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Sumerian Literature

Background to the Bible
By William W. Hallo
028 029 028 The world’s oldest literature—poetry as well as prose—belongs to the Sumerians, that fascinating, enigmatic people who settled...
Bible Review, June 1988

The Kitchen Debate

Three Scholars Discuss a Major New Book on History and the Bible
By Ronald S. HendelWilliam W. HalloKenneth A. Kitchen
When we received a copy of Kenneth A. Kitchen’s new book, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, we knew that we should review it. Kitchen is one of the world’s leading scholars (he specializes in Egyptology), and the subject matter of the book—how historically accurate is the Bible?—is of central interest to many of our readers. We asked Ronald Hendel, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a columnist for our sister magazine, Bible Review, to review it for us.
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2005

Unwrapping the Torah

Making a symbol real again
By Tikva Frymer-Kensky
026027 The Bible plays an enormous role in Jewish ritual life. Many of the psalms have been incorporated into the synagogue liturgy, forming an essential component of the regular daily services...
Bible Review, October 2002

“As The Seal Upon Thy Heart”

Glyptic roles in the biblical world
By William W. Hallo
020 Over 50 years ago, Robert Hatch Kennett described Ancient Hebrew Social Life and Custom as Indicated in Law, Narrative, and Metaphor1 in one of the celebrated Schweich Lectures, a series dedicated to illuminating biblical issues in...
Bible Review, Spring 1985

Has Joshua’s Altar Been Found on Mt. Ebal?

By Adam Zertal
026 To appreciate fully the significance of the unique altar and cult center we are excavating on Mt. Ebal, one must first understand the archaeological context in which these discoveries were made. We found the altar and cult center, not in the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1985

Israel Enters Canaan—Following the Pottery Trail

By Adam Zertal
028 030 After 12 years of surveying and excavating in the land allotted in the Bible to the tribe of Manasseh, it is now possible to suggest new ideas on the emergence of Israel in Canaan,...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1991

Philistine Kin Found in Early Israel

By Adam Zertal
018 018 Almost from the beginning, the site of el-Ahwat was different—or, shall we say, strange. We first discovered it in 1992 during our archaeological survey of the hill country of Manasseh...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2002

Inanna—The Quintessential Femme Fatale

By Tikva Frymer-Kensky
062 Diane Wolkstein’s Inanna–Queen of Heaven and Eartha is a retelling, with commentary, of one of the major texts about the Sumerian goddess Inanna. This is a difficult book for me to review. I could not possibly be more in sympathy with...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1984

Forgotten Heroines of the Exodus

The exclusion of women from Moses’ vision
By Tikva Frymer-Kensky
038039 The beginning of the Book of Exodus introduces us to a world of men’s affairs. Jacob and his descendants, numbering 70 men and their families, come down to Egypt. The men are named and...
Bible Review, December 1997

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Bible Review, Spring 1985

ReViews: The Reality of God

In the Valley of the Shadow: On the Foundations of Religious Belief
By James Kugel
Reviewed by William W. Hallo
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2011

Appreciation: Elie Borowski, 1913–2003

By William W. HalloHershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2003

Goddesses: Biblical Echoes

By Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Feminist Approaches to the Bible
1995

Creation Myths Breed Violence

The Chaoskampf myth of creation sets up a cosmic cycle of violence. Can it ever bring peace?
By Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Bible Review, June 1998

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