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Detail from Fresco from The House of the Physician, Pompeii. Museo Arceologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy.

May 30 Blog

Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle

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?

Sep 15 eBook

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Discovery and Meaning

By: BAS Admin

What are the Dead Sea Scrolls? Why are they important? Learn where the Scrolls were found and by whom, how they came to be acquired (some were even offered for sale through an ad in the Wall Street Journal!) and, most important, how they add to our knowledge of how the Bible was formed and how they illuminate our understanding of Christianity and Judaism.

Mar 21 Blog

Reading Genesis: Ten Methods

By: Reviewed by Kent Harold Richards

Reading Genesis: Ten Methods edited by Ronald Hendel provides new approaches to Genesis Bible study and is a new tool that explains how to study the Bible effectively.

Feb 14 Blog

The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Supplementary Volume 5

By: Reviewed by Philip J. King

Philip J. King reviews The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Supplementary Volume 5, Edited by Ephraim Stern.

Nov 8 Blog

Feminist Bible Interpretation

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Bible scholar and self-described feminist Jane Schaberg considers the possibility of a feminist bias in Bible scholarship.

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