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• Jerusalem’s Temple Mount

  Reviewed by John Merrill   •  01/30/2012

  

  John Merrill reviews “Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, From Solomon to the Golden Dome” by Hershel Shanks.   Read more…
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• Preserving Tunisian Treasures

  Reviewed by Steven Fine   •  01/29/2012

  

  Steven Fine reviews “Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa and Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa” by Aicha Ben Abed.   Read more…
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• The Jesus Papers

  Reviewed by Hershel Shanks   •  01/28/2012

  

  Hershel Shanks reviews “The Jesus Papers” by Michael Baigent.   Read more…
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• The First Christmas, The Last Week and The Meaning of Jesus

  Reviewed by John Merrill   •  01/27/2012

  

  John Merrill reviews “The First Christmas”, “The Last Week” and “The Meaning of Jesus” By Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan and N.T. Wright.   Read more…
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• The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State

  Reviewed by Sidnie White Crawford   •  01/26/2012

  

  Sidnie White Crawford reviews “The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Hasmonean State” By Hanan Eshel.   Read more…
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• The Sacred Bridge

  Reviewed by Harold Brodsky   •  01/25/2012

  

  Harold Brodsky reviews “The Sacred Bridge: Carta’s Atlas of the Biblical World” by Anson F. Rainey and R. Steven Notley.   Read more…
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• Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia

  Reviewed by Michael D. Swartz   •  01/24/2012

  

  Michael D. Swartz reviews “Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia” by Stephen Bertman.   Read more…
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• The Uttermost Part of the Earth

  Reviewed by Michael D. Swartz   •  01/23/2012

  

  Michael D. Swartz reviews “The Uttermost Part of the Earth: A Guide to Places in the Bible” by Richard R. Losch.   Read more…
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• The Last Ember

  Reviewed by John Merrill   •  01/22/2012

  

  John Merrill reviews “The Last Ember” by Daniel Levin.   Read more…
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• Israel’s Ethnogenesis

  Reviewed by William G. Dever   •  01/21/2012

  

  William G. Dever reviews “Israel’s Ethnogenesis: Settlement, Interaction, Expansion and Resistance” by Avraham Faust.   Read more…
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• God and Sex

  Reviewed by Phyllis Trible   •  01/20/2012

  

  Phyllis Trible reviews “God and Sex: What the Bible Really Says” by Michael Coogan.   Read more…
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• The Natural History of the Bible

  Reviewed by Paula Wapnish   •  01/19/2012

  

  Paula Wapnish reviews “The Natural History of the Bible: An Environmental Exploration of the Hebrew Scriptures” by Daniel Hillel.   Read more…
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• Mosaics as History

  Reviewed by Robin Jensen   •  01/18/2012

  

  Robin Jensen reviews “Mosaics as History: The Near East from Late Antiquity to Islam” by G.W. Bowersock.   Read more…
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• Pompeii Awakened

  Reviewed by John Merrill   •  01/17/2012

  

  John Merrill reviews “Pompeii Awakened” by Judith Harris.   Read more…
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• Angels and Demons

  Reviewed by Michael D. Swartz   •  01/16/2012

  

  Michael D. Swartz reviews “Angels and Demons: Jewish Magic Through the Ages” by Filip Vukosavovic.   Read more…
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• Deir el-Balah

  Reviewed by Carol A. Redmount   •  01/15/2012

  

  Carol A. Redmount reviews “Deir el-Balah: Uncovering an Egyptian Outpost in Canaan from the Time of the Exodus” by Trude Dothan.   Read more…
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• Megiddo 3

  Reviewed by Israel Finkelstein   •  01/14/2012

  

  Israel Finkelstein reviews “Megiddo 3: Final Report on the Stratum VI Excavations” by Timothy P. Harrison.   Read more…
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• Jerusalem Besieged

  Reviewed by Jane M. Cahill   •  01/13/2012

  

  Jane M. Cahill reviews “Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel” by Eric H. Cline.   Read more…
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• The Quest

  Reviewed by Eric H. Cline   •  01/12/2012

  

  Eric H. Cline reviews “The Quest: Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem” by Leen Ritmeyer.   Read more…
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• The Temple Mount

  Reviewed by Joshua Schwartz   •  01/11/2012

  

  Joshua Schwartz reviews “The Temple Mount: Where Is the Holy of Holies?” by Asher Selig Kaufman.   Read more…
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• Idols of the People

  Victor Avigdor Hurowitz   •  01/10/2012

  

  Victor Avigdor Hurowitz reviews “Idols of the People: Miniature Images of Clay in the Ancient Near East” by P.R.S. Moorey.   Read more…
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• Ashkelon I

  Reviewed by Aren M. Maeir   •  01/09/2012

  

  Aren M. Maeir reviews “Ashkelon I: Introduction and Overview” by Lawrence Stager, J. David Schloen and Daniel M. Master.   Read more…
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• Digging through the Bible

  Reviewed by Eric H. Cline   •  01/08/2012

  

  Eric H. Cline reviews “Digging through the Bible: Understanding Biblical People, Places, and Controversies through Archaeology” by Richard A Freund.   Read more…
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• In the Valley of the Shadow

  Reviewed by William W. Hallo   •  01/07/2012

  

  William W. Hallo reviews “In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief” by James Kugel.   Read more…
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• Pilgrimage in Early Christian Jordan and Biblical Turkey

  Reviewed by Jerome Murphy-O’Connor   •  01/06/2012

  

  Jerome Murphy-O’Connor reviews “Pilgrimage in Early Christian Jordan” by Burton MacDonald and “Biblical Turkey” by Mark Wilson.   Read more…
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