Aug 20
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.
Jul 30
The Kingdom of Cush, Egypt’s neighbor to the south, played an important role in biblical history despite being one of the lesser known kingdoms. According to 2 Kings 19:9, “Tirhakah, King of Cush” came to the aid of Hezekiah against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, when his forces laid siege to Jerusalem in 701 B.C.E. Without such aid, Judah would have likely gone the way of the Kingdom of Israel—spread to the four winds, never to return.
Jun 24
Summer has finally arrived, and for many of us the preceding months have been long and cold. As you spend time outside with family and […]
Jun 2
“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a […]
Nov 22
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 17
For this recipe, we travel to ancient Constantinople (modern Istanbul), the capital of the mighty Byzantine Empire. Founded in the seventh century BCE as a […]
Nov 12
2025 WINNERS BAS Publication Awards These prestigious awards have been made possible by a grant from the Rohr Family in memory of Sami Rohr. BEST […]
Aug 6
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 […]
Jun 18
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 […]
May 27
The Kitāb al-ṭabīh (“Book of Cooking”) is a 13th-century collection of recipes from the Iberian Peninsula. It is the oldest recipe collection from Spain, specifically […]
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