Jun 25
By: Robert Cargill
The Met repatriated a looted artifact to Egypt. Will other museums follow their example?
Jun 20
By: Robin Ngo
Were the creation stories in Genesis meant to be taken literally? Maybe not, says Biblical scholar Shawna Dolansky in her Biblical Views column “The Multiple Truths of Myths” in the January/February 2016 issue of BAR.
Jun 19
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Compare differences in the Biblical text between the King James Version and Codex Sinaiticus, the oldest New Testament.
Jun 18
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Josephus’s commentaries on the laws and characteristics of the Essene community have been invaluable to scholars studying ancient Jewish laws and customs.
Jun 17
By: Robin Ngo
Where did Jesus turn water into wine? According to archaeologist Tom McCollough, one site offers the most compelling evidence that Cana of Galilee has been found.
Jun 16
By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister
The ancient village of Bethsaida frequently mentioned in the Gospels is believed to be located on the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee, but where precisely the abandoned city lies remains a fiercely-debated question among scholars.
Jun 15
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
In the first century C.E., during the First Jewish Revolt, the Jewish historian Josephus urged his besieged countrymen in Jerusalem to surrender to the Romans. Half a millennium earlier, Jeremiah did the same thing with respect to the Babylonians.
Jun 14
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Northern Renaissance painter Robert Campin’s Marriage of the Virgin dramatically captures the split of early Christianity and Judaism.
Jun 13
By: Sarah K. Yeomans
Did the Antonine Plague influence shifts in religious practices at the end of the second century C.E.?
Jun 12
By: BAS Staff
From Capernaum to Bethsaida to Jerusalem, the archaeological and historical evidence keeps piling up.
