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The Volcano Explains Everything—Or Does It?

Does this crater from an ancient volcanic eruption hold the answer to the mysteries of the Exodus?
By Manfred Bietak
060 Canadian documentarian Simcha Jacobovici, in cooperation with James Cameron, director of Titanic, has master-minded a two-hour TV special dealing with the oft-treated—and oft-mistreated—Exodus narrative. The Biblical account provides...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2006

Israelites Found in Egypt

Four-Room House Identified in Medinet Habu
By Manfred Bietak
040 The history behind the biblical tradition of Israel in Egypt has always excited scholars and laymen alike. The subject may seem somewhat worn out, however, especially in view of the current “minimalist” tendencies in scholarship. I do not...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003

Contra Bimson, Bietak Says Late Bronze Age Cannot Begin as Late as 1400 B.C.

By Manfred Bietak
054 In your September/October 1987 issue, John Bimson and David Livingston in their article “Redating the Exodus,” BAR 13:05, referred to evidence coming from our investigation at Tell el-Dab‘a in the Eastern Nile Delta. I would like to correct...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1988

The Birth of Adonis?

Cyprus excavation suggests a connection between the Greek god and the Hebrew Adon
By Pamela GaberWilliam G. Dever
048 049 How does a site get lost? It happens. For nearly a decade—from 1867 to 1875—General Luigi Palma de Cesnola, a flamboyant Italian who served as both the American and Russian consul to...
Archaeology Odyssey, Spring 1998

Hershel’s Crusade, No. 2: For King and Country: Chronology and Minimalism

By William G. Dever
Is the Hebrew Bible a reliable source of information about ancient Israel? Does it contain true histories or just constructs? Archaeologist William Dever presents an overview of the controversy between the extreme skeptics (minimalists) and the more optimistic Biblical maximalists, highlighting the vital role of Hershel Shanks and BAR in that debate.
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April May/June 2018

Archaeology and the Bible—Understanding Their Special Relationship

By William G. Dever
052 The following article has been adapted from Recent Archaeological Discoveries and Biblical Research, by William G. Dever (Seattle: Univ of Washington Press, 1990). As a matter of principal Professor Dever does not write for BAR (see...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1990

First Person: Is the Bible a Bunch of Historical Hooey?

Harper’s Magazine would have us believe so
By Steven Feldman
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2002

The Rise of Ancient Israel

This work is composed of three outstanding lectures about the emergence of the ancient Israelites and their religion presented at a symposium held at the Smithsonian Institution in the fall of 1991. Professors William Dever, Baruch Halpern, and P. Kyle McCarter Jr., specialists in the fields of...

Traveling Scrolls Debate Touches Down in Washington

By Steven Feldman
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1993

Glossary: From Shekels to Talents: Money in the Ancient World

By Oded Borowski
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1993

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Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1986

Bible Lands

The Negev—The southern stage for biblical history
By Oded Borowski
Bible Review, June 1989

Bible Books

Reviewed by Baruch HalpernJoseph GutmannHershel ShanksJoseph A. FitzmyerJack T. SandersHarold BrodskySteven FeldmanHugh G. M. Williamson
Bible Review, February 1991

How to Tell a Canaanite from an Israelite

By William G. Dever
The Rise of Ancient Israel
1991

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