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Jun 1 Blog

Beyond the Texts

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Richard Elliott Friedman reviews Beyond the Texts by William G. Dever.

Aug 26 Blog

Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Judith M. Hadley reviews "Israel’s Exodus in Transdisciplinary Perspective," edited by Thomas E. Levy, Thomas Schneider and William H.C. Propp.

May 16 Blog

Raphael Golb’s Dead Sea Scroll Conviction Affirmed By New York’s Highest Court

By: Hershel Shanks

On May 13, 2014, New York’s highest court affirmed the criminal conviction of Raphael Golb, son of Dead Sea Scroll scholar Norman Golb. The younger Golb had tried to support his father’s minority view of the scrolls by sending a number of fraudulent emails using pseudonyms.

Mar 11 Blog

Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination

By: Noah Wiener

Watch dozens of full-length lectures from the 2014 international conference Out of Egypt: Israel’s Exodus Between Text and Memory, History and Imagination.

Jan 19 Blog

Video: The Omerta on the Exodus

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Watch a full-length lecture by University of Georgia scholar Baruch Halpern online for free.

Aug 19 Blog

How to Study a Dead Sea Scrolls Text

By: Lawrence H. Schiffman

This post was originally published on Professor Schiffman’s website as the first part of an ongoing series on the study of the scrolls. Bible History […]

Feb 13 Blog

Biblical Archaeology Books on the Go

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

The Bible in the News, Aspects of Monotheism, The Rise of Ancient Israel, Feminist Approaches to the Bible and The Search for Jesus are now available as digital publications for your eReader

Jan 30 Blog

Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar’s Son Off to Jail

By: Hershel Shanks

A New York appellate court has affirmed the criminal conviction of Raphael Golb, son of Dead Sea Scroll scholar Norman Golb, for impersonating another Dead […]

Jan 14 Blog

Megiddo 3

By: Reviewed by Israel Finkelstein

Israel Finkelstein reviews "Megiddo 3: Final Report on the Stratum VI Excavations" by Timothy P. Harrison.

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