What the Song of the Sea reveals about the Red Sea crossing John Drummond April 20, 2022 0 Comments 661 views Share A depiction of Ramesses II slaying enemies during the Battle of Kadesh. This relief, along with Ramesses’s victory song, is carved into the walls of his temple at Abu Simbel.Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 … Lire la suite

Should the original Hebrew Bible text be modified based on information obtained from the Dead Sea Scrolls? Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 19, 2022 37 Comments 37120 views Share This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2011.—Ed. Inside Qumran Cave four, where 15,000 Dead Sea Scroll fragments from more than 580 documents were … Lire la suite

Akhenaten and Moses Did the monotheism of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten influence Moses? Robin Ngo April 19, 2022 90 Comments 72299 views Share On this stela from El-Amarna, Egyptian King Akhenaten is seen with his wife Nefertiti and their daughters bearing offerings to the sun-disk Aten. Defying centuries of traditional worship of the Egyptian pantheon, Egyptian … Lire la suite

Exploring the earliest teachings of the apostle Paul on the resurrection of Jesus Megan Sauter April 18, 2022 0 Comments 299 views Share Second Coming. This icon from Greece (c. 1700) depicts the Second Coming of Jesus and the bodily resurrection of believers. First Corinthians 15, the earliest passage on resurrection in the New Testament, … Lire la suite

OnSite: The Via Dolorosa A video tour along the “Way of Suffering” in Jerusalem’s Old City Nathan Steinmeyer April 15, 2022 0 Comments 782 views Share The Via Dolorosa, the Christian processional path in Jerusalem’s Old City. Courtesy Nathan Steinmeyer. According to many Christian traditions, the Via Dolorosa (Latin for the “Way of Suffering”) marks … Lire la suite

The May/June 2016 Biblical Archaeology Review Biblical Views column Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 14, 2022 9 Comments 113777 views Share On what day did Jesus rise? After three days or on the third day? In his Biblical Views column “It’s About Time—Easter Time” in the May/June 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Ben Witherington … Lire la suite

Evidence of Israel’s Exodus from Egypt Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 14, 2022 83 Comments 170044 views Share Dated to c. 1219 B.C.E., the Merneptah Stele is the earliest extrabiblical record of a people group called Israel. Set up by Pharaoh Merneptah to commemorate his military victories, the stele proclaims, “Ashkelon is carried off, and … Lire la suite

Ancient Boat Uncovered from the Ruins of Uruk Nathan Steinmeyer April 13, 2022 0 Comments 712 views Share The Mesopotamian boat of Uruk during excavation. Courtesy German Archaeological Institute. With archaeologists returning to Iraq, many finds are coming to light, including a 4,000-year-old Mesopotamian boat from the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk. According to a … Lire la suite

Discovering the Biblical Moses Biblical Archaeology Society Staff April 12, 2022 1 Comments 123117 views Share Moses’ story is told in the Book of Exodus, but it starts in Genesis with the story of Abraham and his family with whom God makes a covenant. Generations later the Biblical Moses draws the extended family together in … Lire la suite

Lawrence Mykytiuk’s feature article from the January/February 2015 issue of BAR with voluminous endnotes Lawrence Mykytiuk April 12, 2022 624 Comments 277734 views Share Read Lawrence Mykytiuk’s article “Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible” as it originally appeared in Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2015. The article was first republished in Bible History … Lire la suite