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Mar 26 Blog

Was Biblical Israel an Egalitarian Society?

Although excavated structures, pottery and other household artifacts offer a glimpse of daily life in the Iron Age highlands of Canaan, no burials or tombs have been found. What do these findings reveal about the ideology of early Iron Age Israelite society?

Jun 1 Blog

Beyond the Texts

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Richard Elliott Friedman reviews Beyond the Texts by William G. Dever.

Feb 22 Blog

A Political History of the Arameans

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Yigal Levin reviews A Political History of the Arameans by K. Lawson Younger, Jr..

Feb 13 Blog

A First Temple Period Palatial Estate Near Jerusalem?

By: Samuel Pfister

Archaeologists excavating at Ein Hanniya outside of Jerusalem unearthed seventh-century B.C.E. finds that suggest the presence of a palace in the First Temple period.

Jul 5 Blog

BAR Interview with Elie Wiesel and Frank Moore Cross

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel died on July 2, 2016. Read an interview BAR Editor Hershel Shanks conducted with Wiesel and Biblical scholar Frank Moore Cross, republished from BAR, July/August 2004.

Aug 24 Blog

Jeremiah, Prophet of the Bible, Brought Back to Life

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Two small clay bullae (seal impressions) found in the course of Eilat Mazar’s City of David, Jerusalem, excavations are bringing Jeremiah, prophet of the last kings of Judah, back to life.

Jun 16 Blog

Tel Burna: An Introduction to the Biblical Town

By: Chris McKinny

The Tel Burna excavations are exposing a Canaanite town in Israel believed by some scholars to be Biblical Libnah. Excavation staff member Chris McKinny provides an introduction to Tel Burna.

May 16 Blog

Overcoming Religious Illiteracy: Not as Simple as A, B or C

By: Leonard Greenspoon

A Bible History Daily-exclusive contribution by "Bible in the News" author Leonard J. Greenspoon.

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 11 Blog

In Their Own Words: David Ussishkin

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

This article originally appeared as “Strata: In Their Own Words” in the January/February 2013 issue of BAR.

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