Biblical Archaeology Review 43:2, March/April 2017
Queries & Comments
A Case of Mistaken Identity
The object on the November/December 2016 BAR cover (and page 39) is identified as an Edomite goddess. Really?! Fess up! It’s really a bust of Woody Allen, isn’t it?
Joseph I. Lauer
Brooklyn, New York
Woody Sighting?
Why was Woody Allen on your cover?
Robert D. Dominiec
Chicago, Illinois
Many readers have made a similar suggestion.—Ed.
Questioning Crusader Coin Caption
The caption for the silver Crusader coin of Baldwin III in “Relics in Rubble” by Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira (BAR 42:06) says that the coin depicts the Tower of David. As the tower was built some four centuries after Baldwin died, this is most unlikely. Rather, it looks like a portcullis, a fairly common design on Western European coins of the time.
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