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Mentions the Name of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin), King of Judah 
Receiving Rations in His Babylonian Captivity. 
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Menologion of Basil II
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by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/10/17/jeremiah-prophet-for-pagan-times/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/11/14/david-and-goliath/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/09/12/god-and-hurricane-katrina-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/09/30/the-lost-tribes-of-israel/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/10/03/king-saul-little-in-his-own-eyes/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/09/06/god-and-hurricane-katrina-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/09/09/the-five-books-of-moses/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/08/31/god-and-hurricane-katrina-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/09/02/the-looting-of-new-orleans/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/04/12/the-god-who-satisfies/</loc><lastmod>2025-11-19T05:25:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/11/18/ancient-israels-women-of-faith/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/photo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Photo</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/women-of-faith-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Women of Faith</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-11-14T14:25:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/29/walking-together-with-god-the-lives-of-ray-and-millie-pondell/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-29T12:13:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/24/the-curse-in-amos-812-and-the-impact-of-my-blog/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-24T11:44:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/22/walking-with-god-the-life-of-ray-pondell/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-22T13:20:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/08/why-do-i-blog/</loc><lastmod>2025-10-07T20:01:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/03/bringing-jeremiahs-voice-to-bangalore-a-kannada-translation-project/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/jeremiahs-confession-in-kannada.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeremiah's Confession in Kannada</image:title><image:caption>Jeremiah's Confession in Kannada</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-03T04:25:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/10/01/do-you-know-the-god-of-ancient-israels-women-of-faith/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/women-of-faith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Women of Faith</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-10-01T11:27:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/07/studies-on-abraham/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/abraham-guercino_abramo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abraham - Guercino_Abramo</image:title><image:caption>Abraham
by Guercino (1657)
Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-22T12:11:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/20/introduction-to-the-book-of-jeremiah/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-20T11:16:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/12/07/studies-on-micah-the-prophet/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/micha-the-prophet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Micha the Prophet</image:title><image:caption>Micha the Prophet</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-20T10:01:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/09/30/suicide-in-the-bible/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-19T12:52:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/19/ahithophels-suicide-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-counsel-of-ahithophel-and-hushai-with-absalom.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai with Absalom</image:title><image:caption>The Counsel of Ahithophel and Hushai with Absalom
by Johannes Wierix (1585)
Harvard Art Museums</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-19T11:49:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/17/introduction-to-the-book-of-numbers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/book-of-numbers.png</image:loc><image:title>Book of Numbers</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-16T16:24:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/07/01/josephs-coat-of-many-colors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/josephs-coat-diego_velc3a1zquez-1630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Josephs Coat - Diego_Velázquez 1630</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-15T18:29:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/11/30/studies-on-the-book-of-hosea/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/prophet-hosea-the-prophet-hosea-by-duccio-di-buoninsegna-in-the-siena-cathedral-c.-1309e280931311.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prophet Hosea - The Prophet Hosea, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309–1311)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Hosea,
by Duccio di Buoninsegna, 
in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309-1311)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-15T11:43:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/16/all-the-women-of-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-songs-of-joy-james-jacques-joseph-tissot-1836-1902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Songs of Joy - James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)</image:title><image:caption>Israelite Women Singing The Songs of Joy
by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902)
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-15T11:22:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/15/naomi-from-brokenness-to-redemption/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/1795-william-blake-naomi-entreating-ruth-orpah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1795-William-Blake-Naomi-entreating-Ruth-Orpah</image:title><image:caption>Naomi Entreating Ruth and Orpah to Return to the Land of Moab
By William-Blake (1795)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-15T03:28:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/08/11/studies-on-the-book-of-genesis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/genesis-overview.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Genesis-overview</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-11T17:49:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/12/the-ark-of-the-covenant-and-the-fall-of-dagon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/the-plague-of-ashdod-also-known-as-the-miracle-of-the-ark-in-the-temple-of-dagon-by-nicolas-poussin-1630.jpeg</image:loc><image:caption>The Plague of Ashdod (also known as The Miracle of the Ark in the Temple of Dagon)
by Nicolas Poussin (1630).
(Wikimedia Commons)
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-11T14:02:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/10/an-introduction-to-the-book-of-leviticus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/book-of-leviticus.png</image:loc><image:title>Book of Leviticus</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-10T16:25:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/08/rediscovering-the-women-of-faith-who-shaped-ancient-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/women-of-faith.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Women of Faith</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-06T13:30:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/05/death-in-the-pot-2-kings-438-41/</loc><lastmod>2025-09-05T11:08:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/03/religious-commitment-in-joshua-2415/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/joshua-25.png</image:loc><image:title>Joshua 25</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-03T10:41:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/09/01/the-cannibal-mothers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/saturn_devouring_his_son_by_giambattista_tiepolo-1745.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saturn_devouring_his_Son_by_Giambattista_Tiepolo 1745</image:title><image:caption>Saturn Devouring His Son 
by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1745</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-09-01T12:35:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/07/21/claiming-innocence-in-psalm-4422/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-20T20:58:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/07/16/the-divine-name-el-shaddai/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-14T13:19:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/07/14/adah-and-zillah-the-wives-of-lamech/</loc><lastmod>2025-07-12T12:07:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/23/jeremiahs-sixth-confession-jeremiah-207-18/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-23T11:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/16/jeremiahs-fifth-confession-jeremiah-1818-23/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-16T12:01:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/11/michal-daughter-of-saul-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/michal-watching-david-from-a-window-by-james-tissot-1896-1902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michal Watching David From a Window by James Tissot (1896 -1902)</image:title><image:caption>Michal Watching David From a Window by James Tissot (1896 -1902).jpg</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-11T11:39:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/09/jeremiahs-fourth-confession/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-07T19:40:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/02/jeremiahs-third-confession/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-07T19:38:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/04/21/jeremiahs-second-confession-jeremiah-121-6/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-07T19:37:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/04/14/jeremiahs-first-confession-jeremiah-1118-23/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/jeremiah-at-prayer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeremiah at Prayer</image:title><image:caption>Jeremiah Praying for Judah</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-07T19:35:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/04/02/jeremiah-a-prophet-of-prayer/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-07T19:34:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/06/walter-brueggemann-a-voice-that-shaped-biblical-scholarship/</loc><lastmod>2025-06-06T13:14:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/06/04/michal-daughter-of-saul-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/michal.png</image:loc><image:title>Michal</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-06-04T14:09:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/03/31/a-return-to-blogging/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-07T10:52:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2024/06/17/yahweh-and-moses-face-to-face/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-17T11:25:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2024/06/13/elijah-facing-our-fears/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/elijah-taken-up-in-a-chariot-of-fire-by-giuseppe-angeli-1740.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire by Giuseppe Angeli (1740)</image:title><image:caption>Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire 
by Giuseppe Angeli (1740)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-12T21:03:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2024/06/10/the-god-who-reveals-himself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gods-revelation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>God's Revelation</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-10T12:21:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2024/06/03/the-suicide-of-ahitophel/</loc><lastmod>2024-06-03T10:41:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/10/30/esther-for-such-a-time-as-this/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/queen-esther-by-edwin-long-1878-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>queen-esther-by-edwin-long-1878-1</image:title><image:caption>Queen Esther
Edwin Long (1878)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:51:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/28/the-greatness-that-was-jezebel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/seal-of-jezebel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Seal of Jezebel</image:title><image:caption>The Seal of Jezebel
The four letters in the seal, YZBL
Means: “(Belonging) to Jezebel” 
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by Pieter Fransz de Grebber (1600–1652)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/king_david_with_abishag.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King_David_with_Abishag</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:38:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/12/ahinoam-the-mother-of-amnon/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:31:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/10/20/the-book-of-ruth-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ruth-in-the-fields-of-boaz-by-francesco-hayez-1853.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ruth in the Fields of Boaz by Francesco Hayez (1853)</image:title><image:caption>Ruth in the Fields of Boaz 
by Francesco Hayez (1853) </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:25:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/07/06/deborah-and-jael-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:17:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/07/06/deborah-and-jael/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/jael-killing-sisera-by-palma-il-giovane-1548e280931628.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jael Killing Sisera by Palma il Giovane (1548–1628)</image:title><image:caption>Jael Killing Sisera 
by Palma il Giovane (1548–1628)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:12:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/04/02/deborah-a-judge-in-israel-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:04:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/04/02/deborah-a-judge-in-israel/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-29T16:01:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/03/19/rahab-a-prostitute-or-an-innkeeper/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rahab-and-the-two-spies-by-james-tissot-1836-e28093-1902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rahab and the Two Spies by James Tissot (1836 – 1902)</image:title><image:caption>Rahab and the Two Spies 
by James Tissot (1836 – 1902)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T15:54:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/03/24/the-rape-of-tamar/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/amon-and-tamar-by-giovanni-domenico-cerrini.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Amon and Tamar by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini</image:title><image:caption>Amnon and Tamar 
by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (1609-1681)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:46:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/04/14/tamar-the-victim-of-rape/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/rape_of_tamar-eustache-le_seur-1640.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rape_of_Tamar Eustache Le_Seur 1640</image:title><image:caption>The Rape of Tamar 
by Eustache Le Seur (1640)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:42:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/11/15/tamar-raped-abandoned-but-not-forgotten/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rape-of-tamar-by-eustache-le-sueur-1616e280931655.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rape of Tamar by Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655)</image:title><image:caption>Rape of Tamar 
by Eustache Le Sueur (1616–1655)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/10/27/bathsheba-the-wife-of-uriah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/david-and-bathsheba-paolo-veronese-1575.jpg</image:loc><image:title>David and Bathsheba - Paolo Veronese (1575)</image:title><image:caption>David and Bathsheba
by Paolo Veronese (1575)
