David Merling
David Merling, Ph.D., is curator, Horn Archaeological Museum, and associate professor of history of antiquity, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan.
Articles by David Merling
Gezer and the Bible
January 1994
During a recent excavation in Israel, archaeologists unearthed important new evidence that sheds light on biblical events. The site of their discoveries is Tel Gezer, a 30-acre mound at the base of the foothills 15…
Clean and unclean meat
June 1999
"There is nothing outside the man which going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man.... (Thus he declared all foods clean)" (Mark 7:15,19).*
What did Jesus mean by "defile"…