Nov 20 Blog
By: BAS Staff
According to Jewish New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine, much if not all of the New Testament is Jewish literature.
Mar 1 Blog
By: Lawrence H. Schiffman
In part two of his study on schisms in Jewish history, Lawrence H. Schiffman examines the Samaritan schism.
Dec 17 Blog
By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff
In the first century C.E., during the First Jewish Revolt, the Jewish historian Josephus urged his besieged countrymen in Jerusalem to surrender to the Romans. Half a millennium earlier, Jeremiah did the same thing with respect to the Babylonians.
Nov 29 Blog
Were the Biblical Pharisees really as bad as the New Testament makes them seem? Professor Roland Deines of the University of Nottingham thinks not.
Oct 10 Blog
Gary A. Rendsburg reviews Steps to a New Edition of the Hebrew Bible by Ronald Hendel.
Aug 6 Blog
By: Marek Dospěl
In BAR, Karel van der Toorn contends that three Israelite psalms appear in Papyrus Amherst 63—although only one is attested in the Bible.
Jul 28 Blog
By: Glenn J. Corbett
Three thousand years ago, when alphabetic writing had just begun to spread across the masses of the ancient Near East, written words were far more than idle marks meant simply to be read.
Jul 9 Blog
By: Hillel Geva
Hillel Geva memorializes Ephraim Stern, one of Israel’s foremost archaeologists, a pioneer in his field with numerous achievements to his credit and an international reputation as a scholar.
Jun 1 Blog
By: Karel van der Toorn
Karel van der Toorn contends that three Israelite psalms appear in Papyrus Amherst 63—although only one is attested in the Bible.
Feb 22 Blog
Yigal Levin reviews A Political History of the Arameans by K. Lawson Younger, Jr..
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