JOHN BROWN'S DIVINING FOR OIL IN ISRAEL is the subject of a USA Today article:

His mission: Seek and ye shall find oil

By Leah Krauss, Special for USA TODAY

KIBBUTZ MAANIT, Israel � John Brown believes he'll find oil in central Israel, although he has no scientific data or particular experience in the drilling business on which to base that.

The Dallas native is a relative novice in the energy industry. He says he'll find oil because his reading of the Bible tells him it's right here � under Maanit, an inland plain northeast of Tel Aviv, where he began drilling last month.

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I have commented on the project here. The only thing to add is that, once again, it does not occur to a journalist to ask someone who specializes in biblical Hebrew whether the claims make any sense or not. Sigh.