Sep 23
By: Clinton J. Moyer
If one were to open a modern printed edition of the Hebrew Bible to a random page, one would encounter a complex layering of information. […]
Sep 11
Since the first issue of Biblical Archaeology Review was published 50 years ago, the landscape of biblical archaeology—both literal and figurative—has expanded in remarkable ways. […]
Jul 29
High on a ridge in western Jordan, overlooking the Dead Sea some 6.5 miles away, sits the remarkable site of Khirbat Ataruz, likely the location […]
Jul 24
In an excavation just outside the southern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, in the neighborhood known as Mount Zion, archaeologists working in 2009 […]
Jun 29
The Phoenicians were the maritime traders par excellence during the Iron Age. By the late ninth century BCE, they had ventured from their home cities […]
Jun 17
Comfort, comfort my people! –Isaiah 40:1 When Cyrus and the Persians brought an end to the Babylonian Exile and decreed that communities exiled by the […]
Apr 15
The Roman army’s conquest and destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 is well documented, both in contemporary written sources like Josephus and in the archaeological […]
Apr 1
When Jesus and his disciples gathered for the Last Supper, how was the meal laid out? Did the group emulate the Roman dining practice of […]
Feb 11
Atop the summit of a small ridge in the Judean foothills (Shephelah) several miles southwest of Jerusalem sits an ancient town whose remains are known […]
Dec 24
In December of every year, carolers around the world gather and sing Phillips Brooks’s treasured lyrics to “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” In the popular […]
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