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Let this Cup Pass!
The Futile Quest for The Holy Grail
Most of us remember the dramatic ending of the last Indiana Jones movie, The Last Crusade, when good-guy Jones confronts a wicked quester for the Holy Grail in a room full of cups. A Knight Templar is guarding the vessels, some of...
Bible Review, August 2004
What Jesus Learned from the Essenes
The Blessing of Poverty the Bane of Divorce
Scholars have been cautious about drawing a direct line between Jesus and the Dead Sea Scroll sectarians. Indeed, perhaps the most criticized sentence in the vast literature about the Dead Sea Scrolls is one penned by the great American...
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2004
Pottery Talks
What Ceramics Tell Us About the Social World of Ancient Israel
So often it seems that pottery is boring. But the little bits of sherds that are ubiquitous on excavations tell us a lot. Thanks to pottery we can date structures such as buildings and...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
Reviews
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Philip R. Davies, George J. Brooke and Phillip R. Callaway, eds.
Archaeology Odyssey, March/April 2004
Reviews
The Romans: From Village to Empire: A History of Ancient Rome from Earliest Times to Constantine
Mary T. Boatwright, Daniel J. Gargola and Richard J.A. Talbert
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 2004
Was Paul a Pro-Slavery Chauvinist?
Making sense of Paul’s seemingly mixed moral messages.
Bible Review, April 2004
It’s in the Details
A rich portrait of Simon the Cyrene can be pieced together from the few facts the Gospels provide
Bible Review, October 2004
ReViews
Imperialism and Jewish Society, 200 B.C.E to 640 C.E.
By Seth Schwartz
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
ReViews: Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From?
By William G. Dever
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2004
ReViews
Khirbet Qumrân et ‘Aïn Feshkha II
Jean-Baptiste Humbert and Jan Gunneweg, eds.
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2004
ReViews: Moses and the Exodus
Moses and the Exodus
By Ziony Zevit
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2004