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May 20 Blog

More Queries and Comments Summer 2024

By: BAS Staff

Grateful for BAR I REALLY CHERISH BAR. As a Christian, reading BAR prompts me to look up events/scripture in the Bible. For this alone, I […]

The Magi following the Star of Bethlehem, from a 13th-century stucco relief from the church of Santa Maria de Mosoll, Spain.

Dec 20 Blog

What Was the Star of Bethlehem?

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

For the past 2,000 years, people have wondered about the identity and nature of the Star of Bethlehem. And for hundreds of years, some of […]

Dec 6 Blog

Review: The Magi in History and Tradition

By: Christopher A. Frilingos

The Magi Who They Were, How They’ve Been Remembered, and Why They Still Fascinate By Eric Vanden Eykel (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2022), 218 pp.; […]

Aug 30 Blog

The Catacomb of Priscilla

By: Megan Sauter

A short walk through Rome confirms the richness of its history. From the Pantheon to the Colosseum, the city boasts magnificent architecture and art. Yet […]

Balaam's Ass

Apr 29 Blog

Who Is Balaam Son of Beor? Part Two

By: Nathan Steinmeyer

Balaam is one of the most enigmatic figures in the Hebrew Bible, and one of the earliest to be referenced outside the biblical text. In […]

Seeing the Christmas Star

Dec 30 Blog

We Have Seen His Star in the East: What Was the Christmas Star?

By: James D. Tabor

Millions around the world viewed the “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn in the southwest sky Monday, December 21, 2020 as Jupiter “caught up with” […]

"Adoration of the Magi" Pio Christiano

Dec 21 Blog

We Three Kings of Orient Are?

By: Mary Joan Winn Leith

We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar. Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star. —John Henry Hopkins Jr. (1857) […]

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