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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
The Seventh Sample
IAA Report Shows Evidence for Authenticity of “Jesus”
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) last summer declared the inscription on the James ossuary—which reads, “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”—to be a fake.a Since then, however, both the reasoning and the conclusion of the IAA report...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
A Tale of Two Meetings
Issue of Antiquities Splits Scholars in Atlanta
The decision was unanimous: Antiquities collectors are criminals, responsible for the worldwide scourge of looting. That was the theme of the annual meeting of the American Schools of...
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
Lying Scholars?
Rumor, Gossip and Misinformation Swirl around the James Ossuary Inscription
Intense scholarly disagreements are common in archaeology. Cases of deliberate lying, however, are rare. Is this such a case? If so, what is the motive? When I returned from the Annual...
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2004
Contrasting Insights of Biblical Giants
Hershel Shanks: I have known each of you for many years. And I know that the Bible has been a central influence in your lives—...
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2004
John the Baptist’s Cave???
The Evidence Is Thin
On August 17, 2004, the New York Times devoted an entire column in its A section to the discovery of a cave with a pool near Jerusalem that, it said, John the Baptist may have used to baptize early converts to what later became known...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2004
Yes, Virginia, There IS an American Biblical Archaeology Museum
(Hint: It’s in Brooklyn)
I have often lamented that, although there are thousands of museums in the United States devoted to every conceivable topic, there is not a single museum here devoted to Biblical archaeology. I have recently been challenged on this assertion—...
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2004
But not for Biblical archaeology
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2004
A member of the IAA ossuary committee feels we've been one-sided
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2004
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2004
Even alleged forgers have rights
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2004
Editors’ Page: The Enemy of the Good
Work Out a Compromise with Salvors
Archaeology Odyssey, March/April 2004
Editors’ Page: Losing Iraqi Antiquities For Good
Proposed Legislation Will Cause Only Harm
Archaeology Odyssey, September/October 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
ReViews
The Context of Scripture Archival Documents from the Biblical World, volume 3
Edited by William W. Hallo and K. Lawson Younger
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2004
Review: Why Objects from the Antiquities Market Matter
Biblical Period Hebrew Bullae: The Josef Chaim Kaufman Collection
Robert Deutsch
We don’t know where many of the objects in this book were found, but they have much to teach us.
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004
ReViews
Eretz-Israel 27. Hayim and Miriam Tadmor Volume
Edited by Israel Eph’al, Amnon Ben-Tor and Peter Machinist
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2004