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Finders of a Real Lost Ark

American archaeologists find remains of ancient synagogue ark in Galilee
By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
024 When we returned to Nabratein in upper Galilee for our second excavation season in June 1981, we were unaware of a movie called “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” This may be difficult to believe, but it is true. Day by day we excavated in the clear...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1981

Digging the Talmud in Ancient Meiron

By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
032 The Talmud is, after the Bible itself, Judaism’s most significant and revered collection of sacred writings. Although the Talmud was in fact written and compiled between the Second and Fifth centuries A.D., rabbinic tradition holds that...
Biblical Archaeology Review, June 1978

"Your Journal Is Not to My Taste"

Prominent Israeli archaeologist blasts BAR, asks to be left alone
By Nahman Avigad
028 In the June 1977 issue of the BAR you initiated a crusade against excavators who withhold information and photographs of unpublished finds to the press (“Tight-Lipped Archaeologists—How the Press Erred,” BAR 03:02). For some...
Biblical Archaeology Review, June 1978

28 Years Later Couple Recalls Finding “Lost Ark”

By Eric M. MeyersCarol L. Meyers
044 It’s been 28 years since we finished our excavations at Nabratein and we’ve just published our final report, a hefty volume of 472 pages.1 Twenty-eight years may seem like a very long time; but for us, it seems like yesterday. We retain...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2010

“The Nobles of the People Dug It”: Remembering Three Archaeological Giants

By Daniel M. MasterHillel GevaDan WarnerDonald D. BinderEric M. MeyersJames Riley Strange
Three significant scholars—who shaped and influenced the field of Biblical archaeology—recently passed away, but their legacies live on. The impact of Lawrence E. Stager, Ephraim Stern, and James F. Strange will be felt for generations to come.
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2018

Yes, They Are

By Eric M. Meyers
046 Hanan Eshel attempts to discredit the identification of mikva’ot at Sepphoris,1 but he also suggests that first-century C.E. Sepphoris, in the time of Jesus, was both a pagan and a Jewish city. This has been the subject of much...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2000

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

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

Strata: Milestones: Thomas (Tom) Kraabel (1934–2016)

By Eric M. Meyers
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2017

Explaining Jesus’ Crucifixion

Neither Luke nor Matthew nor Mark accuses the Pharisees or “the Jews” in general as the parties responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus.
By Helmut Koester
Bible Review, June 1995

The Passion Narratives and the Roots of Anti-Judasim

The difference in date between Passover and Easter is only the external sign of a division between Jews and Christians that has resulted in the darkest chapters of Christian history.
By Helmut Koester
Bible Review, February 1993

The Son of David and King of the Jews

The Romans knew quite well why they condemned Jesus: Because of the claim to the kingship of Israel.
By Helmut Koester
Bible Review, February 1996

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By Eric M. Meyers
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1998

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Bible Review, February 1988

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Bible Review, February 1995

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