Bible Interpretation
Mar 16
Treasure Trove of Ancient Astrology Unearthed in Egypt
A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the University of Tübengen has uncovered an astonishing 13,000 new ostraca at Atreps […]
Mar 9
Gladiators, Graffiti, and Martyrs
Few images capture the Roman world more vividly than the clash of gladiators in the arena. These spectacles drew enormous crowds across the empire and […]
Mar 7
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?
Mar 5
Tabitha in the Bible
Biblical studies scholar Robin Gallaher Branch explores Luke’s depiction of a woman set on doing good for the poor and serving her friends, the widows, for whom she makes robes and clothing.
Feb 27
Archaeology and the First Christians
Archaeology at Emesa (modern Homs, Syria) does not give a single dramatic moment of religious revolution. Instead, it offers something more historically valuable: layers. Coins, […]
Feb 23
Why Biblical Archaeology Still Matters
Biblical archaeology is not a niche offshoot of archaeology. It was there at the beginning. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, excavations in Egypt, […]
Feb 18
Enslaved Scribes and the New Testament
Slavery is hard to sit with. It exposes grave horrors in how people have treated each other and challenges core beliefs about human worth and […]
Feb 17
Christmas Stories in Christian Apocrypha
By: Tony Burke
The modern Christmas nativity scene is drawn from apocryphal texts in addition to the infancy narratives of Matthew and Luke.
Feb 14
Love Your Neighbor: Only Israelites or Everyone?
By: Richard Elliott Friedman
The Book of Leviticus tells us to love our neighbors, but who are our neighbors? Does the command mean to just love fellow Israelites—or everyone?
Feb 5
Eunuchs in the Bible
By: Megan Sauter
Stephen J. Patterson discusses what Jesus meant when he referred to “eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:11–12).
