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Mariotto Albertinelli Jesus
Dec 12
When Was Jesus Born—B.C. or A.D.?

By: Megan Sauter

Dec 12
Hezekiah’s Religious Reform—In the Bible and Archaeology

By: David Rafael Moulis

Credit: Public Domain  Caption: Jesus carries water in a cloth to Mary. Depicted in the 14th-century Gospel translation Klosterneuburger Evangelienwerk. 
Dec 11
The Prequel Gospels

By: BAS Staff

Mary and Joseph in the Bible
Dec 10
The Betrothal of Mary and Joseph in the Bible

By: Megan Sauter

Dec 10
Arguments Against Locating Sodom at Tall el-Hammam

By: Todd Bolen

The fragment of the colorful bowl originating in China. Courtesy Emil Aladjem, IAA
Dec 9
Israel’s Oldest Chinese Inscription Found on Mt. Zion

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

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Scholar’s Study

Giotto adoration of the magi
Herod’s Death, Jesus’ Birth and a Lunar Eclipse

Read letters published in the Q&C section of BAR debating the dates of Herod’s death, Jesus’ birth and to which lunar eclipse Josephus was referring.

Nag Hammadi Codex
Nag Hammadi Codices

The Nag Hammadi Codices are a group of papyrus manuscripts discovered near the city of Nag Hammadi in southern Egypt, about 70 miles north of […]

Abraham's Angels
Wordplay in Genesis

It is no secret to students of the Bible that the ancient Hebrews loved plays on words. And nowhere in the Hebrew Bible are there […]

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OnSite

11-2.-Beta-Giyorgis Oct. 15
The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

By: Megan Sauter

With 11 rock-hewn churches, Lalibela, Ethiopia, is understandably a place of pilgrimage for those in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Explore Lalibela’s spectacular subterranean churches in this web-exclusive slideshow.

Apr. 1
OnSite: The Via Dolorosa

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Dec. 19
OnSite: Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

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Reviews

Nov. 27
Review: The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

By: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity By Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, […]

Oct. 2
Review: The Bible Among Ruins

By: Aaron A. Burke

Jul. 17
Review: Excavating the Land of Jesus

By: Matthew J. Grey

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