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:28:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/20/did-david-rape-bathsheba/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/king_david_-sees-bathsheba_bathing-james-tissot-1836-1902.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King_David_ Sees Bathsheba_Bathing - James Tissot 1836 - 1902</image:title><image:caption>David Sees Bathsheba Bathing
James Tissot  
1836–1902</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:16:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/05/translating-the-bible-the-case-of-the-abusive-husband/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T20:07:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/08/08/blaming-the-woman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/the-levite-and-his-concubine-at-gibeah-by-jan-victors-1619-e28093-1676.png</image:loc><image:title>The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)</image:title><image:caption>The Levite and His Concubine at Gibeah 
by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T19:59:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/05/06/honor-killing-the-rape-of-dinah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/rape_of_dinah-by-giuliano-bugiardini-1531.gif</image:loc><image:title>Rape_of_Dinah by Giuliano Bugiardini 1531</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-03-31T12:41:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2015/05/13/the-genealogy-of-jesus-according-to-his-great-grandmothers/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T19:41:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2015/04/27/jezebel-a-great-grandmother-of-jesus/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T19:34:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2015/03/23/the-other-great-grandmothers-of-jesus/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T19:22:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/27/the-great-grandmothers-of-jesus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/christ-in-the-house-of-his-parents-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christ in the House of His Parents</image:title><image:caption>Christ in the House of His Parents 
Joseph and His Family with Anne, Mary's Mother
John Everett Millais, 1849-50</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T19:14:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/05/28/a-case-for-domestics-abuse-another-perspective-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:58:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/05/28/a-case-for-domestics-abuse-another-perspective/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:57:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/03/21/solomon-and-the-two-prostitutes-part-ii/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:46:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/03/20/solomon-and-the-two-prostitutes/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gaspar_de_crayer_-_the_judgement_of_solomon-c-1620.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gaspar_de_Crayer_-_The_judgement_of_Solomon - c 1620</image:title><image:caption>The Judgement of Solomon
Gaspar de Crayer
Circa 1620
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:36:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2015/05/10/bathsheba-a-mother-with-determination/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bathsheba-receiving-davids-letter-by-jan-havickszoon-steen-1626e280931679.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bathsheba Receiving David’s Letter by Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626–1679)</image:title><image:caption>Bathsheba Receiving David’s Letter 
by Jan Havickszoon Steen (1626–1679)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:22:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/05/09/the-sons-of-rizpah-reflections-on-a-mothers-love/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/rizpah-and-her-sons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rizpah and her Sons</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/05/10/the-barren-has-borne-seven-a-mothers-day-meditation/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T18:05:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/08/samsons-mother/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/the-angel-with-manoah-and-his-wife-by-pieter-lastman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Angel with Manoah and His Wife by Pieter Lastman</image:title><image:caption>The Angel with Manoah and His Wife
Pieter Lastman  (1583-1633)
Art Gallery of Alberta
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:54:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/09/21/siseras-mother-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:48:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/05/09/siseras-mother-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/tissot_women_window.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Women Watching From a Window by James Tissot (1896 -1902)</image:title><image:caption>Women Watching From a Window 
by James Tissot (1896 -1902)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:44:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/12/mosess-two-mothers/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moses-saved-from-the-waters-1633-orazio-gentileschi.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses Saved from the Waters (1633), Orazio Gentileschi</image:title><image:caption>Moses Saved from the Waters 
Orazio Gentileschi (1633)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:34:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/05/09/rachel-the-struggles-of-a-barren-woman/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/the-meeting-of-jacob-and-rachel-by-william-dyce.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel by William Dyce</image:title><image:caption>The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel 
by William Dyce (1806–1864)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:25:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/14/hagar-the-surrogate-mother/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/the-dismissal-of-hagar-by-jan-victors-1619-e28093-1676.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Dismissal of Hagar by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)</image:title><image:caption>The Dismissal of Hagar 
by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T17:07:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/05/01/studies-on-the-deuteronomic-concern-for-women/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T16:57:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/10/04/womens-issues-and-concerns-in-the-old-testament/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T16:47:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/10/07/the-status-of-women-in-israelite-society/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T16:28:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/10/23/the-tenth-commandment-deuteronomy-521/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T16:18:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/10/13/the-deuteronomic-concern-for-women/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T16:16:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/27/the-tenth-commandment/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/theodore_roberts_in_the_ten_commandments.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Theodore_Roberts_in_The_Ten_Commandments</image:title><image:caption>The Ten Commandments
Screenshot from the Silent Film (1923).
Director: Cecil B. DeMille</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T15:59:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/11/10/the-law-of-the-hebrew-slave/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-28T15:50:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2024/05/28/ill-be-back/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-29T10:21:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/11/19/prophecy-and-the-spirit-of-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/the-prophet-joel-by-michelangelo-sistine-chapel-in-the-vatican-between-1508-to-1512.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Joel by Michelangelo Sistine Chapel in the Vatican (between 1508 to 1512)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Joel 
by Michelangelo Sistine Chapel in the Vatican (between 1508 to 1512)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T18:08:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/10/31/translating-the-bible-women-and-the-good-news/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T18:00:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/05/16/women-who-proclaim-the-good-news/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:55:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/09/17/huldahs-oracle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/huldah-interpreting-the-scroll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Huldah Interpreting the Scroll</image:title><image:caption>Huldah Interpreting the Scroll</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/12/02/women-prophets-a-postscript/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/music-ministry.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Music Ministry</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:21:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/12/17/studies-on-the-women-prophets-in-the-old-testament/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:17:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/10/07/the-nameless-prophetesses-in-the-book-of-ezekiel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/the-vision-of-prophet-ezekiel-by-julius-schnorr-von-carolsfeld-1794e28093-872.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prophet Ezekiel</image:title><image:caption>The Vision of Prophet Ezekiel 
by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794– 1872)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:10:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/01/02/huldah-a-prophet-in-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/huldah-explaining-the-meaning-of-the-scroll.webp</image:loc><image:title>Huldah Explaining the Meaning of the Scroll</image:title><image:caption>Huldah Explaining the Meaning of the Scroll</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T17:02:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/08/19/women-prophets-in-the-hebrew-bible/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T16:56:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/04/17/deborah-the-prophetess/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T16:49:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/11/15/miriam-the-prophetess-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/miriam-anselm-feuerbach-1829e280931880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miriam - Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880)</image:title><image:caption>Miriam
by Anselm Feuerbach (1862)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-26T16:43:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/12/16/the-seven-prophetesses-of-the-old-testament/</loc><lastmod>2024-05-26T16:33:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/09/30/noadiah-the-prophetess/</loc><lastmod>2025-03-31T12:44:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/01/24/rereading-micah-68-what-the-lord-requires-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-26T12:59:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/01/23/rereading-micah-68-what-the-lord-requires/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-26T12:54:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/10/03/amos-justice-and-the-niv-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-26T12:40:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/08/21/the-inconsistencies-of-the-niv-part-2-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-26T12:27:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/08/20/the-inconsistencies-of-the-niv-part-1-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-26T12:22:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/05/the-messiah-in-daniel-925/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/the-prophet-daniel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Daniel</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Daniel</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-25T21:26:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/05/20/the-mother-of-seven/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T21:19:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/08/is-there-no-balm-in-gilead/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T21:04:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/08/11/the-balm-of-gilead-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:58:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/03/09/the-balm-of-gilead/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:54:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/11/14/translating-the-bible-beulah-land/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:47:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/11/27/revisiting-isaiah-501-the-problem-of-divorce-in-the-old-testament-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:33:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/24/bringing-good-news-to-jerusalem/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:26:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2005/12/09/rereading-isaiah-406/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:18:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/01/02/who-will-the-messiah-strike/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T20:08:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/03/19/rereading-isaiah-91-the-use-of-gender-inclusive-language/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T18:22:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/02/16/black-and-beautiful-or-black-but-beautiful/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T18:13:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/08/22/the-shulammite-black-and-beautiful-or-black-but-beautiful/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/the-beloved-the-bride-dante-gabriel-rossetti-1865-1866.webp</image:loc><image:title>THE BELOVED (`THE BRIDE') Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1865-1866)</image:title><image:caption>THE  BELOVED (`THE BRIDE')
Dante Gabriel Rossetti 
(1865-1866)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-25T18:12:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/03/17/proverbs-2918-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T17:55:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/09/14/psalm-1273-sons-or-children/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T17:47:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/02/06/rereading-psalm-1003-in-search-of-a-better-translation-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T17:41:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/02/09/psalm-1003-which-version-is-better-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T17:34:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/12/12/jezebels-wedding-song-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T15:30:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/12/12/jezebels-wedding-song-part-2-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-25T15:28:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/12/11/jezebels-wedding-song-part-1-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/jezebel-by-john-liston-byam-shaw-1896.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jezebel by John Liston Byam Shaw (1896)</image:title><image:caption>Jezebel 
by John Liston Byam Shaw (1896)
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by Gerald Hoet (1648-1733)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-25T12:26:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/09/02/him-that-pisseth-against-the-wall-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nbts1.png</image:loc><image:title>NBTS</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-25T12:14:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/09/01/%e2%80%9chim-that-pisseth-against-the-wall%e2%80%9d-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/nbts.png</image:loc><image:title>NBTS</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-25T12:06:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/04/16/rereading-2-samuel-818-davids-sons-were-priests/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-24T13:30:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/30/melchizedek-and-jesus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/abraham-and-melchizedek-by-thomas-christian-wink-1738e280931797.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abraham and Melchizedek by Thomas Christian Wink (1738–1797)</image:title><image:caption>Abraham and Melchizedek 
