Jerusalem archaeologist Eilat Mazar died on May 25 at age 64. She was a courageous woman of indomitable strength and fierce determination, an inspiration to many thousands of people around the world, and to me personally.
Although she did not regard herself as personally religious, her sense of intellectual and scientific honesty and inquiry led Dr. Mazar to use the Bible as a crucial, historically accurate document. This led her to some of the most powerful and sensational archaeological discoveries ever!
Dr. Mazar’s love of archaeology—and our organization’s connection with her—began when she was a child. I enrolled in Ambassador College in 1967, the same year the Six-Day War broke out in Israel. God intervened and gave Israel a miraculous victory that awarded the Jews control of East Jerusalem. The following year, Israelis began what they called the “Big Dig,” a massive archaeological excavation at the southern part of the Temple Mount. It was directed by Prof. Benjamin Mazar. His work won the 1968 Israel Prize for Jewish studies and the 1968 Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem recognition.
Jerusalem archaeologist Eilat Mazar died on May 25 at age 64. She was a courageous woman of indomitable strength and fierce determination, an inspiration to many thousands of people around the world, and to me personally.
Although she did not regard herself as personally religious, her sense of intellectual and scientific honesty and inquiry led Dr. Mazar to use the Bible as a crucial, historically accurate document. This led her to some of the most powerful and sensational archaeological discoveries ever!
Dr. Mazar’s love of archaeology—and our organization’s connection with her—began when she was a child. I enrolled in Ambassador College in 1967, the same year the Six-Day War broke out in Israel. God intervened and gave Israel a miraculous victory that awarded the Jews control of East Jerusalem. The following year, Israelis began what they called the “Big Dig,” a massive archaeological excavation at the southern part of the Temple Mount. It was directed by Prof. Benjamin Mazar. His work won the 1968 Israel Prize for Jewish studies and the 1968 Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem recognition.
Jerusalem archaeologist Eilat Mazar died on May 25 at age 64. She was a courageous woman of indomitable strength and fierce determination, an inspiration to many thousands of people around the world, and to me personally.
Although she did not regard herself as personally religious, her sense of intellectual and scientific honesty and inquiry led Dr. Mazar to use the Bible as a crucial, historically accurate document. This led her to some of the most powerful and sensational archaeological discoveries ever!
Dr. Mazar’s love of archaeology—and our organization’s connection with her—began when she was a child. I enrolled in Ambassador College in 1967, the same year the Six-Day War broke out in Israel. God intervened and gave Israel a miraculous victory that awarded the Jews control of East Jerusalem. The following year, Israelis began what they called the “Big Dig,” a massive archaeological excavation at the southern part of the Temple Mount. It was directed by Prof. Benjamin Mazar. His work won the 1968 Israel Prize for Jewish studies and the 1968 Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem recognition.
