the scriptures

By: Elie Wiesel

Joshua inherits authority from Moses but not his charisma. God performed miracles for Joshua, even causing the sun to stand still, but Joshua’s speech lacks the prophet's magic. Joshua’s story is melancholy: violent victory tinged by deep sadness. As award-winning author and activist Elie Wiesel examines.

By: Theodore Feder

A wall painting found in the House of the Physician in Pompeii contains the earliest known depiction of a Biblical scene. Two onlookers in the crowd appear to be the Greek philosophers Socrates and Aristotle, according to author Theodore Feder. What do the onlookers reveal about the place of Biblical culture in the Greco-Roman world?

By: J. Harold Ellens

Ptolemy’s grandest project, begun in 306 B.C.E., was the Library of Alexandria, a research center that held one million books by the time of Jesus.

By: Robin Ngo

Off the shores of Nicea, archaeologists have uncovered a basilica, which stands over what appears to be an earlier church. Could this church be where the famous Council of Nicea first met in 325 C.E.?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Were the Biblical Pharisees really as bad as the New Testament makes them seem? Professor Roland Deines of the University of Nottingham thinks not.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Ancient amulets containing incipits of Biblical passages have been uncovered in Egypt and were used as protective charms to ward off evil. Learn about early Christian amulets with incipits in this Bible History Daily guest post by Joseph E. Sanzo.

By: Reviewed by Nitza Rosovsky

Nitza Rosovsky reviews "Distant Views of the Holy Land" by Felicity Cobbing and David Jacobson.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

James H. Charlesworth reviews "Outside the Bible: Ancient Jewish Writings Related to Scripture" edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel and Lawrence H. Schiffman.

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Biblical Scholarship—Critical, Skeptical or Respectful?
Emeritus professor of Hebrew and Ancient Semitic Languages Alan Millard critiques Ronald S. Hendel’s Biblical Views column “Critical Biblical Scholarship—What’s the Use?” (July/August 2012).

By: Reviewed by Harold Brodsky

Harold Brodsky reviews "The New Moody Atlas of the Bible" and "Zondervan Atlas of the Bible" by Barry J. Beitzel and Carl G. Rasmussen.