Text Treasures: Cairo Geniza 300,000 documents found in an attic storeroom Marek Dospěl June 01, 2022 0 Comments 861 views Share The Cairo Geniza refers to the cache of about 300,000 documents found in the attic storeroom of the Ben Ezra Synagogue, located in Fustat (in Old Cairo), the capital city of Egypt during the … Lire la suite

Unlike Hercules, Achilles, and Perseus, demigods were seen more negatively by ancient Israelites John Drummond May 31, 2022 11 Comments 68313 views Share Divine love bringing an end to an illicit trust between Cupid and the Devil. An artistic representation of love being corrupted and God bringing it to an end. Sandwiched between the genealogies … Lire la suite

Excavators uncover abandoned farmstead from the Hasmonean Era Nathan Steinmeyer May 30, 2022 0 Comments 799 views Share The ancient farmstead uncovered in the Galilee. Courtesy Assaf Peretz, Israel Antiquities Authority. In an exciting discovery, excavators from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) came across an ancient farmstead frozen in time, its remains left largely untouched … Lire la suite

Jethro in the Bible Bible Review‘s Supporting Roles by Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel May 28, 2022 16 Comments 40360 views Share Read Elie Wiesel’s essay on Jethro in the Bible as it originally appeared in Bible Review, June 1998.—Ed. Bodelian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 2708, Folio 39VA good man? Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, is a devoted … Lire la suite

Salvage Excavation in Israel BAR Interviews IAA’s Head Archaeologist, Gideon Avni Nathan Steinmeyer May 27, 2022 0 Comments 330 views Share Gideon Avni overseeing excavations at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Courtesy Gideon Avni and the Israel Antiquities Authority. Gideon Avni, who heads the Archaeological Division of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), began his archaeology … Lire la suite

Jesus’ chief disciple examined Nicola Denzey Lewis May 26, 2022 81 Comments 91280 views Share In this blog post, Brown University Religious Studies professor Nicola Denzey Lewis answers frequently asked questions about the apostle Peter. Denzey Lewis appears in the CNN series Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery, which aims to investigate artifacts that shed light … Lire la suite

Is Turkey’s “Stonehenge” evidence of the oldest religion in the world? Biblical Archaeology Society Staff May 22, 2022 34 Comments 20903 views Share The massive stone enclosures of the Göbekli Tepe ruins (known to many as Turkey’s “Stonehenge”) may be the earliest examples of Neolithic religion. What do the enclosures and the fascinating reliefs that … Lire la suite

Did I Find King David’s Palace? Eilat Mazar May 21, 2022 47 Comments 42534 views Share Read Eilat Mazar’s classic article “Did I Find King David’s Palace?” as it originally appeared in BAR, January/February 2006.—Ed. In this composite electronic image, a statue of King David seems to hover above a building that may have been … Lire la suite