Biblical Archaeology Review, March/April 1993
Special Section
Dead Sea Scrolls Research Council: Fragments
Qimron Defends His Lawsuit—“No Threat to Intellectual Freedom”
Your editorial headed “Why Professor Qimron’s Lawsuit Is a Threat to Intellectual Freedom,” BAR 18:05, ends with an invitation to me to explain why I think that the arguments in that editorial are wrong. I should like to take up that invitation. 1. The editorial is based...Dead Sea Scrolls Research Council: Fragments
New Carbon-14 Tests on Dead Sea Scrolls
As a result of an initiative by a BAR reader, new carbon-14 tests will be performed on selected Dead Sea Scrolls in an effort to determine their dates with greater confidence. In Queries & Comments, BAR 18:03, we printed a letter from Greg Dougna, of the Department...Dead Sea Scrolls Research Council: Fragments
Bits & Pieces
Copper Scroll Coming to U.S. In “Bits & Pieces,” BAR 18:06, we announced that some fragmentary Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel are to be exhibited at the Library of Congress, starting April 29. Not to be outdone, Jordan will allow the famous Copper Scroll to be brought...Features
The Many Masters of Dor, Part 2: How Bad Was Ahab?
Tel Dor, on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, is the site of one of the most conquered cities in the Levant. Although practically every major people of the region occupied or ruled the site at one time or another—leaving behind an accumulation of...A Death at Dor
A gruesome discovery may explain a mysterious destruction at Dor in 1000 B.C.E.
It’s not every day that you dig up a dead woman. And in archaeology, the most dramatic discoveries always seem to come at the most awkward times; this one, true to form, appeared less than 36 hours before we were due to leave the excavation at Tel...Cabul: A Royal Gift Found
Hiram of Tyre scorned King Solomon’s offering of 20 cities—called Cabul
After King Solomon constructed the Jerusalem Temple and his adjacent royal palace, he made a gift to Hiram, the Phoenician king who had supplied him not only with craftsmen for the project, but also with much timber and gold. Solomon’s gift: 20 towns in Galilee. But when...