is it possible for me to physically GO to Mt Ebal and Shiloh?

[@TanachTV]

Shiloh is open every weekday. Mt Ebal requires special advanced arrangements.

[@pruephillip1338]

@@TanachTV Thank you Aaron. I am going to Israel in mid September this year, from Australia. Just a tourist thing. What arrangement do I need to make? Am I ok driving through the West Bank?

[@TanachTV]

@@pruephillip1338you need to work with a guide or organization who will coordinate the visit with the IDF. You can try contacting midreshet Shomron or ask any Israel tour guide to try to arrange it.

[@KimtheElder]

@@pruephillip1338 Enjoy it and soak it in for those of us who cannot go 😊🙏

[@anitadeckard1216]

Is it safe to travel to?

[@eliseolopez2790]

Joshua jesua Jesus

[@jamig.7254]

"Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,..." KJV verse 30 "And he (Joshua, after he destroyed Ai, as commanded by God), wrote there upon the stones (the alter Joshua made for God) a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. KJV verse 32 "And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law." KJV verse 34 "There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them." KJV verse 35

[@joelblackford7802]

If the Genesis is true, why wouldn’t the end, such as Gog MaGog, be true?

[@vironpayne3405]

Is this the guy who threw away the amulet that was discovered in the waste pile by another team?

[@valeried7210]

They didn't throw away the amulet. Back then they just didn't sift through the dirt and then wash the dirt. It would have been nothing but a small dirt clod to them.

[@DavidBrendan7799]

Interesting. Jesus Christ? The man's name was Yeshua and it translates into Joshua!

[@harveywabbit9541]

Especially since Joshua (IOS/YES Hua) is the sun.

[@zilpah9890]

They are talking about Joshua the leader who followed Moses. Jesus was a thousand years later was named after him

[@DavidBrendan7799]

I don't know why we call him Jesus Christ? His name was not this.

[@harveywabbit9541]

@@zilpah9890 The father of Joshua/Jesus is the fish called Nun. Caleb (dog) is the father of this fish and he is a Canis constellation. The two important dogs/calebs are Canis Major and Canis Minor.

[@bill9989]

No Joshua; no Joshua's altar.

[@magchild777]

I wish you'd show more of the actual alter rather than talk so much.

[@hib32]

"Iron one"..."theoretically"...means: according to Egyptian chronology. Which chronology only but misguides!

[@ji8044]

This is false. There is nothing at all to associate this find with the mythical Joshua. Objects found in it covered a period of centuries, not to one point in time which would be the case if it had been associated with the non-existent Exodus.

[@lsmart]

Brilliant! You disprove the painstakingly researched findings of a major scholar, who offers numerous proofs for his finding and theory, by posting an unsubstantiated fake news blurb on a KZbin post, all to justify your atheist beliefs. I do not need a single archaeological discovery to justify my beliefs in the Old Testament, because to me the existence of an Omnipotent God is so obvious in the simple facts of life. For example, I find it laughable to believe that a human being -- who must have thousands of body parts work perfectly in order to function in full health, and can have wisdom to plan ahead for the long term, and have feelings to give his life for the sake of another human being -- was created just by itself out of nature, which by sheer luck also created a male and female with matching features (as well as for every living species), gave them each a natural desire to mate with the other and the ability to jointly create a tiny cell that encapsulates a miniature of themselves, and created in the female a complete sophisticated system to feed and develop this tiny thing into a magnificent being, which upon exiting into the world suddenly gets the ability to cry, think, hear, see and feel. And we believers are supposed to be the ones who live in a fantasy world. Scientists will seek to deny all this because, to paraphrase the late Stephen Hawking, "To believe that there is a God, I'd have to believe that there is something that is beyond my ability to comprehend, and I am not prepared to do that." At least he was honest enough to admit that arrogance prevented him from believing. In any case, atheists like you will unfortunately have all your ridiculously fantasized theories turned into mockeries, as more and more of ancient archaeology is discovered each year together with new scientific tools, disproving all the theories you have concocted to deny the truth of the Old Testament.

[@KM-ul3pf]

Not correct

[@deannalassiter2088]

Go back to the beginning....go back to kindergarten......

[@TheSweezer]

Crazy that these jews are proving the Bible true and yet they still hate Jesus and will eventually worship the anit chirst.