You may have noticed that the festive season is fast approaching and the annual mayhem has started. If you do manage to get a few minutes spare though perhaps you would like to look at the new offerings BibleQuizzes.org.uk has.

The General Knowledge quiz which was mentioned last time has been very popular (although no-one knows how to spell Nineveh!). Following it's success we will be adding more short answer quizzes over time.

... until then however there is a new quiz on the Epistle of James - 20 questions, multiple-choice.

Also, seeing as it is nearly Christmas we've added another Christmas crossword, and a special quiz (The Real Christmas Quiz) which looks at the traditions of Christmas compared to what the Bible says - a good one to test out on friends and family! Some of the answers may surprise you.

If you are looking for some family entertainment over Christmas, then feel free to print out anything from the site which you might find useful. The Christmas quizzes and puzzles from last year are still available.

Can you find these Bible animals?

One of the big questions to be resolved in the Middle East is that of territory and land ownership. The question is the same for Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and the entire land now known as Israel. Everybody is arguing about ownership and rights of occupation!

Rival Claims

Palestinians maintain that the land is theirs because they have occupied it for 2000 years and that gives them absolute title. They say they have been ousted from their land by force.

The Israelis point out that they were there first - from about 1400 B .C. until they were displaced in 70 and 132 A.D. And they claim to have purchased large tracts of the land from previous occupiers. They say they didn't just take it...