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Is It or Isn’t It?
King Jehoash Inscription Captivates Archaeological World
Mystery, politics, Biblical implications, gold—a newly surfaced inscription purporting to be by King Jehoash has it all. And it may be a forgery! If authentic, it would be the first royal inscription ever found of an Israelite king. If...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2003
The History Behind the Bible
BAR Interviews Avraham Malamat
A deep fissure runs through Biblical studies today. On one side are those who maintain that the Bible contains much reliable history; on the other side are those who say the Biblical texts were written much later than the events they describe...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2003
What About the Jehoash Inscription?
The stone tablet that purports to have been commissioned by Jehoash, the ninth-century B.C.E. king of Judah, raised questions from the start. The first line of the inscription is missing, including the name Jehoash; the top of the plaque is...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003
Paleography—An Uncertain Tool in Forgery Detection
Until recently, paleography—the study of the form and slant of the letters of an ancient inscription—was the chief means of determining whether an inscription was authentic or a modern forgery. The shape of each ancient letter has developed...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003
The Paleographer: Demonstrably a Forgery
Was it too good to be true? In recent months, the world learned of an inscribed tablet apparently written by Jehoash, the ninth-century B.C.E. king of Judah. But almost immediately, questions were raised about its authenticity. After...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2003
The “Three Shekels” and “Widow’s Plea” Ostraca: Real or Fake?
One of the most astounding inscriptions to surface in recent years records a donation of three shekels to the Temple of the Lord (Beyt Yhwh) in Jerusalem. It is written on a broken piece of pottery (called an ostracon) and dates...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2003
“Will Marty Abegg Ever Find a Job?”
Scroll Scholar Thrives Despite Unauthorized Publication
The monopoly over access to the Dead Sea Scrolls was broken in 1991. One of the key events in that breakup was the publication of Dead Sea Scroll texts that had been reconstructed by computer from a concordance. We will here detail this...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2003
Cracks in James Bone Box Repaired
Crowds Flock to Toronto Exhibit
News of our exclusive cover story in the last issue about the bone box inscribed “James, the son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” has reverberated around the globe. The day after we...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2003
A report from Kafka-land.
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003
Biblical Archaeology Society announces new competition
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2003
Israel Antiquities Authority Declines Dirty Money
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2003
Divine Scents
God doesn’t just see and hear the Israelites, he can smell them too.
Bible Review, August 2003
Hitchhiking and the Bible
Reading the Bible is like traveling in a foreign land.
Bible Review, April 2003
Festschrift for Moussaieff
With new insights, scholars honor a unique collector
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2003
Appreciation: Elie Borowski, 1913–2003
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2003