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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 →
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Investigating the Biblical Queen of Sheba and her Kingdom
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 26, 2016)— In the Bible we are introduced to an unnamed queen from the land of Sheba who travels to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon (see 1 Kings 10; 2 Chronicles 9). A… read more →
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The Interrupted Search for King David’s Palace
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 2, 2016)—In 2007, prominent Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar was excavating a monumental public building in Jerusalem’s City of David—a structure she believes might be King David… read more →
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Resurrecting a Byzantine Synagogue at Um el-Kanatir
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 2, 2016)—When everything lies in ruins, what does it take to put it together again? Archaeology is destructive by nature. The excavation process involves systematically r… read more →
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Biblical Riot at Ephesus: The Archaeological Context
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 2, 2016)—How accurate is Luke’s account of the Ephesus riot described in Acts 19:23–41? According to Acts, the riot would have occurred at the end of the missionary visit of Paul … read more →
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The Lod Mosaic—Jewish, Christian or Pagan?
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 2016)—In 1996, stunning Roman floor mosaics belonging to what was a luxurious house or manor dating to 300 C.E. were uncovered in Lod, Israel, during highway construction. N… read more →
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Lilith in the Bible and in Mythology
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 3, 2016)—From demoness to Biblical Adam’s first wife, the mythological figure of Lilith has taken on many shapes over the millennia. In the new May/June 2016 issue of Biblical Arc… read more →
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Evidence of the Biblical Exodus
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 19, 2016)—Egyptian artifacts and archaeological sites demonstrate that the Bible recounts accurate memories from the period to which the Exodus is generally assigned. This set o… read more →
