Dec 13
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Was Joseph Jesus’ biological father? If not, who was Jesus’ biological father? Andrew Lincoln examines what early Christians thought about conception and explains how views about this subject have changed over time.
Dec 11
By: BAS Staff
Gender Equality Please stick to biblical archaeology and leave the social engineering to others. We are all bombarded with politics 24/7 and I have no […]
Dec 11
By: BAS Staff
Congratulations to our 2019 dig scholarship recipients! The Biblical Archaeology Society awarded scholarships to 12 individuals who would otherwise not have been able to participate […]
Dec 11
By: Ronald S. Hendel and Jan Joosten
The contrast between Classical and Late Biblical Hebrew is best illustrated by juxtaposing two extracts of biblical prose narrative, one from each corpus. Classical Biblical […]
Dec 10
By: Andrew McGowan
Theological scholar Andrew McGowan examines how December 25 came to be associated with the birthday of Jesus and became Christmas, a holiday celebrated by Christians around the world.
Dec 9
By: Jonathan Laden
For thousands of years, different peoples have interacted with each other by fighting wars and also by trading. In addition to the conquests that built […]
Dec 8
By: Elie Wiesel
With Adam’s death, Seth became the patriarch of the first family. With the death of his brothers Cain and Abel and of Cain’s descendants, Seth became progenitor of the rest of the human race.
Dec 7
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament, tell the story of the life of Jesus. Yet only one—the Gospel of John—claims to be an eyewitness account, the testimony of the unnamed “disciple whom Jesus loved.”
Dec 6
By: Jonathan Laden
The owner of the lid thought that it was contaminated by hardened bat dung. However, the residue was from papyrus. A jar probably fell, dislodging the lid; the papyrus Dead Sea Scrolls then decomposed over the intervening centuries before modern discovery.
Dec 5
By: Michele Barasso
From its beginnings as a humble village to its height as a metropolis that ruled the Mediterranean, the city of Rome had as its geographic […]