by Thomas Christian Wink (1738–1797)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-24T13:15:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/10/17/how-long-did-saul-reign-in-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/king-by-ernst-by-josephson-1878.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King by Ernst by Josephson (1878)</image:title><image:caption>King by Ernst 
by Josephson (1878)
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by Ernst Josephson (1878) 
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George Edgar Hicks (1880)
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by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621–1674)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T20:38:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/09/08/understanding-numbers-2424/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/the-prophet-balaam-and-the-angel-by-john-linnell-1792-1882.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Balaam and the Angel by John Linnell (1792-1882)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Balaam and the Angel 
by John Linnell  (1792-1882)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:58:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/11/07/translating-the-bible-azazel/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:51:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/04/16/azazel/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:30:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2007/06/11/rereading-micah-64-miriam-a-leader-in-israel-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/miriam-praising-god-by-luca-giordano-ca.-1700-wikipedia-commons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miriam Praising God by Luca Giordano (ca. 1700) Wikipedia Commons</image:title><image:caption>Miriam Praising God 
by Luca Giordano (ca. 1700) 
Wikipedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:24:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/11/08/the-leadership-of-miriam/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:19:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/02/20/the-rape-of-bilhah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rachel-giving-bilhah-to-jacob-artist-unknown-1550-1575..jpg</image:loc><image:title>Rachel Giving Bilhah to Jacob Artist Unknown (1550-1575).</image:title><image:caption>Rachel Giving Bilhah to Jacob 
Artist Unknown (1550-1575).</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-06-03T10:52:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/01/17/rereading-genesis-228-the-sacrifice-of-isaac-and-the-preacher-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T17:02:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/27/rereading-genesis-228-the-sacrifice-of-isaac-and-the-preacher/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/abraham-and-the-sacrifice-of-isaac-by-rembrandt-1634.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac by Rembrandt (1634)</image:title><image:caption>Abraham and the Sacrifice of Isaac 
by Rembrandt (1634)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-27T11:51:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/06/29/gods-promise-to-abraham-and-the-land-of-canaan/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T15:02:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/01/30/abraham-and-the-promises-of-god-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T14:57:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/11/13/understanding-genesis-1414-as-far-as-dan/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/melchizedek-blesses-abraham-by-colin-nouailher-1539e280931571.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Melchizedek Blesses Abraham by Colin Nouailher (1539–1571)</image:title><image:caption>Melchizedek Blesses Abraham 
by Colin Nouailher (1539–1571)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-23T14:45:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/03/06/rereading-genesis-64-were-they-really-giants-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:46:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/05/26/translating-genesis-315-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:38:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/08/10/the-serpent-was-right-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:30:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/08/10/the-serpent-was-right/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:30:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/07/05/translating-genesis-219/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:28:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/05/25/translating-genesis-315-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-23T12:28:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2025/01/13/withdrawn-3/</loc><lastmod>2025-04-01T12:33:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/05/31/the-profanation-of-gods-name/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-20T13:49:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/11/01/fear-and-trust/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-20T13:42:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/07/25/israels-life-in-exile/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/by-the-rivers-of-babylon-by-gebhard-fugel-1920.jpg</image:loc><image:title>By The Rivers of Babylon by Gebhard Fugel (1920)</image:title><image:caption>By The Rivers of Babylon 
by Gebhard Fugel (1920)
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by Maerten van Heemskerck (1560-1565)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-19T17:50:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/13/israel-in-babylon-isaiah-524/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/judean-captives-by-king-sennacheric-of-assyria.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Judean Captives by King Sennacheric of Assyria</image:title><image:caption>Judean Captives by King Sennacheric of Assyria</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-01-19T17:23:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/09/25/what-was-the-donkey-doing-in-its-master%e2%80%99s-crib/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T17:10:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/10/09/the-donkey-and-its-crib/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T17:02:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/17/job-how-can-i-handle-this/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T14:31:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/10/job-what-is-going-on/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T14:29:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/08/job-when-will-this-end/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T14:27:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/24/job-why-is-this-happening/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-19T14:22:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/01/27/explore-god-why-does-god-allow-pain-and-suffering/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:45:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/19/an-introduction-to-the-book-of-job/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:33:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/03/08/the-suffering-of-job-and-divine-justice-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:22:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/03/02/the-suffering-of-job-and-divine-justice-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:18:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/11/09/the-speeches-of-yahweh/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:10:51+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/10/26/elihu-the-passerby/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T14:09:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/07/introduction-to-the-book-of-job/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T13:54:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/14/the-suffering-of-job/</loc><lastmod>2024-01-14T13:48:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/09/21/job-and-his-friend-eliphaz/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/job-and-his-friends-by-ilya-repin-1869.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Job and His Friends by Ilya Repin (1869)</image:title><image:caption>Job and His Friends
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by Pieter de Grebber (1635)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-17T03:52:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/07/10/david-forgiving-others/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/david-fleeing-from-jerusalem-is-cursed-by-shimei-by-william-hole-1846e280931917.jpg</image:loc><image:title>David Fleeing from Jerusalem Is Cursed by Shimei by William Hole (1846–1917)</image:title><image:caption>David Fleeing from Jerusalem 
Is Cursed by Shimei 
by William Hole (1846–1917)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-10T12:28:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/07/05/indiana-jones-and-the-antikythera-mechanism/</loc><lastmod>2023-07-05T02:55:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/07/03/david-parenting-courageously/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/absalom-murders-amnon-by-gaspare-traversi-1752.webp</image:loc><image:title>Absalom Murders Amnon by Gaspare Traversi (1752)</image:title><image:caption>Absalom Murders Amnon 
by Gaspare Traversi (1752)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-07-03T11:33:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/06/29/i-have-escaped-by-the-skin-of-my-teeth-job-1920/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-29T14:58:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/06/26/david-facing-the-truth/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/the-prophet-nathan-rebukes-king-david-by-eugene-siberdt-1851-1931.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Nathan Rebukes King David by Eugène Siberdt (1851-1931)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Nathan Rebukes King David 
by Eugène Siberdt (1851-1931)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-26T11:26:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/06/19/david-loving-the-overlooked/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mephibosheth-is-brought-to-david-by-ziba-author-unknown-c.-1240.gif</image:loc><image:title>Mephibosheth is brought to David by Ziba (Author Unknown, c. 1240)</image:title><image:caption>Mephibosheth is brought to David by Ziba 
(Author Unknown, c. 1240)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-19T03:39:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/06/12/david-celebrating-god-wholeheartedly/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/michal-watching-david-from-a-window-by-james-tissot-1896-1902-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Michal Watching David From a Window by James Tissot (1896 -1902)</image:title><image:caption>Michal Watching David From a Window 
by James Tissot (1896 -1902)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-12T11:52:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/01/introduction-to-the-book-of-habakkuk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/capture.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Capture</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-05T12:04:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/08/habakkuks-first-dialogue-with-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-05T12:03:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/15/habakkuks-second-dialogue-with-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-05T12:02:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/30/the-five-woes-of-habakkuk/</loc><lastmod>2023-06-05T12:01:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/06/05/the-prayer-of-habakkuk/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/mountain-goats-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mountain Goats 2</image:title><image:caption>Mountain Goats</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-06-05T12:00:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/12/23/the-kings-of-judah/</loc><lastmod>2023-05-23T13:14:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/10/04/an-introduction-to-the-book-of-joel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/the_sistine_chapel_ceiling_frescos_after_restoration_the_prophet_joel-27625.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the_sistine_chapel_ceiling_frescos_after_restoration_the_prophet_joel-27625</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Joel
by Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel 
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by Jan Victors (1645)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-05-14T20:13:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/05/03/biblical-studies-carnival-5/</loc><lastmod>2023-05-03T12:10:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/19/introduction-to-the-book-of-exodus/</loc><lastmod>2023-05-01T13:32:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/26/exodus-gods-revelation-to-moses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/moses-in-the-bushes-by-james-tissot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses in the Bushes by James Tissot</image:title><image:caption>Moses in the Bushes 
by James Tissot (1836–1902)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-26T02:50:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/24/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-ezekiel-and-the-prophetic-office/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Death of Ezekiel's Wife</image:title><image:caption>The Death of Ezekiel's Wife</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:11:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/17/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-gods-supposed-cruelty-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:10:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/09/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-gods-supposed-cruelty-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:10:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/03/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-the-message-to-israel/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:09:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/27/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-ezekiels-wife/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/death-of-ezekiels-wife-by-william-blake-1757-e28093-1827.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Death of Ezekiel's Wife By William Blake (1757 – 1827)</image:title><image:caption>Death of Ezekiel's Wife 
By William Blake (1757 – 1827)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:08:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/20/the-death-of-ezekiels-wife-prophetic-acts/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ezekiels-vision-by-raphael-1518.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ezekiel's Vision by Raphael (1518)</image:title><image:caption>Ezekiel's Vision 
by Raphael (1518)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-24T12:08:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/21/exodus-moses-encounter-with-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/moses-on-mount-sinai-by-jean-leon-gerome.-1824e280931904.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses on Mount Sinai by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (1824–1904)</image:title><image:caption>Moses on Mount Sinai 
by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (1824–1904)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-04-21T11:00:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/12/job-and-the-problem-of-suffering-a-review-4/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-11T22:51:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/05/job-and-the-problem-of-suffering-a-review-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-05T01:43:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/04/04/an-introduction-to-my-books/</loc><lastmod>2023-04-04T11:14:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/03/the-face-of-a-happy-winner/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/winner.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Winner</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T11:08:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/06/is-the-book-of-chronicles-the-last-book-in-the-hebrew-bible/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/chronicle-mss.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Chronicle MSS</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T11:06:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/07/studies-on-noah-and-noahs-ark/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/the-construction-of-noahs-ark-by-jacopo-bassano-1510e280931592.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Construction of Noah’s Ark by Jacopo Bassano (1510–1592)</image:title><image:caption>The Construction of Noah’s Ark 
