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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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• The Evil Inclination

  Reviewed by Brian E. Daley, S.J.   •  06/11/2014

  

  Brian E. Daley, S.J. reviews “Sinning in the Hebrew Bible: How the Worst Stories Speak for Its Truth” by Alan F. Segal and “Sin: The Early History of an Idea”   Read more…
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• The Art of Empathy

  Reviewed by Megan Sauter   •  04/09/2014

  

  Megan Sauter reviews “The Art of Empathy: The Mother of Sorrows in Northern Renaissance Art and Devotion” by David S. Areford.   Read more…
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• The Life of Margaret Alice Murray

  Reviewed by Adam John Fraser   •  04/09/2014

  

  Adam John Fraser reviews “The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology” by Kathleen L. Sheppard.   Read more…
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• What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden?

  Reviewed by Mary Joan Winn Leith   •  04/09/2014

  

  Mary Joan Winn Leith reviews “What Really Happened in the Garden of Eden?” by Ziony Zevit.   Read more…
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• The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology 2 vols.

  Reviewed by Aaron A. Burke   •  02/12/2014

  

  Aaron A. Burke reviews “The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology 2 vols.” edited by Daniel M. Master.   Read more…
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• Between Heaven and Earth

  Megan Sauter   •  12/12/2013

  

  Megan Sauter reviews “Between Heaven and Earth: Birds in Ancient Egypt” edited by Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer.   Read more…
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• “Is This Not the Carpenter?”

  Reviewed by Victor Paul Furnish   •  12/12/2013

  

  Victor Paul Furnish reviews “‘Is This Not the Carpenter?’ The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus” edited by Thomas L. Thompson and Thomas S. Verenna.   Read more…
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• Ancient Christianity as Reflected in Its Churches

  Vassilios Tzaferis   •  11/04/2013

  

  Vassilios Tzaferis reviews “Christians and Christianity, Vol. III & IV (Churches and Monasteries in Samaria and Northern Judea and Churches and Monasteries in Judea)” edited by Noga Carmin.   Read more…
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• Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria

  Biblical Archaeology Society Staff   •  10/09/2013

  

  Hershel Shanks reviews “Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Fourth Century B.C.E.) From the Khalili Collections” edited by Joseph Naveh and Shaul Shaked.   Read more…
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