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• The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context

  Reviewed by Ehud Galili   •  02/12/2016

  

  Ehud Galili reviews “The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context” by Shelley Wachsmann.   Read more…
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• The Nag Hammadi Story: Vol. 1 & 2

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  12/11/2015

  

  Birger A. Pearson reviews The Nag Hammadi Story: Vol. 1 & 2 by James M. Robinson.   Read more…
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• Discovery House Bible Atlas

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  12/11/2015

  

  Ben Witherington III reviews Discovery House Bible Atlas by John A. Beck.   Read more…
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• Iesus Deus

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  10/02/2015

  

  James D.G. Dunn reviews Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014) by M. David Litwa.   Read more…
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• In the Master’s Steps

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  10/02/2015

  

  Claire Pfann reviews In the Master’s Steps: The Gospels in the Land, The Carta New Testament Atlas, vol. 1 (Jerusalem: Carta, 2014) by R. Steven Notley.   Read more…
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• Archaeology Essentials

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  08/12/2015

  

  Aren M. Maeir reviews “Archaeology Essentials: Theories, Methods, Practice, 3rd ed.” by Colin Renfrew and Paul Bahn.   Read more…
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• Mosaics of Faith

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  08/12/2015

  

  Henry Maguire reviews “Mosaics of Faith: Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land” by Rina Talgam.   Read more…
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• Ancient Synagogues—Archaeology and Art

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  06/03/2015

  

  Benjamin D. Gordon reviews “Ancient Synagogues— Archaeology and Art: New Discoveries and Current Research” by Rachel Hachlili.   Read more…
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• Lives in Ruins

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  06/03/2015

  

  Aren M. Maeir reviews “Lives in Ruins: Archaeologists and the Seductive Lure of Human Rubble” by Marilyn Johnson.   Read more…
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• Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim

  Ellen White   •  06/03/2015

  

  Ellen White reviews “Medieval Treasures from Hildesheim,” edited by Peter Barnet, Michael Brandt and Gerhard Lutz.   Read more…
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• Biblical Lachish

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  04/03/2015

  

  Larry G. Herr reviews “Biblical Lachish: A Tale of Construction, Destruction, Excavation and Restoration” by David Ussishkin.   Read more…
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• How Israel Became a People

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  04/03/2015

  

  Aren M. Maeir reviews “How Israel Became a People” by Ralph K. Hawkins.   Read more…
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• Understanding the Alphabet of the Dead Sea Scrolls

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  04/03/2015

  

  Martin Heide reviews “Understanding the Alphabet of the Dead Sea Scrolls—Development, Chronology, Dating” by Ada Yardeni.   Read more…
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• Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  02/06/2015

  

  Joan R. Branham reviews “Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity: Historical Contexts of Jewish Art” by Lee I. Levine.   Read more…
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• Jesus on Trial

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  02/06/2015

  

  James D.G. Dunn reviews “Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel” by David Limbaugh.   Read more…
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• Outside the Bible

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  12/05/2014

  

  James H. Charlesworth reviews “Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture” edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel and Lawrence H. Schiffman.   Read more…
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• The True Herod

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  12/05/2014

  

  David M. Jacobson reviews “The True Herod” by Geza Vermes.   Read more…
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• Chagall: Love, War and Exile

  Megan Sauter   •  10/03/2014

  

  Megan Sauter reviews “Chagall: Love, War and Exile” by Susan Tumarkin Goodman, with an essay by Kenneth E. Silver.   Read more…
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• The Formation of the Jewish Canon

  Reviewed by James C. VanderKam   •  10/03/2014

  

  James C. VanderKam reviews “The Formation of the Jewish Canon” by Timothy H. Lim.
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• The Jerusalem Western Wall Tunnel

  Reviewed by Leen Ritmeyer   •  10/03/2014

  

  Leen Ritmeyer reviews “The Jerusalem Western Wall Tunnel” by Dan Bahat.   Read more…
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• Haneroth Halalou

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  10/03/2014

  

  Some may condemn it. Others will praise it. It is essentially a picture catalog of 1,034 unprovenanced oil lamps from the collection of the author, Chaim Kaufman. Despite its Hebrew   Read more…
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• Ancient Israel Through a Social Scientific Lens

  Yigal Levin   •  09/29/2014

  

  Archaeology has come a long way since 19th-century explorers first mapped Biblical sites. Two recent volumes highlight the value of a new interdisciplinary approach as archaeologist Avraham Faust explores Israelite   Read more…
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• Tourists, Travellers, and Hotels in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem

  Reviewed by Nitza Rosovsky   •  08/13/2014

  

  Nitza Rosovsky reviews “Tourists, Travellers, and Hotels in Nineteenth-Century Jerusalem” edited by Shimon Gibson, Yoni Shapira and Rupert L. Chapman III.   Read more…
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• Excavating the Bible

  Reviewed by Itzhaq Shai   •  08/13/2014

  

  Itzhaq Shai reviews “Excavating the Bible: New Archaeological Evidence for the Historical Reliability of Scripture” by Yitzhak Meitlis.   Read more…
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• Divided Kingdom, United Critics

  Reviews by William G. Dever and Aaron Burke   •  07/02/2014

  

  The Forgotten Kingdom by Israel Finkelstein traces the development of the northern kingdom of Israel to an earlier time associated with the reign of King Saul. The award-winning work is   Read more…
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