by Jacopo Bassano (1510–1592)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T11:06:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/09/helkath-hazzurim/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T11:01:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/11/an-old-testament-opera/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T11:00:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/20/standing-stones-in-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/standing-stones-gezer.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Standing Stones - Gezer</image:title><image:caption>Gezer’s Standing Stones
3000 years old standing stones from one of the largest Canaanite temples in Israel </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:59:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/21/a-gorilla-lecturing-on-mr-spurgeon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/gorilla-lecturing.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gorilla Lecturing</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/spurgeon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Spurgeon</image:title><image:caption>Charles Spurgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/charles-spurgeon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Charles Spurgeon</image:title><image:caption>Charles Spurgeon</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/head-of-the-kooloo-kamba.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Head of the Kooloo-Kamba</image:title><image:caption>The kooloo-Kamba
The head of the kooloo-kamba Paul Du Chaillu shot in 1858.”
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:58:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/22/honor-killings-still-occur-where-patriarchy-prevails/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:58:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/27/the-ordination-of-the-priest/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/aaron-by-henry-schile-1874.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Aaron by Henry Schile (1874)</image:title><image:caption>Aaron the High Priest 
by Henry Schile (1874)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:56:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/28/helmut-thielicke-and-the-devil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/helmut-thielicke-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Helmut Thielicke</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:56:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/29/the-tubian-jews/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:55:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/09/30/the-thracians-in-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/thracian-chariot-and-horse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Thracian Chariot and Horse</image:title><image:caption>Thracian Chariot and Horse</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:53:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/04/uriah-the-hittite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/king_david_handing_the_letter_to_uriah_1611_pieter_lastman.jpg</image:loc><image:title>King_David_Handing_the_Letter_to_Uriah_1611_Pieter_Lastman</image:title><image:caption>King David Handing the Letter to Uriah
Pieter Lastman, 1619.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:53:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/05/the-bible-archaeology-and-the-city-of-sodom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sodom-and-gomorrah-afire-by-jacob-de-wet-ii-1680.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sodom and Gomorrah Afire by Jacob de Wet II (1680)</image:title><image:caption>Sodom and Gomorrah Afire 
by Jacob de Wet II (1680)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:52:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/18/two-seahs-of-seed/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:51:46+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/21/philemon-one-in-christ/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:51:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/26/the-book-of-the-prophet-micah-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:50:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/28/studies-on-the-life-of-joseph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/joseph-as-ruler-in-egypt-by-james-tissot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joseph as Ruler in Egypt by James Tissot</image:title><image:caption>Joseph as Ruler in Egypt 
by James Tissot (1836 –  1902)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:49:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/10/29/ancient-wine-press-from-the-reign-of-sargon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sargon-ii-king-of-assyria.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sargon II King of Assyria</image:title><image:caption>Sargon II 
King of Assyria</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sargon-ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sargon II</image:title><image:caption>Sargon II, King of Assyria (722-705 BCE)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/carving-from-sargon-ii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Carving from Sargon II</image:title><image:caption>Carvings on the walls of an irrigation canal in ancient Nineveh (Photo: AFP photo/Ho/Terra Di Ninive)</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/carvings-2.webp</image:loc><image:title>Carvings 2</image:title><image:caption>Carvings discovered on the walls of an ancient irrigation canal near Faydeh in the Nineveh area of northern Iraq (AFP Photo/Ho/Terra Di Ninive)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:48:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/01/exodus-the-oppression-of-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/tissot_pharaoh_and_the_midwives.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tissot_Pharaoh_and_the_Midwives</image:title><image:caption>Pharaoh and the Midwives, James Tissot c. 1900 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:48:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/02/writing-in-hieroglyph/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/writing-in-hieroglyphs.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Writing in Hieroglyphs</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:47:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/08/joseph-family-dysfunction/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/osephs-bloody-coat-brought-to-jacob-by-diego-velazquez-1630.jpg</image:loc><image:title>oseph's Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob by Diego Velázquez, 1630</image:title><image:caption>Josep’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob 
by Diego Velázquez, 1630</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:46:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/09/studies-on-the-book-of-malachi/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/the-prophet-malachi-painting-by-duccio-di-buoninsegna-c.-1310-1311-museo-dellopera-del-duomo-siena-cathedral.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Malachi Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna c. 1310-1311 (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena Cathedral)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Malachi 
Painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna 
c. 1310-1311 (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena Cathedral)
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:46:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/11/do-not-fear-i-will-help-you/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:45:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/16/joseph-career-success/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/potiphar-hierogkyph.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Potiphar - Hierogkyph</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:44:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/11/29/oil/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/olive-oil.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Olive Oil</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:43:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/01/divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-taking-of-jericho-jean-fouquet-c.1452e280931460.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Taking of Jericho (Jean Fouquet, c.1452–1460)</image:title><image:caption>The Taking of Jericho 
by Jean Fouquet, c.1452-1460</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:42:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/06/the-power-of-the-dog/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-power-of-dog-true-story.jpg</image:loc><image:title>the-power-of-dog-true-story</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:41:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/08/exodus-the-birth-of-moses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/moses-taken-from-the-nile-by-orazio-gentileschi-1563e280931639.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses Taken from the Nile by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)</image:title><image:caption>Moses Taken from the Nile 
by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/the-finding-of-moses-by-jan-victors-1619-e28093-1676.jpg</image:loc><image:title>hdr</image:title><image:caption>hdr</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/moses-saved-from-the-waters-by-orazio-gentileschi-1633.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses Saved from the Waters by Orazio Gentileschi (1633)</image:title><image:caption>Moses Saved from the Waters 
by Orazio Gentileschi (1633)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:41:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/09/the-book-of-ecclesiastes-in-outline/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/solomon-in-his-old-age.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Solomon in His Old Age</image:title><image:caption>Solomon in His Old Age</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:40:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/10/who-was-melchizedeks-mother/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/bird-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bird 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-29T11:16:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/20/the-book-of-the-prophet-micah-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/micah_prophet.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Micah_prophet</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Micah
Russian Orthodox Icon of the Prophet Micah (18th Century)
Kizhi Monastery, Karelia, Russia
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:38:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/22/the-announcement-of-the-birth-of-jesus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/el_greco-annunciation.jpg</image:loc><image:title>El_GRECO - Annunciation</image:title><image:caption>The Annunciation 
by El Greco (1590-1603)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-30T10:37:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/23/the-coming-of-the-messiah-hope-for-the-future/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:40:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/24/the-birth-of-christ/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/nativity-scene-by-s.-marco-londonio.-milan-1750.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nativity Scene by S. Marco Londonio. Milan, 1750</image:title><image:caption>Nativity Scene
by S. Marco Londonio
Milan, 1750
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:39:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/25/the-birth-of-the-messiah-good-news-of-great-joy/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/adoration-of-the-shepherds-by-antonio-da-correggio-1530.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Adoration of the Shepherds by Antonio da Correggio (1530)</image:title><image:caption>Adoration of the Shepherds
by Antonio da Correggio (1530)
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:38:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/27/the-savage-god-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/zaehner-savage-god.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Zaehner - Savage God</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:37:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/12/31/is-god-violent/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:34:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/03/scot-mcknight-on-divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/scott-mcknight.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Scott McKnight</image:title><image:caption>Rev. Canon Dr. Scot McKnight+
Professor of New Testament
Northern Seminary</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:33:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/06/a-few-more-excerpts/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:32:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/07/joseph-overcoming-temptation/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:30:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/10/jeremiah-1512-braking-iron-and-bronze/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jeremiah-as-depicted-by-michelangelo-from-the-sistine-chapel-ceiling.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeremiah, as depicted by Michelangelo from the Sistine Chapel ceiling</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Jeremiah
by Michelangelo 
From the Sistine Chapel Ceiling</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:29:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/11/the-old-testament-and-jesus-christ/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/claude-small-photi.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Claude Small Photi</image:title><image:caption>Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor 
of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:28:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/12/the-roots-of-violence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jabel-sahaba-sudan-skeletons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jabel Sahaba -Sudan-Skeletons</image:title><image:caption>Skeletons found at Jebel Sahara
Northern Sudan
Photo Courtesy of the Wendorf Archives 
of the British Museum
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:28:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/13/jeremiah-and-pashhur/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/clay-seal-of-gedaliah-ben-pashur.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Clay Seal of Gedaliah ben Pashur</image:title><image:caption>Clay Seal of Gedaliah ben Pashur 
Photo: Gabi Laron, 
Institute of Archeology, 
Hebrew University</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:27:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/16/the-vengeance-of-yahweh/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:26:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/17/joseph-impacting-others/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:25:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/20/divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/book-cover.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Book Cover</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:24:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/24/divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god-contents/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cover-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cover 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:23:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/26/the-violence-of-cain/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cover-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claude Mariottini</image:title><image:caption>Divine Violence and the Character of God</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:22:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/27/joshuas-altar-on-mount-ebal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/amulet-found-at-joshuas-alter.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amulet found at Joshua's Alter</image:title><image:caption>The ancient amulet found at Joshua’s altar in Samaria.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-29T10:21:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/29/job-and-the-problem-of-suffering-a-review-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-29T02:35:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/27/only-four-days-left/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:43:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/28/joseph-enduring-hardship/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:43:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/29/the-big-disappointment/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:42:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/31/cain-and-the-concept-of-original-violence/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:41:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/01/publication-day/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:40:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/07/joseph-relational-conflict/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/foreigner-as-beni-hassan.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Foreigner as Beni Hassan</image:title><image:caption>Asiatic People 
