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Book cover for 'The Archaeology of the Kingdom of Judah' by Yosef Garfinkel.

Apr 8

Reconstructing Judah

By: Thomas E. Levy

The Archaeology of the Kingdom of Judah By Yosef Garfinkel (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2025), 453 pp. / $80 (paperback or eBook) Reviewed by Thomas E. […]

Book cover for 'The Bible's First Kings: Uncovering the Story of Saul, David, and Solomon' by Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber

Mar 25

The Bible’s First Kings

By: Michael G. Hasel

The Bible’s First Kings: Uncovering the Story of Saul, David, and Solomon By Avraham Faust and Zev I. Farber (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2025), 464 […]

Book cover: 'John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer' by James F. McGrath.

Jan 28

The Quest for John the Baptist

By: Zeba Crook

John of History, Baptist of Faith: The Quest for the Historical Baptizer By James F. McGrath (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2024), 486 pp., $59.99 (hardcover and […]

Book cover for 'Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls' By Andrew Perrin

Dec 1

Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls

By: Abigail Naidu

Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls By Andrew Perrin (Bellingham: Lexham Press, 2025), 348 pp., 66 figs. (color & b/w photos, […]

Nov 28

Review: The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity

By: Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent

The Syriac World: In Search of a Forgotten Christianity By Françoise Briquel Chatonnet and Muriel Debié, trans. by Jeffrey Haines (New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, […]

The conversion story from Acts 4:1–4. From Acts of the Apostles, wordforwordbiblecomic.com

Oct 13

The Bible in Living Color

By: Jonathan Redding

The Book of Esther Word for Word Bible Comic series (Bristol, United Kingdom: Word for Word Bible Comics, 2024), i–ix + 84 pp. Acts of […]

Oct 1

Jerusalem Through the Ages

By: Shimon Gibson

Jerusalem Through the Ages: From Its Beginnings to the Crusades By Jodi Magness (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2024), x + 614 pp., 157 b/w […]

Book cover image of The Boomer Archaeologist: A Graphic Memoir of Tribes, Identity, and the Holy Land, by Thomas Evan Levy, illustrated by Lily Almeida

Sep 10

The Boomer Archaeologist

By: Donald Kane

The Boomer Archaeologist: A Graphic Memoir of Tribes, Identity, and the Holy Land By Thomas Evan Levy, illustrated by Lily Almeida (Sheffield: Equinox, 2025), 408 […]

Book cover for Boy Jesus: Growing up Judean in Turbulent Times, by Joan Taylor

Aug 13

Boy Jesus

By: James W. Barker

Boy Jesus: Growing Up Judean in Turbulent Times By Joan Taylor (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Academic, 2025), xvi + 340 pp., 16 color plates, 12 […]

Jul 14

Review: Excavating the Land of Jesus

By: Matthew J. Grey

Excavating the Land of Jesus How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels By James Riley Strange (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2023), 192 pp., 29 […]