Recovering Roman Jerusalem—The Entryway Beneath Damascus Gate
In 70 A.D. the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and burnt the Temple. The conflagration would be etched in the collective memory of the Jewish people forever.
Biblical Archaeology Review
Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.
Ultra-Orthodox Fanatics Rejoice at Shiloh’s Death
BAR Interview: Yigal Shiloh—Last Thoughts, Part II
Proposed Locations of Mt. Sinai
| Scholar and Reference | Location | Mountain |
| Robinson, Edward Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea (London, 1838) | Southern Sinai | Jebel Musa |
The Route Through Sinai: Why the Israelites Fleeing Egypt Went South
Can modern ecology and ethnology help to establish the route of the Exodus? I believe they can.
Corinth in Paul’s Time—What Can Archaeology Tell Us?
Queries & Comments
No More Smug One-Liners
I find articles such as John Bimson and David Livingston’s “Redating the Exodus,” BAR 13:05, and “Radical Exodus Redating Fatally Flawed,” BAR 13:06, by Baruch Halpern, to be both interesting and relevant.
Books in Brief
Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice: A Critical Edition
Carol Newsom (Harvard Semitic Studies 27; Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1985) 486 pp., plus 19 plates, $34.95
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Bethsaida
Is Bethsaida—the hometown of the apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip, and the site where Jesus fed the five thousand—one place or two? Volunteers can have a crack at this archaeological mystery by joining the Bethsaida dig, scheduled for this summer by the Golan Research Institute and Haifa University.
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