Bible History Daily

Bible History Daily

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.

Oct 15

Rare Evidence for Roman Crucifixion Found in Second-Century Britain

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

A surprise discovery has shed light on the gruesome execution practice of Roman crucifixion. As first reported in December 2021 in the magazine British Archaeology, a […]

Oct 14

Sennacherib’s Administration in Jerusalem

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Excavators with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered two large administrative buildings in the Mordot Arnona neighborhood of Jerusalem. Constructed one on top of […]

daphne-mosaic

Oct 13

The Creation of Woman in the Bible

By: Megan Sauter

How was the first woman created in Genesis 2? Was she made from the man’s rib or, as recently suggested in BAR, from his os baculum?

Oct 12

Jonah and the Whale

By: Nahum Sarna

The Book of Jonah is read in the synagogue on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the sacred Day of Atonement. Why, of all books in the Bible, this book this most holy day?

The gate to the temple of Edfu in Egypt. © Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oct 11

Coloring the Temple of Edfu

By: Lila Wolk

On the west bank of the Nile River, in the city of Edfu, sits a temple to the ancient Egyptian sky god Horus. One of […]

House of Peter in Capernaum

Oct 10

The House of Peter: The Home of Jesus in Capernaum?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Italian excavators working in Capernaum may have uncovered the remnants of the humble house of Peter that Jesus called home while in Capernaum.

sanzio-moses

Oct 10

Water from a Walking Rock

By: Megan Sauter

What does Paul mean in the Bible when he says that the Israelites drank “from the spiritual rock that followed them” during their wanderings in the wilderness?

A tomb inscription from Tayma oasis commemorates “Isaiah, the councilor, son of Joseph, the mayor of Tayma.” Photo: Nesnad, CC-BY-4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oct 9

Jews in Pre-Islamic Arabia

By: Marek Dospěl

In the first two centuries CE, Jews led two major revolts against the Romans—first, the Great Revolt (66–74), then the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132–135). In their […]

Holy women at Christ's tomb, by Annibale Carracci

Oct 8

The “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference

By: James Tabor

James Tabor presents a fresh look at the original text of the earliest Gospel.