Apr 15 Blog
By: David Moster
Seeds and fruit remains are exciting discoveries for archaeologists, and they provide radiocarbon data to help date buried strata. Fruit also plays an important role in the Biblical narrative.
Feb 25 Blog
By: BAS Staff
While some scholars suggest that temple prostitution was practiced in ancient Israel, Edward Lipiński argues that neither the Bible nor archaeology provides any clear evidence that Israelite religion incorporated the sexual rites of Canaanite goddesses.
Dec 19 Blog
By: Shawna Dolansky
Are the 10 Commandments really a moral code, or did the ancients understand them rather as the constitutional basis of a political theocracy?
Jul 26 Blog
By: David Malamud
Nearly five years of scans and reinterpretation of newly legible parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls have revealed intriguing insights into 2,000-year-old Biblical texts.
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