Artifacts and the Bible
Jul 31
Rare Judean Pillar Figurine Discovery from Jerusalem
A remarkable discovery in Jerusalem sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic artifact types from Iron Age Judah: the Judean Pillar Figurines. These […]
Jul 31
Christian Amulets with Inscriptions
By: Marek Dospěl
“Have you fallen into a severe sickness, and do many come … with charms, some with amulets … to remedy the evil?” With these words, […]
Jul 28
The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
By: BAS Staff
Until the discovery of the Nag Hammadi codices in 1945, the Gnostic view of early Christianity had largely been forgotten. The teachings of Gnostic Christianity had been virtually erased from history by the early church fathers.
Jul 5
Dating the Oldest New Testament Christian Manuscripts
By: Marek Dospěl
The New Testament that we read today in many different translations is not based on one single manuscript of the original Greek text. Why? There […]
Jun 19
Statues of Mysterious Classical Figures Found Near Caesarea
A spectacular discovery has emerged near the town of Binyamina along the coast of Israel. Archaeologists uncovered two marble statues, known as protomes, depicting the […]
May 22
A Mysterious Tunnel Near Jerusalem
Archaeologists excavating near Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem have uncovered an ancient rock-cut tunnel that has so far resisted explanation. The tunnel runs about 165 feet […]
May 20
Was the Siloam Inscription a Message for the Dead?
Sometimes, archaeology provides evidence that makes the past feel palpable. Jerusalem’s Siloam Tunnel Inscription is a great example. Carved into the tunnel’s wall is a […]
May 18
Paul’s Lost Words Recovered
An international research team led by Professor Garrick Allen at the University of Glasgow recently conducted a major manuscript recovery project of Codex H. This […]
May 11
News in the History of the Alphabet
A newly published 12th-century BCE jar inscription from Lachish preserves a personal name containing the root š-l-ṭ, centuries earlier than this root was believed to […]
May 7
The Tel Dan Inscription: The First Historical Evidence of King David from the Bible
By: BAS Staff
Few modern Biblical archaeology discoveries have attracted as much attention as the Tel Dan inscription—writing on a ninth-century B.C. stone slab (or stela) that furnished the first historical evidence of King David from the Bible.
