Associates for Biblical Research article on
Shepherd, Potter, Spy—and the Star Namer
Peggy Miracle Consolver, an ABR supporter and dig volunteer, has published a book and study guide partially inspired by ABR’s research and her participation in the ABR excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir, Israel. Read about her experiences, her book, and why she is returning to Israel to dig with ABR at Shiloh.
Peggy’s two books are available for purchase on Amazon. [AUTHOR UPDATE: Actually, there are five now!]
“Eighteen days spent with the Associates for Biblical Research in Israel in 2010 was the adventure of my life. For years I had consulted maps at the back of my Bible, trying to visualize the setting of the stories. To actually visit many of those places changed my internal picture of biblical events from misty imaginings to solid reality.
“I had begun writing historical fiction about the Gibeonites of Joshua 9 and 10 from the point of view of a young shepherd boy and his family of potters. Struggling with describing the historical and geographical setting one day, I quipped to my husband, “If I really write this story, maybe I should go there.”
