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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

Tiberias: Preview of Coming Attractions

By Yizhar Hirschfeld
044 045 This is the story mostly of what will be rather than what has been. It is a report on what we hope to do more than what we have already done. It tells of the tantalizing clues that keep...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1991

How We Know When Solomon Ruled

Synchronisms with Egyptian and Assyrian rulers hold the key to dates of Israelite kings
By Kenneth A. Kitchen
032 032 Ever wonder how scholars date the reigns of the Israelite kings but were too embarrassed to ask? If so, this is the article for you. The short answer is that scholars use a variety of...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2001

The Secret Gospel of Mark

Is It Real? And Does It Identify “Bethany beyond the Jordan”?
By Scott G. Brown
044 In the preceding article, Rami Khouri lays out the case for identifying Wadi el-Kharrar as the New Testament’s “Bethany beyond the Jordan,” the site where John baptized. There may be another piece of evidence strengthening that case—and it...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2005

Firsthand Report: Tracking Down the Looted Treasures of Iraq

By Matthew Bogdanos
026 026 The world watched in horror as the images were flashed all over the globe: In the chaos that surrounded the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, the Iraq Museum—home to a priceless collection...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2005

The Shapira Scrolls: The Case for Forgery

By Ronald S. HendelMatthieu Richelle
In 1883, antiquities dealer Moses Shapira presented to the watching world several scroll fragments that he claimed were an ancient biblical manuscript. Yet the manuscript was quickly decried as a forgery. Although its authenticity has been reappraised recently, biblical scholars Ronald S. Hendel and Matthieu Richelle argue—with old and new evidence—that the Shapira Scrolls are forgeries.
Biblical Archaeology Review, Winter 2021

A Country Gentleman’s Estate

Unearthing the Splendors of Ramat Hanadiv
By Yizhar HirschfeldMiriam Feinberg Vamosh
018 019 020 On a ridge about 3 miles east of Caesarea, deep in the Carmel range, Baron Edmond de Rothschild is buried alongside his wife...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2005

Finding Historical Memories in the Patriarchal Narratives

By Ronald S. Hendel
052 053 The search for the historical patriarchs of Genesis has taken some dizzying turns in the last half-century. From the 1940s through the 1960s, scholars proclaimed that the patriarchal...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1995

Sumptuous Roman Baths Uncovered Near Sea of Galilee

Hot springs drew the afflicted from around the world
By Giora SolarYizhar Hirschfeld
022 According to the Greek biographer Eunapius, the second most beautiful bath complex in the entire Roman Empire during the fourth century A.D. was located in, of all places, Palestine—at a site known as Hammat Gader.1 Hammat Gader lies just...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1984

Spirituality in the Desert: Judean Wilderness Monasteries

By Yizhar Hirschfeld
029 In 1966, the English scholar Derwas J. Chitty located 25 monasteries in the Judean desert east of Jerusalem, many known only from then-recent explorations.1 Today the number exceeds 60.2 The past decade has witnessed a veritable revolution in...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1995

The Patriarchal Age: Myth or History?

The Biblical data match objective facts from the ancient world in an almost uncanny way, establishing the general reliability of Biblical time periods.
By Kenneth A. Kitchen
048 Over a century ago, the great would-be reconstructor of early Israelite history, Julius Wellhausen, claimed that “no historical knowledge” of the patriarchs could be gotten from Genesis. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were merely a “glorified...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1995

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