Feb 8
By: William G. Dever
I’m one of the few people who can say they knew Hershel Shanks and BAR before they both became famous. In 1972, when I was […]
Feb 8
By: Alan Millard
To see yourself as others see you can be helpful, instructive, revealing, disconcerting, and even irritating! Hershel styles himself “an archaeology outsider” in his autobiography. […]
Feb 7
By: André Lemaire
Biblical Archaeology Review has now a long road of 42 years behind it. For me, this long road has a face: its founder and editor, […]
Feb 7
By: Amy-Jill Levine
It is difficult to say no to Hershel Shanks. Much like Jesus, he has the capacity to say to otherwise busy people, “Come, follow me. […]
Feb 7
By: Eric H. Cline
I have never lived, professionally speaking, in a world without Hershel Shanks and Biblical Archaeology Review. He began the magazine in 1975, when I was still […]
Feb 7
By: Eric and Carol Meyers
We have told this story before, but it bears repeating on this special occasion celebrating Hershel’s long tenure at the helm of Biblical Archaeology Review. […]
Feb 6
By: Bas Staff
This week, the Biblical Archaeology Society remembers the life and achievements of Biblical Archaeology Review’s founder and Editor Emeritus, Hershel Shanks, who passed away February 5, 2021 […]
Dec 21
By: Megan Sauter
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones famously says, “X never, ever marks the spot.” While that is true with most archaeological excavations, […]
Oct 28
By: Megan Sauter
What kind of stone sealed the tomb of Jesus? Was it a round (disk-shaped) stone or a square (cork-shaped) stone? While both kinds of blocking stones are attested in Jerusalem tombs from the time of Jesus, square (cork-shaped) stones are much, much more common than round (disk-shaped) ones.
Oct 15
By: Jonathan Laden
It has already been established that Columbus was not the first European to lead an expedition to the “New World,” across the vast Atlantic Ocean […]
