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3 min read 2022-01-13 20:29:10

Where Were the Old Testament Kings of Ancient Jerusalem Buried?

Jeffrey Zorn presents some of Raymond Weill’s early-20th-century plans from his Jerusalem excavations in “Is T1 David’s Tomb?” in the

6 min read 2021-12-03 10:02:09

This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular Taborblog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’

11 min read 2021-02-06 23:49:30

This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular TaborBlog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’

4 min read 2021-01-19 21:22:11

“… For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.” —1 Corinthians 10:4 A WALKING ROCK IN THE DESERT. A

4 min read 2021-01-14 23:00:52

In the Book of Joshua, Rahab (a heroine nonetheless known as “Rahab the Harlot”) assisted two Israelite spies in escaping out a window and down

4 min read 2021-01-10 22:00:04

The Ashkar-Gilson Manuscript is a seventh- or eighth-century C.E. manuscript that sheds light on the formation of the Hebrew Bible in the period

5 min read 2021-01-04 00:44:45

This illustration shows Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, where God gave them the command to “be fruitful and multiply” (Genesis 1:28). Photo:

12 min read 2021-01-01 21:55:45

In addition to its symbolism for the Holy Spirit, the dove was a popular Christian symbol before the cross rose to prominence in the fourth century.

4 min read 2020-12-27 01:15:59

The Nag Hammadi texts were contained in 13 leather-bound volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in 1945. Dated papyrus scraps used to strengthen the

14 min read 2020-12-18 22:33:18

Read Andrew McGowan’s article “How December 25 Became Christmas” as it originally appeared in Bible Review, December 2002.—Ed. On December

6 min read 2020-12-12 23:20:01

Hershel Shanks Amihai Mazar (better known as Ami) is one of Israel’s most highly regarded archaeologists. He recently retired from the Hebrew

3 min read 2020-12-12 02:23:27

In honor of Ken Dark’s new book we are republishing this article that first appeared in BHD in 2015 and opening up the full Biblical Archaeology

10 min read 2020-12-11 20:42:44

Does this ancient menorah graffito show us what the Temple menorah looked like? The Jewish menorah—especially the Temple menorah, a seven-branched

5 min read 2020-12-09 20:05:49

What does the Parable of the Talents mean? This woodcut from Historiae Celebriores Veteris Testamenti Iconibus Representatae—dated to

4 min read 2020-12-06 20:39:28

In “New Testament Political Figures Confirmed” in the September/October 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Purdue University scholar