Yes, Biblical-Era History is Relevant

I've been informed that the ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies is organizing its Thirty Fourth International Conference on the theme of the Edomites (Idumeans) and the Nabataeans, to be held at the Oriental Institute, the University of Oxford, 25-27 July 2012.

Details:

The conference aims to study Edom and the Edomites and Idumea and Idumeans and their relationship to the Nabataeans; and it will start on Wednesday July 25 at 9am, finishing on Friday July 27 at 6pm...All papers given at the conference will be considered for publication in a future edition of the ARAM Periodical, subject to editorial review. If you wish to participate in the conference, please contact our Oxford address:

ARAM, the Oriental Institute, Oxford University, Pusey Lane, Oxford
OX1 2LE, England.

That follows the Amorite one.

Biblical history is indeed a relevant subject.

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