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San Francisco Tremors
Not earthquakes, just academic rumbles
The Bible is the fault line that divides a significant segment of the scholarly world. It is the attitude toward the Bible that underlies the disparate battles, both institutional and substantive, that are being fought as I write. The...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1998
Ancient Israel’s Stone Age
Purity in Second Temple times
In the decades before the Roman destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple in 70 C.E., Jews gave a new and heightened emphasis to ritual purity. In fact, purity laws may have been interpreted more strictly at this time than at any point before—...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1998
The Enigma of Qumran
Four archaeologists assess the site
If you want to understand how archaeologists think, how they reason, how they work, how they interpret finds—and why they sometimes disagree—you will enjoy this discussion among four prominent archaeologists who know as much about Qumran and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1998
Banias Dig Reveals King’s Palace
[But which king?]
“Trim the balk!” we cried to the volunteers, encouraging them to clean the sides of their excavation square. As volunteers dig down, they leave the balks standing to preserve the layers of debris deposits. The balks are critical for dating...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1998
Where Is the Tenth Century?
Every archaeologist thinks his or her site holds the key to any issue that arises. Perhaps that is one reason why the focus was on Megiddo at the sessions titled “Where Is the Tenth...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1998
Not every scholarly position is as good as another
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1998
An Egyptian papyrus reveals an Asiatic slave with a Biblical name—a midwife mentioned in Exodus
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1998
The archaeologists’ organization can be nursed back to health
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1998
Does Israeli archaeology need military discipline?
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1998
Bible Books
Bible Review, August 1998