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Was the Site of the Jerusalem Temple Originally a Cemetery?

By Rivka Gonen
Stylistic and architectural similarities between the cave of Machpelah enclosure at Hebron and the Temple Mount enclosure in Jerusalem have been clearly demonstrated by Nancy Miller in “Patriarchal Burial Site Explored for First Time in 700...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 1985

Challenge to Sun-Worship Interpretation of Temple Scroll’s Gilded Staircase

By Jacob Milgrom
In “The Case of the Gilded Staircase,” BAR 10:05, Professor Morton Smith attempts to prove that the Temple envisioned by the Essenes had a gilded staircase to reach the roof of the Temple where members of the Dead Sea sect worshipped the sun...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1985

Crucifixion—The Archaeological Evidence

By Vassilios Tzaferis
From ancient literary sources we know that tens of thousands of people were crucified in the Roman Empire. In Palestine alone, the figure ran into the thousands. Yet until 1968 not a single victim of this horrifying method of execution had...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 1985