Tomb at Beni Hassan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:39:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/14/joseph-extending-forgiveness/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:37:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/21/the-long-day-of-joshua-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/joshuah_ordering_the_sun_to_stand_still._ca_1743-1744._joseph_marie_vien.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joshuah_Ordering_the_Sun_to_Stand_Still._ca_1743-1744._Joseph_Marie_Vien</image:title><image:caption>Joshua Ordering the Sun to Stand Still 
Joseph Marie Vien (1743-1744), 
Musée Fabre, Montpellier. 
(Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:35:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/24/15458/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/solar-eclipse-1207.bmp</image:loc><image:title>Solar Eclipse 1207</image:title><image:caption>Path of the Annular Solar Eclipse
of 30 October, 1207 BC
Passed directly over 
the land of Canaan</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:34:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/26/divine-violence-3-more-days/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:34:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/06/books-i-would-like-to-read/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/losy-books.png</image:loc><image:title>lOSY bOOKS</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:32:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/07/a-pastoral-perspective-on-divine-violence/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:31:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/05/the-lords-anointed-growing-a-heart-that-loves-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/01-david.jpg</image:loc><image:title>01 David</image:title><image:caption>David:
The Making of a King</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:30:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/01/biblical-studies-carnival-for-march-2022/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:29:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/01/the-death-of-sarah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/james_jacques_joseph_tissot_-_abrams_counsel_to_sarai.jpg</image:loc><image:title>James_Jacques_Joseph_Tissot_-_Abram's_Counsel_to_Sarai</image:title><image:caption>Abram and Sarah 
Watercolor circa 1896-1902 
by James Tissot</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:28:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/03/31/professor-norman-gottwald/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/norman-gottwald.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Norman Gottwald</image:title><image:caption>Professor Norman Gottwald</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:28:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/03/30/a-review-of-divine-violence-and-the-character-of-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:27:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/03/29/sherlock-holmes-and-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sherlock_holmes-illustration-by-sidney-paget.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sherlock_Holmes - Illustration by Sidney Paget</image:title><image:caption>Sherlock Holmes
Illustration by Sidney Paget</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:26:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/03/28/micah-and-the-false-prophets-part-3/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/micah-exhorts-the-israelites-to-repent-engraving-by-gustave-dore.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent Engraving by Gustave Doré</image:title><image:caption>Micah Exhorts the Israelites to Repent 
Engraving by Gustave Doré.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:26:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/03/07/david-the-making-of-a-king/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:24:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/02/28/the-long-day-of-joshua-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:23:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/08/the-book-of-remembrance-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:13:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/13/my-only-friend-is-darkness/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/my-only-friend-is-darkness-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>My Only Friend Is Darkness</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:12:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/26/exodus-moses-among-his-people/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/moses-kills-the-egyptian-creator-picassa.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses Kills the Egyptian - Creator Picassa</image:title><image:caption>Moses Killing the Egyptian
Credit: Picassa</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:09:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/04/27/ancient-egyptian-makeup/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/1578px-musicians-and-dancers-on-fresco-at-tomb-of-nebamun-741x486-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>1578px-Musicians-and-dancers-on-fresco-at-Tomb-of-Nebamun-741x486</image:title><image:caption>Ancient Egyptian women wearing kohl, from a tomb mural in Thebes 
Image Credit : Public Domain</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:09:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/10/the-old-testament-goes-hollywood/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:07:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/23/can-archaeology-prove-the-bible/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ane.jpg</image:loc><image:title>ANE</image:title><image:caption>The Cities of the Ancient Near East</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/jehu-paying-tribute.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jehu Paying Tribute</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:06:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/24/my-blog-17th-anniversary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/17th-anniversary-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>17th Anniversary 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:06:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/25/living-among-scorpions/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ezekiel-2-6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ezekiel 2 6</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:05:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/26/post-2755-the-story-of-ruth-the-movie/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:04:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/05/31/the-story-of-ruth-a-movie-review/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/the-story-of-ruth.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Story of Ruth</image:title><image:caption>The Story of Ruth</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:04:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/01/malachi-a-prophet-for-his-time/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/malachi-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Malachi 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:03:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/03/shattered-finding-hope-in-the-book-of-job/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/job-leon_bonnat_-_job-1880.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Job - Léon_Bonnat_-_Job 1880</image:title><image:caption>Job 
by Léon Bonnat (1880)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:02:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/06/micah-and-gods-case-against-the-people-part-4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:02:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/08/my-blog-17th-anniversary-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:00:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/09/israel-in-exile-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/tissot-the-babylonia-exile.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Tissot - The Babylonia Exile</image:title><image:caption>The Exile of Israel to Babylon
by James Tissot (1896)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T08:00:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/16/doe-god-see-colors/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/roses-are-red.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Roses are Red</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:58:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/20/taking-some-time-off/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/blogging-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Blogging 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:56:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/21/paul-copan-on-divine-violence/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:55:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/22/the-evening-turned-old-testament-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-evening-turned-ot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Evening Turned OT</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:54:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/23/017-the-death-of-death/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/death-of-death.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Death of Death</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:54:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/25/my-blog-17th-anniversary-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:52:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/27/bless-the-lord-o-my-soul-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-lord-0.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lord 0</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:52:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/28/the-god-who-forgives-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-lord-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lord 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:51:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/29/the-god-who-heals-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-lord-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lord 3</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:50:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/06/30/the-god-who-redeems-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-lord-4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lord 4</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:49:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/01/the-god-who-rewards-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/the-lord-5.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Lord 5</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-28T07:49:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/02/my-blog-17th-anniversary-4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-27T10:26:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/07/05/sight-gods-wonderful-gift/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/assyrian-king-blinding-a-prisoner.gif</image:loc><image:title>Assyrian King Blinding a Prisoner</image:title><image:caption>Assyrian King 
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PharaohTutankhamun 
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by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T14:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/24/jesus-the-messiah/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T14:31:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/25/bethlehem-the-true-meaning-of-christmas/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/christmas-in-bethlehem-star.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Christmas-in-Bethlehem-star</image:title><image:caption>Christmas in Bethlehem</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T14:31:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/26/the-12-days-of-christmas/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T14:30:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/28/jehu-king-of-israel-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/jehu-paying-tribute-to-shalmaneser-iii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jehu Paying Tribute to Shalmaneser III</image:title><image:caption>Jehu King of Israel Paying Tribute to King Shalmaneser III of Assyria, 
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III 
from Nimrud (circa 827 BCE)
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by Andrea Celesti (1637–1712)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:18:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/12/30/now-i-can-see/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:18:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/01/happy-new-year-2023/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/happy-new-year-2023.png</image:loc><image:title>Happy New Year 2023</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:17:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/02/translating-the-bible-does-god-drink-wine/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:17:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/04/18610/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/kind-david-in-prayer-by-pieter-de-grebber-1635.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kind David in Prayer by Pieter de Grebber (1635)</image:title><image:caption>Kind David in Prayer 
by Pieter de Grebber (1635)
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:16:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/06/praying-the-psalms/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:15:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/11/water-systems-in-canaan-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/hezekiahs-tunnel.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hezekiah's Tunnel</image:title><image:caption>Hezekiah's Tunnel</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:14:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/12/the-value-of-theological-education/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:14:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/12/gershon-galil-on-the-monumental-royal-inscriptions-of-hezekiah-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:13:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/09/water-systems-in-the-ancient-near-east-part-1/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/a-historic-water-collection-and-distribution-facility-photo-courtesy-world-bank-group.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Historic Water Collection and Distribution Facility (Photo Courtesy World Bank Group)</image:title><image:caption>A Historic Water Collection and Distribution Facility 
(Photo Courtesy World Bank Group)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:12:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/13/gershon-galil-on-the-monumental-royal-inscriptions-of-hezekiah-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/a-replica-of-the-siloam-inscription.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Replica of the Siloam Inscription</image:title><image:caption>A Replica of the Siloam Inscription
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/prof.-gershon-galil.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Prof. Gershon Galil</image:title><image:caption>Professor Gershon Galil 
Professor of Biblical Studies and Ancient History
University of Haifa, Israel</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:12:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/16/an-introduction-to-the-book-of-haggai/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/the-prophet-haggai-by-moretto-da-breccia-1498e280931554.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Haggai by Moretto da Breccia (1498–1554)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Haggai 
