Aug 25
By: Matthieu Richelle and Andrew Burlingame
In their article, “Mesha’s Stele and the House of David” (BAR, Winter 2022), André Lemaire and Jean-Philippe Delorme argue that the reading btdwd (“House of […]
Aug 25
By: Various Authors
In his 1994 Biblical Archaeology Review article, acclaimed epigrapher André Lemaire first proposed that the ninth-century BCE Mesha Stele from ancient Moab includes a reference […]
May 26
By: André Lemaire and Jean-Philippe Delorme
In our article “Mesha’s Stele and the House of David” (Biblical Archaeology Review, Winter 2022), we showed that new photographs of the stone and the […]
May 10
By: Megan Sauter
The Mesha Stele and “House of David” take center stage yet again. In the Winter 2022 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, André Lemaire and Jean-Philippe […]
Jan 11
By: Megan Sauter
Does the Mesha Stele mention King David of the Bible? In the ninth century BCE, King Mesha of Moab set up a stela in his […]
Nov 18
By: André Lemaire
The Mesha Stele details the victories of King Mesha of Moab over the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. It was found at Dibon, the capital […]