History of Ancient Beersheba and the Horned Altar

The ruins of ancient Beersheba attest to the importance of the city where Abraham lived. But the most intriguing artifact is the horned altar. This is one of the idolatrous “high places” King Hezekiah ordered torn down. Or was it King Josiah? Find out as we delve into the historical debate between Prof. Yohanan Aharoni, a refugee from warn-torn Germany and founder of the Tel Aviv University Institute of Archaeology, and IDF Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin, a war hero who went on to become a noted archeologist.NOTES:* The Horned Altar of Beer-sheba by Yohanan Aharoni, The Biblical Archaeologist 1974* Beer-sheba: The High Place Destroyed by King Josiah by Yigael Yadin, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 1976 Get full access to Jewish History Moment podcast with Ben Bresky at benbresky.substack.com/subscribe