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Jun 16 Blog

High Places, Altars and the Bamah

The open-air altar shrine, called a bamah (plural bamot), is known through several books of the Biblical canon. Often referred to as “high places” in translations of the Bible, bamot were worship sites that usually contained an altar.

Apr 21 Blog

10 Great Biblical Artifacts at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem

By: David Moster

10 The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem houses one of the world’s most important collections of Biblical artifacts.

Dec 25 Blog

Review: Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context

By: Marvin A. Sweeney

Enemies and Friends of the State: Ancient Prophecy in Context Edited by Christopher A. Rollston (University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns, 2018), 624 pp., tables, graphs, 1 […]

Sep 18 Blog

First Temple Seal Impression Found by Western Wall

By: Jonathan Laden

A volunteer looking through dirt that had been excavated from Robinson’s Arch in 2013 found a 1-cm impression of a seal. The impression, or bulla, […]

Sep 17 Blog

Givati Parking Lot Dig Unearths Rare Seal of Woman

By: Robin Ngo

Two First Temple period seals were discovered in the Givati Parking Lot excavations in Jerusalem. One seal belonged to a woman named Elihana bat Gael.

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.

Apr 9 Blog

The Tomb of Queen Helena of Adiabene

By: Megan Sauter

R. Steven Notley and Jeffrey P. García explore Queen Helena’s Jerusalem tomb and the recently excavated Jerusalem palace that might belong to her.

Jan 7 Blog

Manuscripts Reveal Ancient Community of Afghan Jews

By: Noah Wiener

A recently discovered cache of medieval Jewish manuscripts from Afghanistan* went on display last week in Israel’s National Library. The 11th-century C.E. collection, dubbed the “Afghan Genizah,” includes Biblical commentaries, personal letters and financial records written in Judeo-Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic and Judeo-Persian, a language written in Hebrew script.

Aug 17 Blog

Another View: Christopher Rollston’s Methodology of Caution

By: Yosef Garfinkel

Yosef Garfinkel responds to Christopher Rollston's "What's the Oldest Hebrew Inscription?"

Jun 13 Blog

A Minimalist Disputes His Demise: A Response to Philip Davies

By: Yosef Garfinkel

Yosef Garfinkel responds to Philip Davies' response on the Bible and Interpretation Web site. 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.”

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