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Apr 15
What Is Biblical Greek?

By: John Drummond

Seth in the Bible
Apr 14
Seth in the Bible

By: Elie Wiesel

Apr 13
Fruit in the Bible

By: David Moster

Aerial view of ‘Ubeidiya National Park. Emil Aladjem, IAA
Apr 12
Pleistocene Paradise

By: BAS Staff

Ecstasy of Paul, Poussin
Apr 11
If I Ascend to Heaven … Paul’s Journey to Paradise

By: James Tabor

Apr 11
The Ancient Altar from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

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Scholar’s Study

Giotto adoration of the magi
Herod’s Death, Jesus’ Birth and a Lunar Eclipse

Read letters published in the Q&C section of BAR debating the dates of Herod’s death, Jesus’ birth and to which lunar eclipse Josephus was referring.

Nag Hammadi Codex
Nag Hammadi Codices

The Nag Hammadi Codices are a group of papyrus manuscripts discovered near the city of Nag Hammadi in southern Egypt, about 70 miles north of […]

Abraham's Angels
Wordplay in Genesis

It is no secret to students of the Bible that the ancient Hebrews loved plays on words. And nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are there […]

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OnSite

Apr. 1
OnSite: The Via Dolorosa

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

 According to many Christian traditions, the Via Dolorosa (Latin for the “Way of Suffering”) marks the processional route taken by Jesus of Nazareth on […]

11-2.-Beta-Giyorgis
Oct. 26
The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

By: Megan Sauter

Dec. 19
OnSite: Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

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Reviews

Book cover for Ancient Synagogues Revealed 1981-2022 Mar. 20
Review: Ancient Synagogues Revealed 1981–2022

By: James Riley Strange

Ancient Synagogues Revealed 1981–2022 Edited by Lee I. Levine, Zeev Weiss, and Uzi Leibner (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, The Institute of Archaeology – The Hebrew […]

Image of book cover for 'God: An Anatomy' by Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Mar. 6
Review: An Anatomy of God

By: Erin Darby

Dec. 6
Review: The Magi in History and Tradition

By: Christopher A. Frilingos

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