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Babatha’s Story

Personal archive offers a glimpse of ancient Jewish life
By Anthony J. Saldarini
028 028 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
By Jacob Milgrom
061 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
By Jacob Milgrom
048 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

By Anthony J. Saldarini
032 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

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
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

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2006

Biblical Views: The Archaeology of Rahab

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2007

Biblical Views: Who Did Cain Marry?

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2013

Biblical Views: Of Philistines and Phalluses

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2008

Biblical Views: The Bible Divide

By Mary Joan Winn Leith
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.
By Jacob Milgrom
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.
By Jacob Milgrom
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.
By Jacob Milgrom
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.”
By Jacob Milgrom
Bible Review, April 1996

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Bible Review, April 1988

Divine Scents

God doesn’t just see and hear the Israelites, he can smell them too.
By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Bible Review, August 2003

Glossary: Standing Stones

By Neil Asher Silberman
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.
By Jacob Milgrom
Bible Review, December 1995

Hitchhiking and the Bible

Reading the Bible is like traveling in a foreign land.
By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Bible Review, April 2003

First Lady Jezebel

Despite her bad reputation, her marriage to King Ahab was actually a model partnership
By Mary Joan Winn Leith
Bible Review, August 2004

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