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What Jesus Learned from the Essenes

The Blessing of Poverty the Bane of Divorce
By Magen Broshi
032 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”
By Hershel Shanks
044 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
By Hershel Shanks
040 041 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
By Hershel Shanks
048 048 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

By Hershel Shanks
028 028 028 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
By Hershel Shanks
018 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)
By Hershel Shanks
047 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

First Person: Museums Abounding

But not for Biblical archaeology
By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, January/February 2004

First Person: Taking It Personally

A member of the IAA ossuary committee feels we've been one-sided
By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 2004

First Person: Rumor Mill Goes into High Gear

By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, May/June 2004

First Person: Needed: A Protocol to Test Authenticity

By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2004

First Person: Trial by Leak

Even alleged forgers have rights
By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2004

First Person: Shuka

Why is he so mad?
By Hershel Shanks
Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 2004

Reviews

Ritual and Cult at Ugarit
Dennis Pardee
Reviewed by Anson F. Rainey
Archaeology Odyssey, January/February 2004

Editors’ Page: The Enemy of the Good

Work Out a Compromise with Salvors
By Hershel Shanks
Archaeology Odyssey, March/April 2004

Editors’ Page: Losing Iraqi Antiquities For Good

Proposed Legislation Will Cause Only Harm
By Hershel Shanks
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
Reviewed by Larry F. Ball
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
Reviewed by Alan R. Millard
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.
Reviewed by Hershel Shanks
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
Reviewed by William W. Hallo
Biblical Archaeology Review, July/August 2004

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