Archaeologist and art historian Karen Britt of the University of Louisville provides a detailed artistic analysis of a Huqoq mosaic featuring an inscription and two female faces. Read more…
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The Huqoq Synagogue Mosaics
• 01/02/2013
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Mosaic Inscription from a Synagogue at Horvat Huqoq
• 01/02/2013
The Israel Antiquities Authority’s David Amit analyzes and translates a Hebrew or Aramaic mosaic inscription from the Huqoq synagogue. Read more…
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Columbus Day Sale
• 10/08/2012
Celebrate discovery this Columbus Day. For a limited time only, save 50% on over 20 of BAS’s most popular DVD sets. Click here to learn more and save today! Read more…
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Magen’s Response
• 09/06/2012
Archaeologist Yitzhak Magen answers a question about the dating of a Samaritan temple at Mt. Gerizim, incorporating a timeline of related events. Read more…
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Merrill’s Letter
• 09/06/2012
Archaeologist Yitzhak Magen answers a question about the dating of a Samaritan temple at Mt. Gerizim, incorporating a timeline of related events. Read more…
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What’s the Oldest Hebrew Inscription?: A Reply to Christopher Rollston
• 08/22/2012
In the May/June 2012 BAR, epigrapher Christopher A. Rollston’s “What’s the Oldest Hebrew Inscription?” rejected four contenders as candidates for the oldest Hebrew inscription: the Qeiyafa Ostracon, the Gezer Calendar, Read more…
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Philip Davies: A Brief Note for Yossi Garfinkel
• 07/03/2012
Philip Davies responds to Yosef Garfinkel’s response to his response on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. In it, he accuses Yosef Garfinkel of “misrepresent[ing]” what minimalism is, of being Read more…
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A Minimalist Disputes His Demise
• 06/19/2012
Yosef Garfinkel responds to Philip Davies’ response on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. In it, he accuses Yosef Garfinkel of “misrepresent[ing]” what minimalism is, of being a “careless and Read more…
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A Minimalist Disputes His Demise: A Response to Philip Davies
• 06/13/2012
Yosef Garfinkel responds to Philip Davies’ response on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. In it, he accuses Yosef Garfinkel of “misrepresent[ing]” what minimalism is, of being a “careless and Read more…
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Answer to What is it? Facebook discussion posted 3/7/12
• 03/12/2012
In last week’s What Is It? Facebook discussion this artifact was presented with multiple choices. After a week’s facebook discussion, we are happy to be able to Read more…
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What is it? Multiple Choices for the Facebook Discussion Posted 3/7/12
• 03/07/2012
Multiple Choices for this week’s What is it? Facebook discussion. The answer will be posted here and on our Facebook page on Monday 3/12/12.
A) Urartian Read more…
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Answer to What is it? Facebook discussion posted 2/29/12
• 03/05/2012
In last week’s What Is It? Facebook discussion this artifact was presented with multiple choices. After a week’s facebook discussion, we are happy to be able to provide more Read more…
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What is it? Multiple Choices for the Facebook Discussion Posted 2/29/12
• 02/29/2012
Multiple Choices for this week’s What is it? Facebook discussion. The answer will be posted here and on our Facebook page on Monday 3/5/12.
A. Ivory Flute
B. Read more…
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Answer to What is it? Facebook discussion posted 2/22/12
• 02/27/2012
In last week’s What Is It? Facebook discussion, these objects were presented with multiple choices. Many of our readers guessed their function correctly, and we are happy to be able Read more…
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What is it? Multiple Choices for the Facebook Discussion Posted 2/22/12
• 02/22/2012
Multiple Choices for this week’s What is it? Facebook discussion. The answer will be posted here and on our Facebook page on Monday 2/27/12.
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Facebook: What is it? Answer
• 02/21/2012
What Is It?
Answer: E. Israelite cosmetics tray
This decorated cosmetics tray is made of sandstone and dates to the ninth century B.C.E. Although the few Biblical references to makeup Read more…
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It Was All Greek to Me
• 12/16/2011
It wasn’t the site of a major Biblical battle or one of the stops on Paul’s journeys, but I was very excited to get the opportunity to work on an Read more…
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The Simple Joy of Digging
• 12/16/2011
The archaeological site of Bethsaida is located near the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee in the area of northern Israel called the Golan Heights. It is one of Read more…
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Archaeological Views: New Eyeballs on Ancient Texts
• 12/08/2011
The study of ancient texts—especially those that tell us most about the cultures from which the Bible emerged—is on the edge of a revolution. Dramatic new imaging technologies are just Read more…
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Oded Golan’s Commentary on the Expert Witnesses of the Case
• 03/01/2011
Back to Israel Antiquities Authority vs. Conspiracy of (Alleged) Forgers
[/donotemail]In December 2004, accompanied by great fanfare in the local and international media, a bill of indictment was filed by the Read more…
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Rainey’s Response
• 02/21/2011
Back to Rainey Defends Archaeologist Credentials
[/donotemail]In the July/August 2010 BAR, Bill Dever asserts that I am not an archaeologist (and therefore not qualified to oppose his pottery-based theory that the Read more…
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Peter Jeffery: Additional Response to Handwriting Analysis
• 01/24/2011
Back to Did Morton Smith Forge “Secret Mark”?
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Scott Brown: My Thoughts on the Reports by Venetia Anastasopoulou
• 01/24/2011
Back to Did Morton Smith Forge “Secret Mark”?
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Raphael Golb’s Sentencing
• 11/18/2010
Back to Raphael Golb Guilty of Impersonating Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar
[/donotemail]Raphael Golb gets six months in prison for impersonating Dead Sea Scrolls scholar
by Melissa Grace, from New York Daily News
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Kilmon: The Forgery Case Will Be Dropped
• 10/13/2010
Back to Back to Israel Antiquities Authority vs. Conspiracy of (Alleged) Forgers
[/donotemail]Statement of Jack Kilmon, independent researcher, as edited with the author’s permission from a posting on the blog of Read more…
