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Roman and Byzantine Burial Sites Discovered in Syria

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Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa

Tunisian Mosaics: Treasures from Roman Africa

By Aicha Ben Abed

Reviewed by Steven Fine

Stories in Stone

Stories in Stone: Conserving Mosaics of Roman Africa

By Aicha Ben Abed

Reviewed by Steven Fine

The Resurrection

The Resurrection

By Geza Vermes

Reviewed by John Merrill

Jesus: The Final Days

Jesus, the Final Days

By Craig Evans and N.T. Wright

Reviewed by John Merrill

Jesus’ Last Night with His Disciples

Jesus’ Last Night with His Disciples

By Hannaniah O. Pinto and James W. Fleming

Reviewed by Dorothy Resig

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The Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, New Orleans

Robin Gallaher Branch of Crichton College reports on the 2009 Society of Biblical Literature conference.

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Has Joe Zias shown the James Ossuary inscription to be a modern forgery?

The implications of the veracity of Zias’s claim are enormous: If it’s true, then the inscription must be a forgery. If it’s not true, then the implications are even greater.

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Read this article now. How the Alphabet Was Born from Hieroglyphs

By Orly Goldwasser

Exploring the simple but ingenious ideas that led to the creation of the first-ever alphabetic script.


Prize Find: Oldest Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Israelite Fort on Philistine Border

By Hershel Shanks

An update about Khirbet Qeiyafa and the elusive and enigmatic text found there—the earliest known Hebrew inscription.


New Evidence of the Royal Stoa and Roman Flames

By Aryeh Shimron and Orit Peleg-Barkat

When the Romans burned Jerusalem’s Temple Mount in 70 C.E., marble architectural fragments from Herod’s Royal Stoa fell to the street below.

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By Hershel Shanks

A “Do-er” Dies: Mendel Kaplan (1936–2009)


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Ben Witherington III

Jesus Has the Last Word


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By Joe Uziel and Itzick Shai

How Archaeologists Decide Where to Dig: The Case of Tel Burna


ReViews

Tunisian Mosaics by Aicha Ben Abed
Stories in Stone by Aicha Ben Abed
The Resurrection by Geza Vermes
Jesus, the Final Days by Craig Evans and N.T. Wright
Jesus’ Last Night with His Disciples by Hannaniah O. Pinto and James W. Fleming


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