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Babatha’s Story
Personal archive offers a glimpse of ancient Jewish life
The column of Roman soldiers marched slowly south along the western shore of the Dead Sea toward En-Gedi, one of the region’s major governmental and commercial centers and a stronghold...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1998
Of Hems and Tassels
Rank, authority and holiness were expressed in antiquity by fringes on garments
In the book of Numbers, the Lord speaks to the Israelites through his servant Moses and commands them to wear tassels (or tsitsit) on the corners of their garments. The tassels must include a blue thread. The Biblical passage reads as...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1983
“You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk”
An archaeological myth destroyed
One of the oldest prohibitions in the entire Bible is the injunction against boiling a kid in the milk of its mother. It is repeated three times in identical words: “You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.”a From these words, the...
Bible Review, Fall 1985
Understanding Matthew’s Vitriol
Seven times in one chapter (23) of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus curses the “scribes and Pharisees” as hypocrites and blind guides. This occurs after numerous disputes with leaders of the Jewish community in Galilee and a series of...
Bible Review, April 1997
Creating Woman
How was the first woman created in Genesis 2? Was she made from the man’s rib or, as recently suggested in BAR, from his os baculum (penis bone)?
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2016
Biblical Views: How a People Forms
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2006
Biblical Views: The Archaeology of Rahab
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2007
Biblical Views: Who Did Cain Marry?
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2013
Biblical Views: Of Philistines and Phalluses
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2008
Biblical Views: The Bible Divide
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2012
The Priestly “Picture of Dorian Gray”
Ancient Israel’s priests would be aghast at the moral pollution of the earth: the brazen slaughter of thousands, millions dying of hunger, while the free world silently changes the channel.
Bible Review, April 1993
Does the Bible Prohibit Homosexuality?
The biblical prohibition is addressed only to Israel. It is incorrect to apply it on a universal scale.
Bible Review, December 1993
Seeing the Ethical Within the Ritual
Israel’s priests spoke in rituals, not in words. Their basic values are in the main ethical, and are ensconced in the rituals prescribed in the priestly texts of the Pentateuch.
Bible Review, August 1992
Lex Talionis and the Rabbis
The Talmud reflects an uneasy rabbinic conscience toward the ancient law of talion, “eye for eye, tooth for tooth.”
Bible Review, April 1996
Bible Books
Bible Review, April 1988
Divine Scents
God doesn’t just see and hear the Israelites, he can smell them too.
Bible Review, August 2003
Glossary: Standing Stones
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1989
“The Alien in Your Midst”
Every nation has its ger: the permanent resident. The Torah commands us, first, not to oppress the ger, and then to befriend and love him.
Bible Review, December 1995
Hitchhiking and the Bible
Reading the Bible is like traveling in a foreign land.
Bible Review, April 2003
First Lady Jezebel
Despite her bad reputation, her marriage to King Ahab was actually a model partnership
Bible Review, August 2004