by Moretto da Breccia (1498–1554)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:11:43+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/18/the-message-of-haggai/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/the-prophet-haggai-anonymous-1610.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Haggai Anonymous (1610)</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Haggai 
Anonymous (1610)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:11:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/19/the-scandal-of-biblical-illiteracy/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:10:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/20/abigail-davids-sister/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:10:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/23/translating-the-bible-the-use-of-gender-inclusive-language/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T13:09:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/26/moses-went-up-to-mount-nebo-deuteronomy-341/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/the-bronze-serpent-on-mount-nebo.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Bronze Serpent on Mount Nebo</image:title><image:caption>The Bronze Serpent on Mount Nebo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:41:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/01/30/the-silence-of-god-and-the-problem-of-suffering/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/job-and-suffering.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claude Mariottini</image:title><image:caption>Job and the Problem of Suffering</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:40:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/01/what-did-saul-think-about-himself/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/samuel-reproving-saul-by-john-singleton-copley-1798.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Samuel Reproving Saul by John Singleton Copley (1798)</image:title><image:caption>Samuel Reproving Saul 
by John Singleton Copley (1798)
\Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:40:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/06/job-and-the-problem-of-suffering/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:39:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/10/other-gods-mentioned-in-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/baal-the-canaanite-fertility-god.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Baal The Canaanite Fertility God</image:title><image:caption>Baal 
The Canaanite Fertility God</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:38:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/11/sufferers-and-the-book-of-job/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:37:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/20/translating-the-bible-israels-war-against-the-amalekites/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/moses-praying-for-victory-by-john-everett-millais-1871.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses Praying for Victory by John Everett Millais (1871)</image:title><image:caption>Moses Praying for Victory 
by John Everett Millais (1871)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:36:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/06/exodus-moses-in-midian/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/moses-at-the-well-with-jethros-daughters-by-theophile-hamel-1817e280931870.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses at the Well with Jethro’s Daughters by Théophile Hamel (1817–1870)</image:title><image:caption>Moses at the Well with Jethro’s Daughters 
by Théophile Hamel (1817–1870)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:35:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/17/isaiah-the-prophet-of-hope/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/isaiah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Claude Mariottini</image:title><image:caption>Isaiah: The Prophet of Hope</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:34:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/21/job-and-the-problem-of-suffering-a-review/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:33:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/03/24/isaiah-and-his-message-of-hope/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:33:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/26/%ef%bb%bfthe-masculinity-of-the-god-of-the-old-testament/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:31:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2023/02/02/junia-the-apostle/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/junia-the-apostle.png</image:loc><image:title>Junia the Apostle</image:title><image:caption>Junia the Apostle</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:28:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/17/feminine-language-for-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:27:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/12/08/studies-on-the-book-of-isaiah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/isaiah-detail-james-tissot-c.-1896.-the-jewish-museum.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Isaiah (detail), James Tissot, c. 1896. The Jewish Museum</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Isaiah 
by James Tissot (1896)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:27:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/14/the-gender-of-yhwh/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:25:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/08/15/is-the-god-of-the-bible-a-transgender/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:22:57+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/02/03/explore-god-is-christianity-too-narrow/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:19:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/02/10/explore-god-is-jesus-really-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:18:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/10/gideon-against-all-odds/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:17:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/12/gideon-a-judge-in-israel/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:16:29+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/13/gideon-against-all-odds-identity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-angel-and-gideon-by-gerbrand-van-den-eeckhout-1621e280931674-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Angel and Gideon by Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout  (1621–1674) Wikimedia Commons</image:title><image:caption>The Angel and Gideon
by Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout  (1621–1674)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:15:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/19/gideon-against-all-odds-impact/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-sacrifice-of-gideon-by-hendrik-heerschop-1626e280931690.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Sacrifice of Gideon by Hendrik Heerschop (1626–1690)</image:title><image:caption>The Sacrifice of Gideon 
by Hendrik Heerschop (1626–1690)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:15:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/07/19/studies-on-the-book-of-psalms/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/psalms.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Psalms</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:14:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/22/the-gender-of-the-god-of-the-bible/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:13:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/23/did-god-have-a-wife/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:13:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/01/14/the-character-of-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:09:26+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/01/28/the-character-of-god-as-seen-through-the-liturgical-credo-of-exodus-346-7-part-4/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:08:54+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/03/09/preaching-from-jeremiah/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T12:08:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/08/25/women-pants-and-deuteronomy-225-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hatshepsut-transvestite-queen.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Hatshepsut, Transvestite Queen</image:title><image:caption>Hatshepsut Declared Herself Pharaoh,
She ruled as a man for over 20 years 
She dressed like a man and wore a false beard
</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:53:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/12/01/believing-in-false-gods/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:53:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/08/23/zephaniah-and-the-judgment-of-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-prophet-zephaniah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Zephaniah</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Zephaniah</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:52:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/10/07/solomon-and-social-oppression-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:52:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/11/29/is-yahweh-a-moral-monster/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:51:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/06/06/the-bible-and-evolution/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:48:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/07/22/god-and-the-goddess/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/kuntillet-ajrud.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Kuntillet Ajrud</image:title><image:caption>The inscription from Kuntillet `Ajrud 
Yahweh and Asherah
“May you be blessed by Yahweh of Shomron (Samaria) and his Asherah.”</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:47:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/09/23/monotheism-and-the-faith-of-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/figures-of-asherah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Figures of Asherah</image:title><image:caption>Figures of Asherah</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/jeroboam-offering-sacrifice-to-the-idol-by-jean-honore-fragonard-1752-commons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice To the Idol by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1752) Commons</image:title><image:caption>Jeroboam Offering Sacrifice To the Idol 
by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1752) Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:46:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/02/10/child-sacrifice-at-carthage-and-in-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mesha-stele.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mesha Stele</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:46:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/02/11/amenhotep-iii-and-his-son/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/amenhotep-iii.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amenhotep III</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:45:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/03/06/the-worship-of-other-gods/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:42:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/06/12/israel-and-canaanite-religion/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:42:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/07/11/god-and-the-widows-and-orphans/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:41:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/08/20/gods-repentance-and-human-response/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:40:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/09/04/did-the-ark-of-the-covenant-contain-images-of-pagan-gods/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:40:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/27/the-worship-of-false-gods/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:39:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/04/22/greg-boyd-and-the-character-of-god-part-3-exodus-205-the-second-commandment/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:38:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/04/24/greg-boyd-and-the-character-of-god-part-4-the-intergenerational-punishment-statement/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:38:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/07/22/greg-boyd-and-the-character-of-god-part-9-the-deuteronomic-revision-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:37:27+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/07/29/greg-boyd-and-the-character-of-god-part-10-the-deuteronomic-revision-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:36:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/08/19/the-motherhood-of-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:36:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/18/yahweh-waiting-for-gideon/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:35:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/06/30/standing-stones-marking-our-defining-moments-encountering-gods-presence/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:35:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/08/30/standing-stones-returning-to-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:34:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/08/21/the-lord-said-to-my-lord/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:25:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/05/28/studies-on-esther/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:23:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/09/for-such-a-time-as-this-gods-grace/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/queen-esther-by-hugues-merle-1822e280931881.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Esther by Hugues Merle (1822–1881)</image:title><image:caption>Queen Esther 
by Hugues Merle (1822–1881)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:22:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/16/esther-for-such-a-time-as-this-our-mission/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/easther-and-mordecai-by-arent-de-gelder-1645e280931727.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esther and Mordecai by Arent de Gelder (1645–1727)</image:title><image:caption>Esther and Mordecai 
by Arent de Gelder (1645–1727)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:22:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/23/easter-for-such-a-time-as-this-our-nightmare/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/esther-and-haman-by-jan-victors-1619e280931676.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esther and Haman by Jan Victors (1619–1676)</image:title><image:caption>Esther and Haman 
by Jan Victors (1619–1676)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:21:24+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/30/esther-for-such-a-time-as-this-our-decision/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/esther-denouncing-haman-by-ernest-normand-1857e280931923.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Esther Denouncing Haman by Ernest Normand (1857–1923)</image:title><image:caption>Esther Denouncing Haman 
by Ernest Normand (1857–1923)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:20:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/12/07/esther-for-such-a-time-as-this-gods-justice/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/the-intercession-of-esther-with-king-ahasuerus-and-haman-by-pietro-paolini-1603e280931681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Intercession of Esther with King Ahasuerus and Haman by Pietro Paolini (1603–1681)</image:title><image:caption>The Intercession of Esther with King Ahasuerus and Haman 
by Pietro Paolini (1603–1681)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/queen-esther-by-edwin-long-1878.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Queen Esther by Edwin Long (1878)</image:title><image:caption>Queen Esther 
by Edwin Long (1878)
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
2010 to 2016 </image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:01:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/14/studies-on-gideon/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/the-angel-and-gideon-by-gerbrand-van-den-eeckhout-1621e280931674.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout: Ängeln och Gideon.NM 419</image:title><image:caption>Gerbrandt van den Eeckhout: Ängeln och Gideon.
