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Before Tea Leaves: Divination in Ancient Babylonia

By William W. Hallo
032 032 Babylonian Liver Omens: The Chapters Manzazu, Padanu and Pan Takalti of the Babylonian Extispicy Series Mainly from Aššurbanipal’s Library (Ulla Koch-Westenholz CNI Publications 25)...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2005

The Origin of Israelite Sacrifice

By William W. Hallo
059 Sacrificing animals to God—a major activity in the Temple—must certainly seem odd to us in the 21st century. Where did the practice come from? The Israelites didn’t invent it. Scholars have hypothesized its origin in prehistoric times, not...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2011

“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

What America Believes About the Bible

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Late 20th century and (thus far) early 21st century Americans are surely the most prodded, probed and polled people in history. Pollsters contact, calculate and communicate Americans’ views on every topic imaginable (and some that, frankly, I couldn’t imagine), from political persuasions to sexual...
Bible Review, Winter 2005

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

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

How the Bible Became the Kynge’s Owne English

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
015 016 In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture Alister McGrath...
Bible Review, December 2003

The Holy Bible: A Buyer’s Guide

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
37 Walk through the religion section of any major bookstore, and you’ll see an amazing array of Bibles. The broad selection of translations (also called versions)—and the seemingly endless ways in which they are packaged—is without historical...
Bible Review, Fall 2005

The Bible in the News: Post-Babel Babble

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2016

Strata: The Bible In the News: Who’s Afraid of Abishag?

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2011

Strata: The Bible In the News: The Royal Treatment

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2013

ReViews: Behold the Beasts

Beasts of the Bible
DVD, 90 minutes $49.99
Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2010

ReViews: Short-Takes on Ancient Israel and on Jesus

Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2012

ReViews: Biblical Comics No Laughing Matter

The Book of Genesis Illustrated
By R. Crumb
Reviewed by Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2011

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

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