Aug 12
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Despite the progress made deciphering ancient scripts over the past two centuries, a few remain tantalizingly out of reach, including the ancient Iranian script, Linear […]
Aug 11
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The Bethesda Pool, where Jesus heals the paralytic man in the Gospel of John, is a complex site. It appears to have been a mikveh, or ritual bath.
Aug 11
By: Robin Ngo
New Testament scholar Simon Gathercole examines what the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas reveal about the early Christian world in which they were written.
Aug 11
By: BAS Staff
Joseph Aviram, long-time Director and President of the Israel Exploration Society (IES) and a key figure in the development and popularization of the field of […]
Aug 10
By: Marek Dospěl
Editor’s Note: This blog article contains an image of human skeletal remains. Archaeologists excavating Canaanite Gezer unearthed a large building apparently destroyed by fire. Dating […]
Aug 9
By: Megan Sauter
Ben Witherington III addresses what happened at Pentecost in his Biblical Views column “Speaking in the Tongues of Men or Angels?”
Aug 9
By: Adele Berlin
According to Adele Berlin, the Book of Ruth illuminates the main theme of the Hebrew Bible: the continuity of God’s people in their land.
Aug 8
By: Parker Blackwell
A Byzantine church and convent believed to be dedicated to biblical Hannah, mother of the prophet Samuel, received new life after being excavated for the […]
Aug 7
Anna is one of the Bible’s most unusual women. Introduced at the end of the Birth Narrative (Luke 1:1-2:40), Anna concludes the sextet of named, pious Israelites surrounding the miraculous births of John and Jesus.
Aug 6
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Eastern section of Jerusalem’s Iron Age wall has been discovered.. It was uncovered in the City of David Archaeological Park, a short distance from the Temple Mount.
