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May 25 Blog

Where Is Sodom?

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

The stories of Sodom and its destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called “cities of the plain” mentioned in Genesis 13, verse 12. But where exactly was this plain, and was a particular site associated with Sodom?

Jan 5 Blog

Locating Zoar

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Read Master’s College professor Bill Schlegel’s commentary on the location of Zoar along with Steven Collins’s response.

Dec 27 Blog

Arguments Against Locating Sodom at Tall el-Hammam

By: Todd Bolen

The proposal that Sodom has been found on the northeastern side of the Dead Sea has been around for a decade or so, but with the publication of an article by Steven Collins this month it will receive the widest hearing to date.

Dec 12 Blog

Letters Answered Online

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In two cases, exchanges between letter writers and authors were too long (and technical) to print in our letters column. Therefore we have posted them online.

Ancient Gravestone Epitaphs Give Insight into Early Jews and Christians

Mar 1 Blog

Ancient Gravestone Epitaphs Give Insight into Early Jews and Christians

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

In “Tales from Tombstones” in the March/April 2012 issue of BAR, two scholars expert in interpreting the gravestone epitaphs and iconography—Professor Steven Fine and Kalliope I. Kritikakou-Nikolaropoulou—provide separate discussions of the Christian and Jewish tombstones of Zoora.

Feb 28 Blog

Ancient World’s Largest Cemetery Identified at Biblical Zoar (Ancient Zoora)

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

At the southeastern end of the Dead Sea, nestled between the salt-encrusted shores of the sea and the dark, foreboding slopes of the Transjordanian highlands, lies Biblical Zoar (ancient Zoora or Zoara). According to the Bible and early Christian tradition, Lot and his daughters escaped to Zoar (Zoora) after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

Zoora museum

Feb 17 Blog

Lot’s Cave Museum at Ancient Zoar (Zoora)

By: Biblical Archaeology Society Staff

Located 1,329 feet below sea level at the southern edge of the Dead Sea, the aptly-named Museum at the Lowest Place on Earth is set to open this spring. The museum will feature important archaeological finds recovered from the Ghor es-Safi region of Jordan (ancient Zoar [Zoora]), including artifacts from Lot’s cave.

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