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Probable Head of Priestly Scepter from Solomon’s Temple Surfaces in Jerusalem

Inscription containing name of God incised on ivory pomegranate
By André Lemaire
024 BAR recently published a fascinating article by Gabriel Barkay reporting on his excavation of a small rolled silver amulet, dating from the seventh or sixth century B.C. When the amulet was unrolled, it was found to contain the tetragrammaton...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1984

The Temple Scroll—The Longest and Most Recently Discovered Dead Sea Scroll

How it affects our understanding of the New Testament and early Christianity
By Yigael Yadin
033 On August 1, 1960, I received a letter from a man who identified himself as a Virginia clergyman. The letter stated that the writer was in a position to negotiate the sale of “important, authentic discoveries of Dead Sea Scrolls.” Obviously,...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1984

Is the Cultic Installation at Dan Really an Olive Press?

A discussion that started in BAR escalates in the scholarly world
By Suzanne F. Singer
052 In an article in the September/October 1981 issue of BAR (“The Remarkable Discoveries at Tel Dan,” BAR 07:05), John Laughlin identified an unusual installation at Tel Dan, in northern Israel, as an Israelite cult installation associated with...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1984

Restoring the Reputation of Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope

A little-known episode in the beginnings of archaeology in the Holy Land
By Neil Asher Silberman
068 069 Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope, granddaughter of William Pitt and daughter of the third Earl of Stanhope, was the first person who ever intentionally excavated an ancient artifact in the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1984

Who or What Was Yahweh’s Asherah?

Startling new inscriptions from two different sites reopen the debate about the meaning of asherah
By André Lemaire
042 New inscriptions from two different sites have reopened the debate about the meaning of asherah, a term often used in the Bible. Is it—or she—a goddess? Is it a holy place? Or perhaps a sacred tree? Or a pole? Or possibly a grove of trees?...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1984

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

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