Nov 4
By: Marek Dospěl
The few surviving Torah scrolls that are this old are all very fragmentary and almost illegible. It is thus exciting to find a very old, well-preserved Torah scroll, even if it’s only a fragment, a single sheet.
Jul 2
Learn how scholars identify ancient gardens, what Herod’s gardens looked like, and how they fit in the larger landscape.
Jun 9
According to Mark R. Fairchild, archaeological looting is alive and well in rural and remote areas of Turkey.
Mar 27
The idea of clean and unclean is universal, and we distinguish between clean and unclean things on daily basis when we ask ourselves: “Should I […]
Feb 18
The gruesome discovery of four human skeletons at Tel Azekah poses questions about the final days of the Canaanite city and how those dramatic events might be related to the Bronze Age collapse of Mediterranean civilizations.
Oct 29
Take a close look at how aspects of Hellenism played out in Hellenistic Judea, specifically under the Jewish dynasty of Hasmonean kings.
Sep 11
What is the significance of the Aramaic texts among the Dead Sea Scrolls for elucidating the literary, societal, political, and religious contexts of ancient Judaism and nascent Christianity?
Aug 13
Learn about prehistoric dining at Tel Tsaf, an ancient village about 20 miles south of the Sea of Galilee in Israel.
Aug 6
In BAR, Karel van der Toorn contends that three Israelite psalms appear in Papyrus Amherst 63—although only one is attested in the Bible.
Nov 21
Why are most of the houses from Iron Age Israel and Judah oriented to the east?
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