Biblical Archaeology Review, November/December 1995
Special Section
A Yearlong Celebration
This issue inaugurates our participation in the 3,000th anniversary celebration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The mayor of Jerusalem has officially proclaimed 1996 as the year to mark the anniversary. Certainly the 3,000th anniversary of King David’s capture of Jerusalem—after which the...Read more ›
Jerusalem Down Under: Tunneling Along Herod’s Temple Mount Wall
Between 1968 and 1982 and from 1985 to the present, Israel’s Ministry of Religious Affairs has exposed over 900 feet of the western wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by digging a tunnel underneath the structures above. During much of that time I...Read more ›
Features
Royal Signature: Name of Israel’s Last King Surfaces in a Private Collection
The name of the northern kingdom of Israel’s last king has turned up on a beautiful seal from the eighth century B.C.E.! Although the seal did not belong to the king himself, it was the property of one of his high-ranking ministers. The king is Hoshea (HWSû‘...Read more ›
Before History: The Golan’s Chalcolithic Heritage
This is the story of an archaeological adventure that began over 20 years ago in the Golan. It continues even today. In 1973, while making a series of probes along the line of a projected new highway on the Golan Heights, I came upon sherds belonging to...Read more ›
From the Good Book to the Good Disk
Gutenberg would be proud. In about 1456, his invention, the printing press, put Bible knowledge into the hands of laypeople. Now, nearing the end of the 20th century, print products of all types are taking electronic form on diskette, CD-ROM, commercial online services and...Read more ›