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Aug 27 Blog

Treasures in Clay Jars

The ubiquity of hoards in antiquity, both in time and region, suggests that the phenomenon was so well known that Paul could reasonably use it as an analogy. These treasures—the coin hoards mentioned in of 2 Corinthians 4:7—were never placed in clay lamps but rather in clay jars.

Jul 22 Blog

Tradition or History? BAS Travelers Encounter Both on Rhodes

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson describes a recent visit to the island of Rhodes, where Paul stopped during his third journey while returning to Jerusalem.

Jun 5 Blog

Ancient Phoenix: The Harbor That Might Have Been

By: Mark Wilson

Explore a Pauline site on Crete with Mark Wilson.

Oct 23 Blog

The Serendipities of Archaeological Travel with BAS

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson took BAS audiences through to Neolithic, Hebrew Bible and New Testament sites in Turkey after political circumstances prevented a trip to southeastern Turkey.

Jul 24 Blog

Destroying a Temple

By: Mark Wilson

Dr. Mark Wilson is the director of the Asia Minor Research Center in Antalya, Turkey, and is the host for BAS’s tours of Turkey. Read […]

May 30 Blog

Antipatris: Another Pauline Site Off My Bucket List

By: Mark Wilson

Ancient visitors would have approached the magnificent walls of Antipatris on this Herodian street. Biblical scholar Mark Wilson describes the road into Antipatris. “My imagination was stirred to picture Paul mounted on a horse and riding into Antipatris under the protection of 200 soldiers, 70 horsemen, and 200 spearmen.”

Nov 20 Blog

Moshe Kochavi (1928–2008)

By: Dorothy Willette

Professor Moshe Kochavi, a founding faculty member of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, died on February 4, 2008, after a long illness. He was 79. Kochavi studied archaeology at the Hebrew University under Yohanan Aharoni and later collaborated with him to establish the Institute of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, serving twice as its director.

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