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By: Robin Gallaher Branch

The Book of Judith presents a truly remarkable heroine. Judith is introduced as a devout, shapely, beautiful and wealthy widow who exhibits characteristics equal to those of Israel’s finest warriors.

By: Robin Gallaher Branch

Anna is one of the Bible’s most unusual women. Introduced at the end of the Birth Narrative (Luke 1:1-2:40), Anna concludes the sextet of named, pious Israelites surrounding the miraculous births of John and Jesus.

By: Megan Sauter

Foot-shaped sites have been found throughout the Jordan Valley, including an extraordinary cultic site on Mt. Ebal. Is this the Israelite altar described in Joshua 8?

By: BAS Staff

Straight from the field to you, hear from the individuals who were awarded BAS scholarships in 2015.

By: Yitzhak Meitlis

In the September/October 2014 issue of BAR, Itzhaq Shai reviewed Yitzhak Meitlis’s book Excavating the Bible (Eshel Books, 2012). Here, Meitlis responds to Shai’s review.

By: Reviewed by Itzhaq Shai

Itzhaq Shai reviews "Excavating the Bible: New Archaeological Evidence for the Historical Reliability of Scripture" by Yitzhak Meitlis.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Scholars Orly Goldwasser and Anson Rainey debate who really invented the alphabet—illiterate miners or educated sophisticates.

By: Reviewed by R. Steven Notley

R. Steven Notley reviews "The Biblical World: An Illustrated Atlas" by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, "Biblica: The Bible Atlas" by Barry J. Beitzel, "Aerial Atlas of the Holy Land" by John Bowker and "The IVP Atlas of Bible History" by Paul Lawrence.

By: Reviewed by William W. Hallo

William W. Hallo reviews "In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief" by James Kugel.

By: Noah Wiener

Anson F. Rainey, Israel's leading historical geographer of the land of the Bible and a master of cuneiform languages such as Akkadian and Ugaritic, as well as ancient Egyptian (hieroglyphic and hieratic), to say nothing of Hebrew and Arabic, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on February 19. He was 81.