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Call for Papers: $10,000 in Prizes Offered

Hanan Eshel (1958-2010)

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How Bad Was Jezebel?

Why Were Hundreds of Dogs Buried at Ashkelon?

When Canaanites and Philistines Ruled Ashkelon

Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle

The Garum Debate: Was There a Kosher Roman Delicacy at Pompeii?

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Revised and Expanded

Temple Mount, the “Sacred Esplanade”

2 books reviewed by James F. Strange

“As oversized productions featuring critical texts, beautiful and informative photographs, and in the case of Shanks’s book, drawings, reconstructions, tables and charts, these two books address the same audiences, namely, those who want scholarly detail but also sumptuous photographs on almost every page.”

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Istanbul at Sunset

Sarah’s Turkish Travels

Join BAS Travel Study Director and Managing Web Editor Sarah Yeomans as she travels to Turkey, a land of legend and Biblical history, for the first time.

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Freeing the Dead Sea Scrolls and Other Adventures of an Archaeology Outsider



An Archaeological Search for Jesus


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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. The Destruction of Pompeii—God’s Revenge?

By Hershel Shanks

Did the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in August 79 C.E.—almost exactly nine years after Roman troops destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem—seem like more than mere coincidence to the ancients?


Jezreel—Where Jezebel Was Thrown to the Dogs

By David Ussishkin

Excavations at Jezreel may have revealed the place where Jezebel met her death.


The Nash Papyrus—Preview of Coming Attractions

By Marvin A. Sweeney

What is the Nash Papyrus, a text that played such a critical role in the early study of the Dead Sea Scrolls?


From Vespa to Ashkelon: BAR Interviews Lawrence Stager

Editor Hershel Shanks and Harvard professor Larry Stager, 20-year director of the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon, discuss everything from interpreting pig bones to understanding the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

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By Hershel Shanks

Archaeological Politics—Why Is Israel Different?


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Read this article now. Biblical Views

By Ronald S. Hendel

Farewell to SBL: Faith and Reason in Biblical Studies


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By Gregg E. Gardner

Lighting the Way: Material Culture Illuminates Religious Identity


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Read this article now. Temple Mount, the “Sacred Esplanade” Edited by Oleg Grabar and Benjamin Z. Kedar

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