08/16 | One of the most significant changes in the religious life of ancient Israel occurred during the reign of the Judahite king Hezekiah, in the late eighth century B.C.E. According to Read more…
Posted in Ancient Israel.
05/11 | In the Bible, the inner shrine of Solomon’s Temple is described as having five mezuzot. What are they? The question has puzzled Biblical scholars for centuries. Does a recently discovered Read more…
Posted in Artifacts and the Bible, Hebrew Bible, Temple at Jerusalem.
01/05 | Excavations at Khirbet Qeiyafa have uncovered a second city gate from the 10th century B.C.E., the time of King David’s reign. No other site from this period has more than Read more…
Posted in Biblical Archaeology Sites.
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Learn about the Hebrew Bible in a free course of 25 video lectures by Harvard professor Shaye Cohen.
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The article “True Colors: Digital Reconstruction Restores Original Brilliance to the Arch of Titus” by Steven Fine, Peter J. Schertz and Donald H. Sanders in the May/June 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review describes digital scanning conducted on the famed Roman triumphal arch. Watch an exclusive video of the authors’ groundbreaking work.
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For more than a thousand years, the Jews of Cairo would preserve every piece of writing that contained Bible verses or references to God. Some of these treasured scraps are on display in the exhibit Discarded History: The Genizah of Medieval Cairo at the Cambridge University Library.
Enjoy book reviews by top scholars on wide-ranging topics in religion, archaeology and Biblical studies.
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Oliver D. Hoover reviews "Reign and Religion in Palestine: The Use of Sacred Iconography in Jewish Coinage" by Anne Lykke.
