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Dec 28 Blog

The Oldest Hebrew Script and Language

By: BAS Staff

In a BAR article, epigraphy scholar Christopher Rollston asks a seemingly straightforward question: What is the oldest Hebrew inscription?

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May 26 Blog

IAA to Excavate Judean Desert Caves in Search of Scrolls

By: Robin Ngo

The Israel Antiquities Authority has announced a national plan to conduct comprehensive archaeological excavations in the Judean Desert caves to “rescue” all remaining Dead Sea Scroll fragments from looters.

Jul 6 Blog

Searching for the Better Text

By: Harvey Minkoff

Isaiah's vision of universal peace is one of the best-known passages in the Hebrew Bible: “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6). But does this beloved image of the Peaceable Kingdom contain a mistranslation?

Searching for the Better Text

Jun 21 Blog

Searching for the Better Text

By: Harvey Minkoff

Isaiah's vision of universal peace is one of the best-known passages in the Hebrew Bible. Does this beloved image of the Peaceable Kingdom contain a mistranslation?

Mar 21 Blog

Chronicles of the Land: Archaeology in the Israel Museum Jerusalem

By: Reviewed by Steven Fine

Steven Fine reviews the book Chronicles of the Land: Archaeology in the Israel Museum Jerusalem edited by Michal Dayagi-Mendels and Silvia Rozenberg.

Dec 20 Blog

Qumran Cave 4 – XII, 1-2 Samuel (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Series, XVII)

By: Reviewed by Hershel Shanks

Hershel Shanks reviews "Qumran Cave 4 - XII, 1-2 Samuel (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Series, XVII)" by Frank Moore Cross, Donald W. Parry, Richard J. Saley and Eugene Ulrich.

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