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Herod’s Roman Temple

By David Jacobson
019 For King Solomon’s Temple, the Phoenician king, Hiram of Tyre, supplied not only construction materials and masons (1 Kings 5:1–12) but apparently the architectural plan as well. The structure, as it is described in the Bible, is clearly a...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2002

Searching for Roman Jerusalem

By Hillel Geva
034 The Romans destroyed Jerusalem at the end of the summer of 70 C.E. Under the command of the Roman general Titus, they burned the city and dismantled the Temple, thus ending the First Jewish Revolt (66—70 C.E.)—the so-called Great Jewish...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1997

Charles Warren vs. James Fergusson

Where Was the Israelite Temple Located?
By David Jacobson
058 In case you think that only modern archaeologists are prone to controversy and disagreement, you should revisit the bitter dispute between James Fergusson and Charles Warren, two giants of their day, involving nothing less than the location...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2003

Sacred Geometry: Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount, Part 1

By David Jacobson
042 042 Longtime BAR readers know that two theories vie with each other regarding where the Temple once stood on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount. The first was advanced by Asher Kaufman, a Hebrew...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 1999

Sacred Geometry: Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount, Part 2

By David Jacobson
054 We have already established the location of the Herodian Temple in Jerusalem and the altar that once stood in front of it (see the previous installment of this article in “Sacred Geometry: Unlocking the Secret of the Temple Mount, Part 1,”...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1999

Was King Saul Impaled on the Wall of Beth Shean?

By Amihai Mazar
034 The Bible tells us that King Saul was killed by the Philistines and that his body (as well as those of his three sons) was hung on the wall of Beth Shean: “The Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons lying...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2012

Marisa Tomb Paintings

Recently Discovered Photos Show Long-Lost Details
By David Jacobson
025 Just over a hundred years ago, an American archaeologist discovered a series of spectacular tomb paintings dating from about 200 B.C.E. at a site in the foothills of the Judean mountains. Yet, within a few years, these precious works of art...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004

Bronze Bull Found in Israelite “High Place” from the Time of the Judges

By Amihai Mazar
034 When he found it, Ofer Broshi was on army duty. Army life can be exhausting or boring—or sometimes both. At that moment, Broshi, a rugged young kibbutznik, was more bored than tired. He was resting on the summit of a hill in northern Samaria...
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 1983

Excavating in Samson Country—Philistines and Israelites at Tel Batash

By George L. KelmAmihai Mazar
036 The period from the time of the Judges to the end of the Israelite monarchy is known in archaeological terms as the Iron Age. It is subdivided into Iron I, the time of the Judges from about 1200 to 1000 B.C., and Iron II, the United and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1989

Jerusalem

An update to Vol. 2, pp. 698–804.
By Eilat MazarRonny ReichEli ShukronYa‘akov BilligDan BahatHillel GevaYuval BaruchGiora ParnosAmos KlonerBoaz ZissuJon SeligmanIrina ZilberbodBenny ArubasHaim GoldfusRina AvnerElena Kogan-ZehaviDavid AmitGideon Avni
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land
2008

Another View: Small City, Few People

By Hillel Geva
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2006

ReViews: The Buildings of Herod

The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder
Ehud Netzer
The Architecture of Herod, the Great Builder
Reviewed by Hillel Geva
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2008

ReViews: Stimulating Sketch of a Megalomaniac

Reviewed by David Jacobson
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2015

Does Amihai Mazar Agree with Finkelstein’s “Low Chronology”?

By Amihai Mazar
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2003

Beth-Shean

An update to Vol. 1, pp. 214–235.
By Amihai MazarGabi MazorBenny ArubasGideon FoersterYoram TsafrirJon Seligman
The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land
2008

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