Jennifer Drummond, Author at Biblical Archaeology Society

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Feb 27

The Aleppo Codex

The world’s oldest Hebrew Bible, the Aleppo Codex, is missing pages—and not just a couple leaves, but four of the Five Books of Moses! What happened to them?

Divine Love Conquering Earthly Love by Giovanni Baglione. Public Domain.

Jan 14

The Nephilim and the Sons of God

By: John Drummond

Sandwiched between the genealogies of Adam’s descendants and the tale of Noah’s flood are a few enigmatic verses that leave many of us scratching our […]

Nov 23

What Did Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem Look Like?

By: Jennifer Drummond

Fifty years ago, leading Israeli scholar Michael Avi-Yonah constructed a now-iconic model of Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem. How accurate is it?

Nov 11

BAR Test Kitchen: Tasty Cuneiform Tablets

By: Jennifer Drummond

The smell and spices of gingerbread are a sure way to warm your home during the holidays. Although gingerbread is old—it may have been introduced […]

Oct 17

Four Female Viewpoints on Eve

By: Jennifer Drummond

A single bite of fruit forever heaved the entirety of a fallen and sinful creation onto the shoulders of Eve; through the lens of millennia […]

Oct 3

What Is the Oldest Hebrew Bible?

By: Jennifer Drummond

The oldest Hebrew Bible texts are the Dead Sea Scrolls (c. 250 B.C.E.–115 C.E.), but the most nearly complete copies of the Hebrew Bible are codices from a thousand years ago. What happened in the period between these two discoveries? The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript fills the gap in our knowledge of this interim period.

Aug 9

What Is Latin?

By: Jennifer Drummond

Although the original biblical texts were written mostly in Hebrew or Greek, there is no denying that Latin was one of the most important languages […]

Modern tefillin, painted black, being strapped to the arm. Courtesy Emil Aladjem, IAA.

Jun 21

What Color Were Ancient Tefillin?

By: Jennifer Drummond

Tefillin, commonly known as phylacteries in English, are Jewish ritual leather cases containing Bible verses written on tiny scrolls, strapped on the forehead and arm […]

Westward view over the harbor at Fair Havens, on the southern coast of Crete. Photo courtesy of Mark Wilson

Apr 24

The Pax Romana and Maritime Travel

By: Jennifer Drummond

The Pax Romana, or “Roman Peace,” is what many often term the Roman Empire’s unprecedented period of peace and economic prosperity between 27 BCE and […]

Nov 17

BAR Test Kitchen: Mongolian Meat Cakes

By: Jennifer Drummond

For this Test Kitchen, we are going a bit further afield, to China’s Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368 CE). Founded by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, […]

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