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The Ark of the Covenant: Where It Stood in Solomon’s Temple

By Leen Ritmeyer
046 047 Four years ago, I wrote an article for BAR in which I identified the original 500-cubit-square Temple Mount.1 By now, this location is well established in the archaeological world,...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1996

Extra! Extra! Philistines in the Newsroom!

David’s battle with Goliath rages on as reporters enhance their stories with biblical quotes
By Leonard J. Greenspoon
050 050 Pity the poor newspaper writer. Every day he (or she) must grab the reader’s attention, convey something newsworthy in a fresh way and do it all in the space of a few inches of type. Is...
Bible Review, August 2000

Ritmeyer Responds to Jacobson

By Leen Ritmeyer
053 David Jacobson’s theory regarding the shape of Herod’s Temple Mount and the placement of the Temple within it draws heavily on Roman architectural practice. The Romans were particularly fond of symmetrical structures, as Jacobson rightly...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2000

A Pilgrim’s Journey

By Kathleen Ritmeyer
043 Jerusalem is bathed in the clear light of early morning. A pilgrim has come for one of the great festivals, and his journey is almost over. He begins the ascent from the Siloam Pool at the bottom part of the Lower City. The sun is not yet...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1989

Reconstructing Herod’s Temple Mount in Jerusalem

By Kathleen RitmeyerLeen Ritmeyer
023 Herod the Great—master builder! Despite his crimes and excesses, no one can doubt his prowess as a builder. One of his most imposing achievements was in Jerusalem. To feed his passion for grandeur, to immortalize his name and to attempt to...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1989

Locating the Original Temple Mount

By Leen Ritmeyer
024 026 Somewhere on Jerusalem’s majestic Temple Mount—the largest man-made platform in the ancient world, the size of 24 football fields, nearly 145 acres—Herod the Great (37–4 B.C.) built a...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1992

Reconstructing the Triple Gate

By Kathleen RitmeyerLeen Ritmeyer
049 Reconstructing the Triple Gate required that we answer three principal questions. What was the gate’s original width? Was it originally a double gate or a triple gate? For whom was it built? The discovery of a vault in front of the Triple...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1989

Strata: The Bible in the News: The Bible’s Book of Love

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2015

Strata: The Bible in the News

Nothing new under the sun
By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2010

Strata: The Bible in the News: King of the Column

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2014

Strata: The Bible In The News: Give and Take with Gifts and Tackles

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2012

Strata: The Bible in the News: Apocrypha Now

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2008

Strata: The Bible in the News

Biblical Bubbly
By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2008

Strata: The Bible in the News: Plagued by the Press

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

Strata: The Bible in the News: Exactly Who Are the Salt of the Earth?

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2011

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: Like the Birds and the Bees … and the Bunnies

By Leonard J. Greenspoon
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2012

Expeditions

By Kathleen RitmeyerLeen Ritmeyer
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2002

Backward Glance: Divergent Visions of the Holy Land

By Kathleen RitmeyerLeen Ritmeyer
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2002

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Bible Review, October 1992

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