First Person: A Magazine, Not a Journal

Our first directive is to report news about archaeology of the lands of the Bible to the general public; we are not a peer-reviewed journal written in academic jargon meant to be read only by scholars. When I was handed the reins as Editor of BAR three years ago, both Hershel Shanks and our publisher, Sue Laden, made one thing abundantly clear: BAR is a popular magazine, not an academic journal.