NM 419</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T11:00:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/06/27/gideon-against-all-odds-dependence/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/gideon-blows-the-trumpet.webp</image:loc><image:title>Gideon Blows the Trumpet</image:title><image:caption>Gideon and His Army
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by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591–1666)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T10:55:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/04/07/amnon-the-rapist/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/amnon-and-tamar-jan_steen-1625-1679.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Amnon and Tamar - Jan_Steen 1625-1679</image:title><image:caption>Amnon and Tamar 
by Jan Steen (1625-1679)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-26T10:55:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/04/22/absalom-tamars-vindicator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/absalom-murders-amnon-by-gaspare-traversi-1752.webp</image:loc><image:title>Absalom Murders Amnon by Gaspare Traversi (1752)</image:title><image:caption>Absalom Murders Amnon 
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by Daniel Maclise (1847–1853 ).
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by David Roberts, (1845-1849)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-20T20:03:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/25/the-fall-of-jerusalem-and-the-exile-of-judah/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T20:01:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/02/25/hezekiah-and-the-assyrian-crisis/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/sargon-and-a-royal-official.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sargon and a Royal Official</image:title><image:caption>Sargon and a Royal Official</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-03-20T20:00:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/05/05/sheerah-a-woman-of-distinction/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:56:13+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/09/17/ecclesiastes-728-in-search-of-a-better-translation/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:48:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/02/the-book-of-ecclesiastes/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:47:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/11/07/studies-on-the-woman-in-ecclesiastes-728/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:47:20+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/10/08/ecclesiastes-728-was-qoheleth-a-misogynist-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:46:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/10/09/ecclesiastes-728-was-qoheleth-a-misogynist-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:46:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/02/08/studies-on-transvestism-in-ancient-israel/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:45:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/02/08/the-manifestation-of-god-in-the-old-testament/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:39:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/04/29/the-servant-songs-of-isaiah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/servant-of-yahweh.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Servant of Yahweh</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2025-02-26T14:11:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/02/21/hannah-and-her-sacrifice/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:31:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/08/14/the-tears-of-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:29:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/08/28/god-weeps-for-his-people/</loc><lastmod>2023-03-20T19:29:03+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/04/27/deborah-a-mother-in-israel-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/deborah-beneath-the-palm-tree-c.-1896e280931902-james-tissot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deborah Beneath the Palm Tree (c. 1896–1902), James Tissot</image:title><image:caption>Deborah Beneath the Palm Tree 
by James Tissot (c. 1896–1902).
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Reliefs in Room L 
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by Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
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by Rembrandt (1659)
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Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-16T18:13:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/08/10/metaphors-and-similes-in-the-book-of-hosea-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/the-prophet-hosea.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Prophet Hosea</image:title><image:caption>The Prophet Hosea</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-15T12:33:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/11/20/the-deportation-of-the-northern-kingdom/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/assyrians-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Assyrians 1</image:title><image:caption>An Assyrian soldier mistreating prisoners of war</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-15T12:31:55+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/03/05/the-pessimistic-literature-of-the-ancient-near-east/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-17T11:55:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/06/26/the-long-day-of-joshua-in-search-of-understanding-part-1-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-14T19:31:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/06/27/the-long-day-of-joshua-in-search-of-understanding-part-2-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-14T19:31:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2006/06/19/rereading-joshua-1012-13-the-long-day-of-joshua-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/sun-standing-still-by-john-martin-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sun Standing Still by John Martin</image:title><image:caption>Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon 
John Martin (1816) 
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Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-01T11:47:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/09/03/augustine-on-abortion/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-01T11:34:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2022/01/05/the-inscrutable-god/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cain-slaying-abel-by-peter-paul-rubens-c.-1600.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Cain Slaying Abel, by Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1600</image:title><image:caption>Cain Slaying Abel
by Peter Paul Rubens, (c. 1600)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-01T11:28:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/11/03/the-promise-of-a-new-covenant/</loc><lastmod>2023-02-01T11:23:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/03/jeremiah-preaching-to-a-rebellious-people/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-19T12:53:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/08/07/the-tears-of-jeremiah/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-19T12:47:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/01/07/medicine-in-the-ancient-world/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/the-god-asklepios.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The God Asklepios</image:title><image:caption>The God Asklepios</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-17T14:03:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/08/19/ancient-egyptian-medicine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ancient-egyptian-medicine.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Ancient Egyptian Medicine</image:title><image:caption>Ancient Egyptian Medicine</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-17T13:51:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/04/14/the-use-of-medicine-in-antiquity/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/herbal-medicine-in-ancient-egypt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Herbal Medicine in Ancient Egypt</image:title><image:caption>Herbal Medicine in Ancient Egypt</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-17T13:44:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/03/27/god-prayer-physicians-and-medicine/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-17T13:25:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/07/26/the-35-camels/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-17T13:16:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/11/07/the-social-concern-of-deuteronomy-the-deuteronomic-reform/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-16T12:32:58+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/12/06/the-social-concern-of-deuteronomy-the-law-of-the-sabbath/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/slaves-in-egypt.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Slaves in Egypt</image:title><image:caption>Slaves in Egypt</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-16T12:30:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/12/13/the-social-concern-of-deuteronomy-the-forgiveness-of-debts/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-16T12:23:49+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2016/10/25/the-social-concern-of-deuteronomy-widows-and-the-law-of-pledges/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/elijah-and-the-widow-of-zarephath-by-jan-victors-1619-e28093-1676.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)</image:title><image:caption>Elijah and the Widow of Zarephath 
by Jan Victors (1619 – 1676)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2024-05-28T13:06:04+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/12/19/the-social-concern-of-deuteronomy-lending-money-to-the-poor/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-16T11:47:10+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/08/21/solar-eclipses-in-the-old-testament/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/eclipse.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Eclipse</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-15T13:18:31+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/12/18/slavery-in-the-roman-world/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-15T13:07:30+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/12/23/philemon-a-call-to-reconciliation/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-15T13:04:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/08/20/adonai/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-15T11:49:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/06/29/joseph-in-egypt-evidence-for-an-egyptian-background-for-the-exodus/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/joseph-interpreting-dreams-by-giovanni-domenico-cerrini-1609-1681.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Joseph Interpreting Dreams by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (1609-1681)</image:title><image:caption>Joseph Interpreting Dreams 
by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini (1609-1681)
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by James Tissot (1836–1902)
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by Richard Dadd (1849)
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by Jusepe de Ribera (1638)
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by James Tissot
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-14T11:37:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/02/moses-on-mount-nebo/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-14T11:33:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/08/04/standing-stones-reconciling-with-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-14T11:23:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/06/12/moses-as-a-leader-of-the-people/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/moses-and-aaron-appealing-to-the-people.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moses and Aaron Appealing to the People</image:title><image:caption>Moses and Aaron Appealing to the People</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-14T11:04:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/01/02/a-tax-receipt-from-jerusalem/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-13T12:24:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/07/16/an-archaeological-discovery-about-bethlehem/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-13T12:20:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/24/belonging-to-adoniyahu-the-royal-steward/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/adoniyahu-seal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Adoniyahu Seal</image:title><image:caption>A small 7th century BCE clay sealing reading 'Belonging to Adoniyahu, Royal Steward,' recently discovered in the City of David's sifting project, taken from earth excavated under Robinson's Arch. (Eliyahu Yanai/Courtesy City of David)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T12:16:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/02/23/new-royal-seals-from-the-reign-of-hezekiah/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/royal-seal-from-the-time-of-hezekiah.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Royal Seal from the Time of Hezekiah</image:title><image:caption>Royal Seal from the Time of Hezekiah. 
