Mar 13 Blog
By: Nathan Steinmeyer
Excavators in the ancient Roman port city of Ostia made an incredible discovery when they uncovered a semi-subterranean Jewish ritual bath, or mikveh. Likely built […]
Feb 20 Blog
By: Lauren K. McCormick
A recently uncovered stone vessel production workshop east of Jerusalem is shedding light on craft production during the late Second Temple period (first century BCE–first […]
Dec 11 Blog
By: Marek Dospěl
Where can we situate the origins of Judaism? If we were able to travel back in time, would we find ancient Israelites and Judeans following […]
Jun 18 Blog
By: Jennifer Drummond
Tefillin, commonly known as phylacteries in English, are Jewish ritual leather cases containing Bible verses written on tiny scrolls, strapped on the forehead and arm […]
May 2 Blog
While carrying out salvage excavations in the modern town of Moza, just outside of Jerusalem, archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered a unique […]
May 26 Blog
By: BAS Staff
The Genesis of Judaism I WAS SURPRISED, to say the least, with what I learned from Yonatan Adler’s article “The Genesis of Judaism” (Winter […]
Jun 20 Blog
“Jacob the convert swears upon himself that any who open this grave will be cursed.” Thus reads a gravestone discovered in the ancient necropolis of […]
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