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Jul 17 Blog

Review: Excavating the Land of Jesus

By: Matthew J. Grey

Excavating the Land of Jesus How Archaeologists Study the People of the Gospels By James Riley Strange (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2023), 192 pp., 29 […]

May 15 Blog

Review: Mount Machaerus

By: Konstantinos Politis

Mount Machaerus An Introduction to the Historical, Archaeological, and Pilgrim Site Overlooking the Dead Sea in the Kingdom of Jordan By Győző Vörös (Amman: The […]

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Mar 6 Blog

Review: An Anatomy of God

By: Erin Darby

God: An Anatomy By Francesca Stavrakopoulou (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022), 592 pp., 3 maps, 57 b/w figs., 33 color photos; $35.00 (hardback) Reviewed […]

Dec 6 Blog

Review: The Magi in History and Tradition

By: Christopher A. Frilingos

The Magi Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate By Eric Vanden Eykel (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2022), 218 pp.; […]

Aug 19 Blog

Review: Voices from the Ruins

By: BAS Staff

Voices from the Ruins: Theodicy and the Fall of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible By Dalit Rom-Shiloni (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2021), xviii + 562 […]

Aug 13 Blog

Review: Bedouin Culture in the Bible

By: Edward L. Greenstein

Bedouin Culture in the Bible By Clinton Bailey (New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 2018), 278 pp., 28 b/w illus., $55.00 (hardcover) Reviewed by Edward […]

Nov 21 Blog

Review: Archaeology Study Bible (English Standard Version)

By: Sidnie White Crawford

Archaeology Study Bible (English Standard Version) Edited by John D. Currid and David W. Chapman (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2017), 2064 pp., charts, tables, 400+ full-color […]

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