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…

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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"…

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