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Digging the Talmud in Ancient Meiron

By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
032 The Talmud is, after the Bible itself, Judaism’s most significant and revered collection of sacred writings. Although the Talmud was in fact written and compiled between the Second and Fifth centuries A.D., rabbinic tradition holds that...
Biblical Archaeology Review, June 1978

Finders of a Real Lost Ark

American archaeologists find remains of ancient synagogue ark in Galilee
By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
024 When we returned to Nabratein in upper Galilee for our second excavation season in June 1981, we were unaware of a movie called “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” This may be difficult to believe, but it is true. Day by day we excavated in the clear...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1981

“The Nobles of the People Dug It”: Remembering Three Archaeological Giants

By Daniel M. MasterHillel GevaDaniel WarnerDonald D. BinderEric M. MeyersJames Riley Strange
Three significant scholars—who shaped and influenced the field of Biblical archaeology—recently passed away, but their legacies live on. The impact of Lawrence E. Stager, Ephraim Stern, and James F. Strange will be felt for generations to come.
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2018

Samson in the Synagogue

By Jodi Magness
032 At 6:00 A.M. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, Bryan Bozung made an exciting discovery. A recent graduate of Brigham Young University, he has now begun studying for a Masters in Theological Studies at Yale University. But this morning he was...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2013

28 Years Later Couple Recalls Finding “Lost Ark”

By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
044 It’s been 28 years since we finished our excavations at Nabratein and we’ve just published our final report, a hefty volume of 472 pages.1 Twenty-eight years may seem like a very long time; but for us, it seems like yesterday. We retain...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2010

Surprises at Yattir: Unexpected Evidence of Early Christianity

By Hanan EshelJodi MagnessEli Shenhav
032 032 Archaeology is full of surprises. Sometimes we don’t find what we had expected to find. Or we find something we never expected to find. Either way, the experience is always exciting—and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2001

Inside the Huqoq Synagogue

By Jodi MagnessShua KisilevitzMatthew GreyDennis MizziKaren BrittRa‘anan Boustan
Season after season, archaeologists have uncovered stunning mosaics at Huqoq’s synagogue in Galilee. From Biblical scenes to the first historical episode ever found in a synagogue, the mosaics’ themes never cease to amaze and surprise. Join us on a tour of the Huqoq synagogue—with its vivid mosaics and much more!
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2019

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

Masada: Arms and the Man

By Jodi Magness
058 Sometimes we make discoveries not by digging in the ground, but by digging in the records of past excavations. So it is with Masada, Herod’s nearly impregnable palace-fortress in the Judean wilderness, occupied and defended by Jewish Zealots...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1992

Illuminating Byzantine Jerusalem

Oil lamps shed light on early Christian worship
By Jodi Magness
040 040 This is the story of how the puzzling inscriptions on some ancient oil lamps illuminate an entire era. These modest artifacts offer us a vivid picture of the spiritual life of the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1998

How Jewish Was Sepphoris in Jesus’ Time?

By Mark ChanceyEric M. Meyers
018 019 Sepphoris is a bare 4 miles from Jesus’ hometown, Nazareth. So it is not surprising that the ancient city has become central to the study of the historical Jesus, especially because it...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2000

Biblical Views: How a People Forms

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

Archaeological Views: Why Pottery Matters

By Jodi Magness
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2007

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

Archaeological Views: A Lucky Discovery Complicates Life

By Jodi Magness
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2015

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

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

Scholar’s Bookshelf

Reviewed by Eric M. Meyers
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1998

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