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Jul 23 Blog

King David’s Palace at Khirbet Qeiyafa?

By: Noah Wiener

The Israel Antiquities Authority’s (IAA) July 18, 2013 press release is crowned with an extraordinary headline: King David’s Palace was Uncovered in the Judean Shephelah.

Apr 10 Blog

Biblical Minimalism and Maximalism in Scholarship

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Bill Dever discusses BAR’s facilitation of the Biblical minimalism-maximalism debate, which centers on whether the establishment of ancient Israel took place in the tenth or the ninth century B.C.E.

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Jan 5 Blog

Biblical Sha’arayim: Khirbet Qeiyafa’s Second Gate Discovered

By: Robin Ngo

Excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa have uncovered a second city gate from the 10th century B.C.E., the time of King David’s reign. No other site from this period has more than one gate. What do Qeiyafa’s two city gates tell us about the Kingdom of Judah in David’s time?

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Jun 5 Blog

Biblical Name Eshbaal Found Outside of the Bible

By: Robin Ngo

A 3,000-year-old inscription discovered at Khirbet Qeiyafa references the Biblical name Eshbaal. This is the first time the name has been found in an ancient inscription.

Jul 2 Blog

Divided Kingdom, United Critics

By: Reviews by William G. Dever and Aaron Burke

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 critically and independently reviewed by William G. Dever and Aaron Burke.

Nov 8 Blog

Khirbet Qeiyafa and Tel Lachish Excavations Explore Early Kingdom of Judah

By: Noah Wiener

Monumental discoveries from the 2013 season at Khirbet Qeiyafa provide new evidence of an extensive civil administration during the time of King David. To continue investigating the tenth-century kingdom of Judah, the Qeiyafa archaeologists are heading to Lachish.

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May 3 Blog

Old Sherds, New Science

By: Hershel Shanks

The Biblical Archaeology Society (BAS) has recently published a must-read for dig directors with the imposing and somewhat intimidating title Cyber-Archaeology in the Holy Land—The Future of the Past. It is written by Tom Levy and his team from the University of California, San Diego, who have been excavating at the Edomite copper-mining site in Faynan, Jordan, since 1997. According to the Bible, the site was visited by the Israelites on their Exodus journey from Egypt (Numbers 33:43).

Feb 13 Blog

Controversial Qeiyafa Comes to U.S. Museum

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Since the beginning of Dr. Yosef Garfinkel’s excavation at Khirbet Qeiyafa in 2007, the site has been producing exciting and controversial finds that have kept the Biblical archaeology world buzzing.

Jun 19 Blog

A Minimalist Disputes His Demise

By: Philip Davies

Yosef Garfinkel responds to Philip Davies' response on the Bible and Interpretation website. In it, he accuses Yosef Garfinkel of "misrepresent[ing]" what minimalism is, of being a "careless and overblown writer" and "unable to distinguish truth from fact."

Jun 19 Blog

The Great Minimalist Debate

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In our March/April 2011 issue we published an article entitled “The Birth & Death of Biblical Minimalism” by Israel archaeologist Yosef Garfinkel. Among those identified as minimalists was the prominent English scholar Philip Davies. We asked Davies if he would like to respond, but he declined. Subsequently, however, he published a response on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. We asked Professor Davies if he would allow us to post his response on our Scholar’s Study page and he graciously agreed.

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