>French archaeologists have recently discovered a new Sumerian temple in the southern Province of Dhiqar in Iraq.
The Sumerians lived in southern Mesopotamia around 3000 BC. They built large city-states that controlled areas of several hundred square miles. Among these cities were Ur, Lagash, and Eridu.
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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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I am Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary. I was born in Brazil. I graduated from California Baptist College, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, The Southern Baptist Seminary, and have done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union. I have pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. I have published more than 200 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. My academic works have been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, The Expository Times, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, and Biblical Archaeologist.
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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament