Bible History Daily

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Minoan Linear A is one of the most famous undeciphered scripts from the ancient world. In use from around 1800 to 1450 BCE, it continues […]

By: Glenn J. Corbett

This past January, prominent archaeologists and biblical scholars from around the world gathered for a weekend of lectures and discussion at the Lanier Theological Library […]

By: BAS Staff

The city of Sidon on the coast of modern Lebanon is mentioned 38 times in the Hebrew Bible. Recent excavations have exposed part of the ancient Canaanite—and later Phoenician—city, including a massive temple and depictions of deities worshiped at Sidon.

By: John Drummond

Sandwiched between the genealogies of Adam’s descendants and the tale of Noah’s flood are a few enigmatic verses that leave many of us scratching our […]

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Editor’s Note: The following article contains photos of human remains. During renovations of a soccer field near Vienna, Austria, a construction company was shocked as […]

By: John Drummond

The figure of King Solomon has captivated countless generations of Bible readers. The wise king had already reached legendary status in antiquity, and by the […]

By: Elie Wiesel

Read the article by Nobel Prize recipient Elie Wiesel as it appeared in Bible Review.

By: BAS Staff

Who were the Samaritans? Dr. Amy-Jill Levine of Vanderbilt University explains how getting an accurate answer to this question can shed light on how shocking the Good Samaritan parable would have been for Jesus’ audience.

By: BAS Staff

The Grand Egyptian Museum Cairo, Egypt visit-gem.com The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is finally open to the public … sort of. After a series of […]

By: Nicola Denzey Lewis

Brown University Religious Studies professor Nicola Denzey Lewis answers frequently asked questions about the apostle Peter. Denzey Lewis appears in the CNN series Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery, which aims to investigate artifacts that shed light on the world in which Jesus lived.