Three New Views
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.
Queries & Comments
Is BAR Losing Its Touch?
The lastest BAR is unique. It seems to contain no cancel-my-subscription! letters. You must be losing your touch!
Books in Brief
The Monastic Realm
Raymond Oursel, Léo Moulin, Réginald Grégoire, translated by Donald Mills (New York: Rizzoli, 1985) 287 pp. and 299 illustrations, $65
BARlines
Pharaoh in Memphis—Tennessee, That Is
What’s in a name? Suppose Memphis, Tennessee, had been called Vienna, Tennessee, or Lachish, Tennessee?
Inside BAR
Jeremiah’s Scribe and Confidant Speaks from a Hoard of Clay Bullae
The Text of the Seal
When the seal’s mirror-image inscription is pressed into soft clay, it produces the correct reading shown in this drawing. Below, the three lines of text are given from the top in English, in transliterated Hebrew and in modern Hebrew.
Name of Deuteronomy’s Author Found on Seal Ring
Biblical Tradition and the Archaeological Record
This chart summarizes a great deal of information. Column I lists Canaanite cities mentioned in the Bible as having been conquered by the invading Israelites. In three cases—Ai, Arad and Debir—there are two candidates for each of these Biblical sites.
Column II indicates that at only four of these sites, at most, were there cities at the end of the Late Bronze Age.
Khirbet Nisya—Is It Biblical Ai?
Pages
