James Tabor describes Israel Knohl’s changed interpretation of the critical line discussing the resurrection of the dead after three days of “Gabriel’s Revelation.” Read more…
Archaeologists, Biblical Scholars & Works
The Biblical world’s most important and exciting finds and insights come from the actual archaeologists and Biblical scholars who excavate and study—legendary archaeologists and Biblical scholars like Yigael Yadin, William F. Albright and William Dever to name a few.
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The “Gabriel Stone” on Display
• 05/13/2013
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Geza Vermes (1924-2013)
• 05/09/2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Geza Vermes, a giant in the fields of Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins scholarship and a friend of Read more…
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Victor Hurowitz (1948-2013)
• 04/10/2013
It is always a special tragedy when a scholar dies relatively young. Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, a widely respected professor in the department of Bible, archaeology and ancient Near East at Read more…
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Ehud Netzer Publications Available to Public
• 02/15/2013
In a commemoration of the scholarship of Ehud Netzer, Biblical Archaeology Society has made a special collection of his groundbreaking scholarship from the BAS Library available for free. Read more…
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Biblical Archaeology Books on the Go
• 02/13/2013
The Bible in the News, Aspects of Monotheism, The Rise of Ancient Israel, Feminist Approaches to the Bible and The Search for Jesus are now available as digital publications for Read more…
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Charles Fellows in Aphrodisias
• 02/05/2013
British archaeologist and explorer Sir Charles Fellows (1799–1860) discovered the ruins of a number of ancient cities in Asia Minor (modern Turkey), including Xanthus, the ancient capital of Lycia, which Read more…
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Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar’s Son Off to Jail
• 01/30/2013
A New York appellate court has affirmed the criminal conviction of Raphael Golb, son of Dead Sea Scroll scholar Norman Golb, for impersonating another Dead Sea Scroll scholar, Lawrence Schiffman. Read more…
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Video: Inside the 2012 Ophel Excavations
• 01/15/2013
The Ophel in Jerusalem sits at the heart of Biblical archaeology. The site’s rich research history stretches back to Charles Warren in the 1860s, and the Ophel continues to yield Read more…
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In Their Own Words: David Ussishkin
• 01/11/2013
This article originally appeared as “Strata: In Their Own Words” in the January/February 2013 issue of BAR. Read more…
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Alexander to Constantine
• 01/10/2013
Morten Hørning Jensen reviews “Alexander to Constantine: Archaeology of the Land of the Bible (Vol. 3)” by Eric M. Meyers and Mark A. Chancey. Read more…
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Sami Rohr (1926–2012)
• 12/12/2012
After I enlisted the prominent Christian philanthropist John Mancini as the sponsor of the Mancini Prize for the best paper on the archaeology of early Christianity and the patristic period Read more…
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Itamar Singer (1946–2012)
• 12/12/2012
Tel-Aviv University historian and BAR author Itamar Singer died in September after a long illness. He was 65. Read more…
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Gus Van Beek (1922–2012)
• 12/12/2012
Gus Van Beek, archaeologist and Smithsonian curator, died in August. He was 90 years old. Read more…
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The Wright Stuff
• 12/04/2012
It seems, to me at least, that we—all of us who care about Biblical Studies—are in danger of losing our individual and collective memories about major figures in our field. Read more…
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Give and Take with Gifts and Tackles
• 12/04/2012
The Book of Acts (20:35) preserves this saying from Jesus: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” In slightly revised form (“It is better …”), this phrase is Read more…
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Archaeology and Text
• 11/07/2012
There has been a great deal of discussion in recent issues of Biblical Archaeology Review about the relationship between archaeology, artifacts, ancient texts and the Bible. In the July/August 2011 Read more…
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Ancient Scribe Links Qumran Scrolls to Masada
• 11/02/2012
There has been a great deal written about the community of scribes that penned the Qumran scrolls. These studies rarely focus on an individual ancient scribe; they generally focus on Read more…
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Unearthing Mummies
• 10/30/2012
In excerpt from A Thousand Miles Up the Nile, British Egyptologist Amelia Edwards (1831–1892) describes an excavation in the Necropolis of Thebes, when the Governor of Luxor invited Edwards and Read more…
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The End of an Era
• 10/18/2012
We knew it would happen, but it’s still a shock. Frank Cross is dead. I will leave it to scholars to write of his scholarly accomplishments. I will write only Read more…
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Itzhaq Beit-Arieh (1930–2012)
• 10/10/2012
Professor emeritus Itzhaq Beit-Arieh of Tel-Aviv University, the man who helped bring the Edomites back to life through his archaeological work, died in July. Read more…
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Critical Biblical Scholarship—A Response
• 10/10/2012
In a recent Biblical Views column “Critical Biblical Scholarship—What’s the Use?”, Ronald Hendel claims, “There’s no good reason to be hostile toward good scholarship.” Read more…
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Avraham Faust on David’s Palace
• 09/07/2012
Eilat Mazar’s excavation and archaeology methods are beyond reproach, but her recent claim to have discovered King David’s palace at her Jerusalem dig site has met with harsh criticism from Read more…
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What in the World?
• 09/04/2012
What in the World? was the Penn Museum’s Peabody Award-winning popular weekly half-hour television program which was first seen in 1951 and which ran for 14 years. By the early Read more…
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Of Pirates and Virgins: Greek and Turkish Scholars Colloquiating
• 08/28/2012
The invitation to attend the Second Greek-Turkish Symposium on Epigraphy in May was one I couldn’t turn down. It had been extended by Mustafa Adak, the chairperson of the epigraphy Read more…
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Assessing Biblical Atlases
• 08/27/2012
Harold Brodsky reviews “The New Moody Atlas of the Bible” and “Zondervan Atlas of the Bible” by Barry J. Beitzel and Carl G. Rasmussen. Read more…
