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The Palace of the Kings of Israel
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 5, 2017)—In the Bible, King Ahab’s palace is called an “ivory house” (2 Kings 22:39). We know from other Biblical passages that Ahab—and successive kings of the northern kingdom o… read more →
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Biblical Sidon—Jezebel’s Hometown
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 14, 2017)—Biblical Sidon is perhaps most infamously known as the birthplace of the Phoenician princess Jezebel (1 Kings 16:31), who became queen of the Israelites during King A… read more →
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The Arch of Titus’s Menorah Panel in Brilliant Color
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2017)—Using technology, an international team of scholars has digitally restored a panel from the Arch of Titus to its original color—offering us a glimpse of what ancient Rom… read more →
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The Church of Laodicea’s “Lukewarm” Legacy from Revelation 3:15–16
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 21, 2017)—The church of Laodicea is called “lukewarm” in Revelation 3:15–16. This harsh pronouncement suggests that the Christians at Laodicea—located in modern Turkey—wa… read more →
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The Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites in Archaeology and in the Bible
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 27, 2016)—When the kingdoms of Israel and Judah controlled the land of Canaan, the kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom ruled east of the Jordan. Although the Bible offers i… read more →
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The Evolution of Biblical Hebrew
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2016)—Biblical Hebrew is often seen as the universal language of the Hebrew Bible. In the September/October 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, however, P… read more →
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The Babylonian Exile Wasn’t So Bad
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2016)—The Babylonian Exile that resulted from King Nebuchadnezzar’s sixth-century B.C.E. capture of Jerusalem has historically been portrayed with the Judahites lam… read more →
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Christian Apocrypha: The “Lost Gospels”?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 2016)—The Christian apocrypha didn’t make the cut into the Biblical canon. It was once believed that after the Church had determined the contents of the canon, all of the… read more →
