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Mordechai Beck's Moses

Feb 6 Blog

Who Was Moses? Was He More than an Exodus Hero?

By: BAS Staff

Who was Moses? Was he more than an Exodus hero? Discover the Biblical Moses with Peter Machinist in his article “The Man Moses.”

Late-15th-century painting of The Last Supper by the Spanish artist known as the Master of Perea.

Nov 5 Blog

Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?

By: Jonathan Klawans

Many assume that Jesus' Last Supper was a Seder, the ritual Passover meal. Examine evidence from the synoptic Gospels with scholar Jonathan Klawans.

Painting 'He turned their waters into blood,' by the 19th-century American folk painter Erastus Salisbury Field (1805–1900). Photo: National Gallery of Art, Washington/Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Mar 31 Blog

Exodus in the Bible and the Egyptian Plagues

By: BAS Staff

The Book of Exodus describes ten Egyptian plagues that bring suffering to the land of pharaoh. Are these Biblical plagues plausible on any level?

pozo-moro-relief

Mar 2 Blog

Did the Ancient Israelites Think Children Were People?

By: T. M. Lemos

The Book of Exodus presumably reflects the views of its Israelite authors on their deity, morality, and the like. Why then would the Israelites have imagined Yahweh slaughtering Egyptian children for sins the children themselves had not committed? Did the Israelites even think children were persons with any type of rights?

Google, Israel Museum Put Dead Sea Scrolls Online

Sep 10 Blog

Dead Sea Scrolls Online: IAA Expands Digital Library

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

The Israel Antiquities Authority launched the updated Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library, a website that allows visitors to view and search high-resolution images of the complete Dead Sea Scrolls archive online.

Dec 31 Blog

Top 10 Bible History Daily Posts in 2018

By: Robin Ngo

Check out the top 10 Bible History Daily blog posts published in 2018 that received the most web traffic.

Apr 27 Blog

Ancient Apiary on Display

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

While we know this refers to the land of Israel, what does “flowing with milk and honey” mean? A new exhibit at the Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv, Israel, looks at this question anew.

habua-fortress

Jan 15 Blog

Largest Known Ancient Egyptian Fortress Excavated at Tell el-Habua

By: Robin Ngo

The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry recently announced the excavation of a 3,000-year-old fortress—the largest discovered to date in Egypt—at the site of Tell el-Habua.

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.

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

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The Dead Sea Scrolls: Past, Present, and Future
Biblical Peoples—The World of Ancient Israel
Who Was Jesus? Exploring the History of Jesus’ Life
Ancient Israel in Egypt and the Exodus
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