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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

Yes, They Are

By Eric M. Meyers
046 Hanan Eshel attempts to discredit the identification of mikva’ot at Sepphoris,1 but he also suggests that first-century C.E. Sepphoris, in the time of Jesus, was both a pagan and a Jewish city. This has been the subject of much...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2000

Iconoclasm

Who defeated this Jewish art?
By Steven Fine
032 033 The delicate carving on the side of the sarcophagus depicts Zeus, in the guise of a swan, graphically forcing himself on the Spartan queen Leda. The scene is one of the best known in...
Bible Review, October 2000

Mummies

Emissaries of the golden age
By Zahi Hawass
039 We all know about mummies. According to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, the heart/soul of the deceased is placed on a scale and weighed against the feather worn by Maat, the goddess of truth and justice. If the scale tips one way or the...
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2000

After the Flood!

The drowning of an ancient Roman city
By Jessica A. Meyerson
032 It was called one of the biggest archaeological finds in years: In late November 1999 Turkish and French archaeologists began excavating the ancient Roman city of Zeugma in southeastern Turkey. Within weeks, they’d unearthed two large villas...
Archaeology Odyssey, November/December 2000

Against the Tide: An Interview with Maverick Scholar Cyrus Gordon

By Hershel Shanks
052 Cyrus Gordon is a scholar of enormous range. His bibliography of more than 35 books and 350 articles is divided into over 20 categories, focusing largely on linguistics and social history. Among them are Aramaic-Syriac-Mandaic studies, art...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2000

Realms of Silver and Gold

The art of the Thracians
By Sudip Bose
048 Ares and Orpheus—the belligerent Greek war god and the greatest of mythical poets—might seem like polar opposites. But they have one thing in common: Their legendary birthplace was ancient Thrace. That Ares was linked to Thrace is not...
Archaeology Odyssey, July/August 2000

Colossal Enigmas

The ancient stone temples of Baalbek
By Arthur Segal
050 051 It is unlikely that any archaeological work will be undertaken at Baalbek in the near future. This imposing site lies about 50 miles east-northeast of Beirut (ancient Berytus), between...
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2000

“Carthage Must be Destroyed”

But must it be forgotten?
By David Soren
016 017 Turn on the Discovery Channel or the History Channel and chances are you’ll see programs about the wonderful accomplishments of the ancient Greeks and Romans. But what about that other...
Archaeology Odyssey, November/December 2000

Polyglot Antioch

Will archaeologists ever find the city described in the literary sources?
By Florent Heintz
047 Antioch-on-the-Orontes was one of the four great cities of the Greco-Roman-Byzantine world. Although almost unknown today, it once rivaled Alexandria, Rome and Constantinople. Ancient writers described it as a breathtakingly beautiful city...
Archaeology Odyssey, November/December 2000

When People Lived at Petra

By Joseph J. Basile
015 It seems no work of Man’s creative hand, By labor wrought as wavering fancy planned; But from the rock as if by magic grown, Eternal, silent, beautiful, alone! Not virgin-white like that old Doric shrine, Where erst Athena her rites divine;...
Archaeology Odyssey, July/August 2000

O Little Town of…Nazareth?

By Steve Mason
033 032 Where was Jesus born? In Bethlehem, of course, in a manger, because there was no room for Joseph and Mary at the local inn. That’s what all the Christmas carols say. And that’s what the...
Bible Review, February 2000

Bethsaida Rediscovered

Long-lost city found north of Galilee shore
By Rami AravRichard A. FreundJohn F. Shroder Jr.
044 Bethsaida is the town that disappeared. Soon after playing a prominent role in the Gospels—Bethsaida is mentioned more often in the New Testament than any city except Jerusalem and Capernaum—this fishing village on the Sea of Galilee simply...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2000

The Sepphoris Synagogue Mosaic

Abraham, the Temple and the sun god—they’re all in there
By Zeev Weiss
048 Sepphoris—“the ornament of all Galilee”1—is a city of mosaics. It seems that wherever excavators dig they turn up mosaics. More than 40 mosaic floors, many of them extremely elaborate, have been uncovered to date. BAR readers are already...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2000

Guide to Sites

028 We’re proud to present the Year 2000 guide to excavations that need volunteers. Learn about the history of each site, who’s doing the work and what their plans are for the coming summer. The contact information for each site appears on the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2000

Mummies

Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2000
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How Jewish Was Sepphoris in Jesus’ Time?

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