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Was The Gospel of Matthew Originally Written In Hebrew?

By George Howard
015 New evidence indicates that the Gospel of Matthew was an original Hebrew composition. Indeed, it is now possible to recover much of this original Hebrew composition from an extant manuscript. But before explaining how this can be done, let me...
Bible Review, Winter 1986

The Name of God in the New Testament

Did the earliest Gospels use Hebrew letters for the Tetragrammaton?
By George Howard
012 Many early copies of the New Testament abbreviate sacred words (nomina sacra). The earliest of these abbreviations stand for “God,” “Lord,” “Christ,” and “Jesus.” Abbreviations of these...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March 1978

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 Great Gulf Between Scholars and the Pew

By Michael D. Coogan
044 Three great intellectual revolutions of the 19th and early 20th centuries have profoundly shaped and transformed the way we think of ourselves and our world. The first is Marxism and its derivative, socialism. The dissolution of the Soviet...
Bible Review, June 1994

The Book Albright Never Finished

All efforts at publication now ended
By Siegfried H. Horn
064 One of the greatest Biblical archaeologists of the 20th century, William Foxwell Albright, left an unfinished book manuscript when he died in 1971. But this is no secret to his friends, students and admirers. BAR readers were told of the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1984

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

The Oldest Cookbooks in the World

By William W. Hallo
026 027 When the three messengers visited Abraham to announce the forthcoming birth of his beloved son Isaac, Abraham demonstrated his hospitality by inviting the messengers to a meal before...
Bible Review, August 1993

Why the Moabite Stone Was Blown to Pieces

Ninth-century B.C. inscription adds new dimension to Biblical account of Mesha’s rebellion
By Siegfried H. Horn
050 F. A. Klein was an Anglican minister, born in Alsace, who came to the Holy Land as a medical missionary in the mid-1800s. Although he lived in Jerusalem, he traveled widely on both sides of the Jordan, seeking to relieve pain and win converts...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1986

10 Great Finds

By Michael D. Coogan
036 When BAR’s editors invited me to prepare a list of significant finds for the 20th anniversary issue, I thought the task would be easy. I had already been developing the forthcoming BAS Slide Set on the Hebrew Bible and archaeology, so I...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1995

Bible Books

Reviewed by James S. AckermanMarcus J. BorgGeorge Howard
Bible Review, December 1990

Glossary

Canaanites: Who were they and where did they live?
By Michael D. Coogan
Bible Review, June 1993

Books in Brief

Reviewed by Michael D. CooganP. Kyle McCarter Jr.Morton Smith
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1982

Bible Books

Reviewed by James BrashlerMichael D. Coogan
Bible Review, December 1991

Books in Brief

Reviewed by Dan P. ColeMichael D. Coogan
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1982

Books in Brief

Reviewed by Siegfried H. HornAnthony S. PitchWilliam H. Stiebing Jr.
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1981

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