Biblical Archaeology Review

Here the angels announced to Abraham and Sarah the birth of their son Isaac, in Christian tradition this was a prefiguration of the annunciation to Mary by the angels (Luke 1:26–38).

See James F. Strange and Hershel Shanks, “Has the House Where Jesus Stayed in Capernaum Been Found?” BAR 08:06.

Although it is technically a part of the Israel Museum, the Shrine of the Book is ruled by Broshi as a private fiefdom. On one occasion during the height of the Dead Sea Scrolls brouhaha, Martin Weyl, the director of the Israel Museum, told Broshi to refrain from talking to the press because Broshi had developed an embarrassing foot-in-mouth disease. Broshi ignored the ukase with impunity.

See John J. Collins, “A Pre-Christian son of God’ Among the Dead Sea Scrolls,” Bible Review, June 1993.

See “The Scrolls Are Here!” BAR 19:04), p. 70.

See “Paying the Price for Freeing the Scrolls,”BAR 19:04.

“Jesus’ table-fellowship must be seen as both a protest against a religious zeal that is judgmental and exclusive [a reference to the Qumran requirement of purity for all who eat their communal meal] and as a live-out expression of the openness of God’s grace” (p. 268).

Elisha Qimron and John Strugnell “An Unpublished Halakhic Letter from Qumran,” in Biblical Archaeology Today, ed. Janet Amitai (Jerusalem Israel Exploration Society, 1985), p. 406.

See Rafael Levy, “First Dead Sea Scroll Found in Egypt Fifty Years Before Qumran Discovery,” BAR 08:05.