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Reconstructing the Magnificent Temple Herod Built
“In the fourth year of his reign over Israel, Solomon began to build the House of the Lord” (1 Kings 6:1). Bible scholars call this the First Temple. King Solomon built this Temple on...
Bible Review, October 1988
Was BAR an Accessory to Highway Robbery?
Five years ago, BAR published an extraordinary artifact—an ivory pomegranate less than 2 inches high (1.68 inches, to be exact) that was probably used in the Temple of Solomon, the only artifact from Solomon’s Temple ever discovered (“...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1988
BAR Interview: Yigal Shiloh—Last Thoughts
For eight seasons Yigal Shiloh directed excavations in Jerusalem—the heart of the Biblical world. And not simply any place in Jerusalem. He dug in the oldest inhabited part of the ancient site, the section known as the City of David, the area...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1988
Understanding the Nabateans
In 312 B.C. a Greek diplomat and historian named Hieronymus of Cardia visited the Dead Sea and probably the Negev and reported:a...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1988
Two Early Israelite Cult Sites Now Questioned
In recent years, two early Israelite cult sites have been discovered. The first is referred to as the “Bull Site” because archaeologists were led to it by the accidental discovery there of a cultic bronze statuette of a bull.a The second...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1988
BAR Interview: Yigal Shiloh—Last Thoughts, Part II
Yigal Shiloh, director of the City of David Excavations in Jerusalem from 1978 to 1985, died last November at the age of 50. Less than five months before his death, Shiloh was interviewed by BAR editor Hershel Shanks. In Part I of the...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1988
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