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Qeiyafa Ostracon Relates the Birth of the Kingdom of Israel
05/07 | Gerard Leval presents French epigrapher Émile Puech’s interpretation of the Qeiyafa Ostracon as the earliest text on the formation of the Kingdom of Israel and the only artifact referencing King Read more…
Khirbet Qeiyafa Excavator to Announce New Finds from the Era of David and Solomon
05/07 | The Biblical archaeology world is abuzz with anticipation over Hebrew University archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel’s press conference on Tuesday, May 8. The press release for the event promises to “announce all-new Read more…
Phoenician Tombs Discovered in Southeastern Cyprus
05/03 | Renovations to the Larnaca sewer system exposed two Phoenician-period tombs in southeastern Cyprus last weekend. Dated between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C.E., the tombs may be associated with the Read more…
First Temple Period ‘Matanyahu’ Seal Discovered in Jerusalem
05/02 | An Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in Jerusalem uncovered a small stone seal dating to the First Temple period earlier this week. The 8th-6th century B.C.E. personal seal was used to Read more…
What is it? Answer to the BHD and Facebook discussion posted 1 May 2012
05/01 | Multiple Choices for this week’s What is it? discussion. Read more…
Excavations at Beersheba Bus Station Expose the Heart of the Byzantine City
04/30 | When the Israel Antiquity Authority began excavating before renovations at the Beersheba bus station, they did not know that they were sitting just above the center of a Byzantine city. Read more…
Job Challenges God by Suing: God Responds
04/27 | For more about how Job questions God and ends up suing God to get a response, read Edward L. Greenstein’s article “When Job Sued God” in the May/June 2012 issue Read more…
Mikva’ot in Galilean Caves Suggest Lives of Refuge and Religion
04/27 | Recent investigations have identified five mikva’ot (singular: mikveh), or Jewish ritual baths, in caves on the Galilean cliffs of Arbel, revealing the highly religious orientation of the inhabitants. Read more…
What’s Funny About the Gospel of Mark?
04/26 | During her time at the 2011 conference of the Society of Biblical Literature in San Francisco, California, BHD contributing blogger Robin Gallaher Branch enjoyed a stimulating lecture by New Testament Read more…
God Language in the New Testament
04/25 | Language can become controversial at times, as New Testament professor Ben Witherington III reveals in his Biblical Views column “Spirited Discourse About God Language in the New Testament,” in the Read more…
