07/01 | Few symbols have a tradition as long and as rich as the dove. Read about what it represents and how its use has been shared, adapted and reinterpreted across cultures Read more…
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06/23 | The Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament, tell the story of the life of Jesus. Yet only one—the Gospel of John—claims to be an eyewitness account, the Read more…
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04/01 | James Tabor presents a fresh look at the original text of the earliest Gospel. Read more…
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Learn about the Hebrew Bible in a free course of 25 video lectures by Harvard professor Shaye Cohen.
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The article “True Colors: Digital Reconstruction Restores Original Brilliance to the Arch of Titus” by Steven Fine, Peter J. Schertz and Donald H. Sanders in the May/June 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review describes digital scanning conducted on the famed Roman triumphal arch. Watch an exclusive video of the authors’ groundbreaking work.
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For more than a thousand years, the Jews of Cairo would preserve every piece of writing that contained Bible verses or references to God. Some of these treasured scraps are on display in the exhibit Discarded History: The Genizah of Medieval Cairo at the Cambridge University Library.
Enjoy book reviews by top scholars on wide-ranging topics in religion, archaeology and Biblical studies.
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Oliver D. Hoover reviews "Reign and Religion in Palestine: The Use of Sacred Iconography in Jewish Coinage" by Anne Lykke.
