Apr 23
By: Megan Sauter
Go on a culinary adventure through historical and archaeological remains to reconstruct the diet of the average person in Roman Palestine.
Apr 22
By: BAS Staff
Moses’ story is told in the Book of Exodus, but it starts in Genesis with the story of Abraham and his family with whom God makes a covenant.
Apr 21
By: David Moster
Many Biblical stories are set within the context of a meal. While most of these are about regular meals, others refer to more bizarre, extreme or supernatural cases of eating and drinking.
Apr 19
By: BAS Staff
Nominations are invited for the 2019 Biblical Archaeology Society Publication Awards, for books published in 2017 and 2018.
Apr 19
By: Jonathan Klawans
Many people still assume that Jesus’ Last Supper was a Seder, a ritual meal held in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover. In this exclusive Bible History Daily guest post, Boston University Professor of Religion Jonathan Klawans provides an update to his popular Bible Review article questioning this common assumption.
Apr 19
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
Many assume that Jesus' Last Supper was a Seder, the ritual Passover meal. Examine evidence from the synoptic Gospels with scholar Jonathan Klawans.
Apr 18
By: Samuel DeWitt Pfister
A team of underwater archaeologists recently found the remains of an ancient shipwreck just off the coast of Turkey.
Apr 17
By: Carly Silver
There are a few unique references to Roman women converting to Judaism in the first century C.E.
Apr 16
By: Megan Sauter
An impressive new seal impression has been uncovered in the City of David in Jerusalem.
Apr 15
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
The origins of Jewish dietary or kosher laws (kashrut) have long been the subject of scholarly research and debate.