Photo: Mariana Saltzberger, IAA.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T12:12:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2015/06/29/the-ishbaal-inscription/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/ishball-inscription.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Ishbaal Inscription</image:title><image:caption>Ishbaal Inscription</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T12:04:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/10/22/the-jerusalem-stone-inscription/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/jerusalem-stone-3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jerusalem Stone 3</image:title><image:caption>A 2,000-year-old stone inscription with the first full spelling of Jerusalem.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T11:56:59+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/09/pashhur-ben-immer/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-13T11:53:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/04/04/the-nathan-melech-seal/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nathan-melech-seal.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Nathan Melech Seal</image:title><image:caption>The Nathan-Melech/Eved Hamelech seal found in the City of David. (Photo Credit: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David)</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T11:50:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/09/12/the-babylonian-clay-tablet-plimpton-322/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/image_5163_1-plimpton-322-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>image_5163_1-Plimpton-322 (1)</image:title><image:caption>Plimpton 322, a 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet held in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University in New York.</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T11:45:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/07/14/the-jerubbaal-inscription/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/jerubbaal-inscription-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jerubbaal Inscription 2</image:title><image:caption>Drawing of the inscription
by Olga Dobovsky</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/jerubbaal-inscription-1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jerubbaal Inscription 1</image:title><image:caption>Photograph of the inscription
by Dafna Gazit, the Israel Antiquities Authority</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-13T11:41:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2017/09/22/the-chorus-of-the-hebrew-slaves/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/verdi-nabucco-1842-original_costume_sketch.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Verdi-Nabucco-1842-original_costume_sketch</image:title><image:caption>Costume sketch for Nabucco for the original production in 1842</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-12T18:28:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/15/the-lord-will-speak/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T18:20:28+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/24/the-land-of-palestine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/moses-lool-at-the-land-of-canaan-from-mt.-nebo.png</image:loc><image:title>Moses Looks at the Land of Canaan from Mt. Nebo</image:title><image:caption>Moses Looks at the Land of Canaan from Mt. Nebo</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-12T18:14:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/11/03/the-lonely-widow/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T13:37:40+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/06/09/the-myth-of-the-empty-land/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T13:32:32+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/08/23/the-economic-system-of-the-hill-country-of-israel-in-iron-age-i-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T12:55:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/08/18/the-economic-system-of-the-hill-country-of-israel-in-iron-age-i-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T12:52:21+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2021/08/17/the-economic-system-of-the-hill-country-of-israel-in-iron-age-i-introduction/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T12:48:39+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2013/05/07/shechem/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/excavating-at-shechem.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Excavating at Shechem</image:title><image:caption>Excavating at Shechem</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-12T12:04:12+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2011/02/28/revisiting-the-city-of-ur/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T11:57:47+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2008/04/03/the-destruction-of-sodom-and-gomorrah/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-12T11:54:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/10/30/the-aper-al-tomb-and-the-hebrew-presence-in-egypt/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/the-aper-al-tomb.webp</image:loc><image:title>The Aper-al Tomb</image:title><image:caption>The Aper-al Tomb</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-12T11:44:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/01/02/king-solomons-cheap-wine/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/jerusalem-inscription.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Jerusalem Inscription</image:title><image:caption>Inscription on a Jar From the Time of Solomon</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-11T23:47:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/02/17/gershon-galil-on-the-ophel-inscription/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ophel-inscription.png</image:loc><image:title>Ophel Inscription</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-11T23:37:56+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/01/07/the-most-ancient-hebrew-inscription-deciphered/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-11T23:35:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2010/05/31/lost-egyptian-tomb-found/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/an-egyptian-sarcophagus.jpg</image:loc><image:title>An Egyptian Sarcophagus</image:title><image:caption>An Egyptian Sarcophagus</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-11T12:22:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/01/20/the-destruction-of-the-egyptian-scientific-institute/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/salvaging-damaged-documents-at-the-egyptian-scientific-institute.webp</image:loc><image:title>Salvaging Damaged Documents at the Egyptian Scientific Institute</image:title><image:caption>Salvaging Damaged Documents 
at the Egyptian Scientific Institute</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-11T12:14:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/05/10/a-new-egyptian-tomb/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/new-tomb-1100-b-c-2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>New Tomb 1100 B.C. 2</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-11T12:05:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/07/06/israels-commitment-to-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:33:35+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/05/07/the-golden-calf/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:26:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/05/09/the-golden-calf-the-background-of-israels-idolatry/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:25:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/05/15/the-making-of-the-golden-calf/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/the-adoration-of-the-golden-calf-by-nicolas-poussin-1594e280931665-wikimedia-commons.jpg</image:loc><image:title>The Adoration of the Golden Calf' by Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) Wikimedia Commons</image:title><image:caption>The Adoration of the Golden Calf' 
by Nicolas Poussin (1594–1665) 
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:24:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/05/21/the-golden-calf-moses-first-prayer/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:21:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/11/04/a-royal-priesthood-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:17:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/28/greg-boyd-and-the-commander-of-the-army-of-yahweh-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:06:18+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/05/29/greg-boyd-and-the-commander-of-the-army-of-yahweh-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T13:03:42+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2019/11/21/studies-on-gregory-boyd-and-the-crucifixion-of-the-warrior-god/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-10T12:56:25+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/10/12/josiah-king-of-judah-part-1/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-09T13:04:19+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/10/13/the-religious-reforms-of-josiah-part-2/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/josiah-hearing-the-reading-of-the-scroll.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Josiah Hearing the Reading of the Scroll</image:title><image:caption>Josiah Hearing the Reading of the Scroll</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-09T13:03:11+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2018/12/05/the-earthquake-in-the-book-of-amos/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/alaska-earthquake.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Alaska Earthquake -</image:title><image:caption>A vehicle lies stranded on a collapsed roadway near the airport after an earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. November 30, 2018. 

Photo by Nathaniel Wilder | Reuters</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-09T12:48:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/07/08/god-and-the-poor/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-09T12:39:52+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/05/27/israel-in-the-days-of-the-judges/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/deborah-beaneath-the-palm-tree-by-james-tissot.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Deborah Beaneath the Palm Tree by James Tissot</image:title><image:caption>Deborah Beaneath the Palm Tree 
by James Tissot
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-08T13:43:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/03/11/weights-and-measures-in-israel/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/mesopotamian_weights_made_from_haematite.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Mesopotamian_weights_made_from_haematite</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2023-02-01T10:55:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/11/differences-between-college-and-seminary-textbooks-part-2/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-08T13:12:48+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/05/differences-between-college-and-seminary-textbooks/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-08T13:11:23+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2020/11/12/differences-between-college-and-seminary-textbooks-part-3/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-08T13:06:00+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/08/29/beer-in-the-ancient-near-east/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-07T12:29:44+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2012/08/18/politics-in-the-hebrew-bible/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-06T13:00:53+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/11/09/the-tenacity-of-israels-faith/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/by-the-waters-of-babylon-by-arthur-hacker-1888.jpg</image:loc><image:title>By the Waters of Babylon by Arthur Hacker (1888)</image:title><image:caption>By the Waters of Babylon 
by Arthur Hacker (1888)
Wikimedia Commons</image:caption></image:image><lastmod>2023-01-06T12:52:07+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2014/10/27/gods-covenant-with-david/</loc><lastmod>2023-01-04T12:46:33+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://claudemariottini.com/2009/06/07/biblical-leprosy-and-hansen%e2%80%99s-disease/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://claudemariottini.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/miriam-is-cursed-with-leprosy-netherlands-stained-glass-mid-1500s.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Miriam Is Cursed with Leprosy Netherlands, Stained Glass (mid 1500s)</image:title><image:caption>Miriam Is Cursed with Leprosy 
Netherlands, Stained Glass (mid 1500s)
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by Joshua Reynolds (1776)
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by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout (1621–1674)
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by Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893)
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by Carl Heinrich Bloch (1834–1890).
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by Willem Drost (1633–1659)
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by Salomon Koninck (1609–1656)
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by Aelbert Cuyp 
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by Jacob Jordaens (1593–1678)
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The British Museum
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by James Tissot
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by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675–1741)
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Credit: Courtesy Cinzia Pappi
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by Jacob Jacobsz de Wet II (1680)
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Photo Credit: Ortal Chalaf 
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority
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by James Tissot (1836 – 1902)
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