04/03 | William G. Dever reviews “Ashkelon 3 The Seventh Century B.C.” and “Hazor: The 1990–2009 Excavations: The Iron Age” by Lawrence E. Stager, Daniel M. Master, J. David Schloen, Amnon Ben-Tor, Read more…
Posted in Biblical Archaeology Sites, Reviews.
03/01 | What was life like for the tribes of Israel in the time of the Biblical Judges, the period archaeologists call Iron Age I (1200–1000 B.C.E.)? Read more…
Posted in Ancient Israel.
01/11 | I wanted to take the time to look back at some of the biggest Biblical archaeology news stories, events and discoveries of 2012. I’ve put together links to 20 stand-out Read more…
Posted in Biblical Archaeology Topics, News.
Gabriel Barkay
Listen to Gabriel Barkay outline ten key points all scholars should agree on in judging issues of authenticity of artifacts.
Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The Biblical writers had a clear sense that human civilization as they knew it had first flourished in the east, in the lands of Mesopotamia, modern Iraq. The stories of Creation, the Garden of Eden and the Flood were all born of well-known Mesopotamian traditions that had been around thousands of years before the authors of Genesis weaved them together into a timeless tale of Israel’s origins.
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Reviewed by Charlotte Hempel
Charlotte Hempel reviews "The Dead Sea Scrolls—A Biography" by John J. Collins.
