Biblical Archaeology Review

A wadi is a dry riverbed or valley that flows occasionally after a rain; a perennial stream is also called a wadi.

By Trude Dothan, with Baruch Brandl, Ann Killebrew, and Bonnie and Gary Gould, forthcoming in the Qedem series.

See Trude Dothan and Seymour Gitin, “Ekron of the Philistines,’ BAR 16:01 and “Ekron of the Philistines, Part II,” BAR 16:02.

Volume five of the Ashdod final report is in press and volume six is in progress; the Nahariya report is in progress.—Ed.

Principal author of volume 1 of the final report on Kenyon’s Excavations in Jerusalem 1961–1967 (Royal Ontario Museum, 1985; reviewed in BAR 13:03). Tushingham was chief archaeologist of the Royal Ontario Museum.

Roland de Vaux Ancient Israel—Its life and Institutions ( London: Darton, Longman and Todd. Ltd.), 1961.

See Hershel Shanks, “Should the Term ‘Biblical Archaeology’ Be Abandoned?” BAR 07:03, and William G. Dever, “On Abandoning the Term ‘Biblical Archaeology,’”, Queries & Comments, BAR 07:05.

See “The ‘Pierced Messiah’ Text—An Interpretation Evaporates,” BAR 18:04, and James A. Tabor, “A Pierced or Piercing Messiah? The Verdict Is Still Out,” BAR 18:06.

For a refutation of the fortress theory, see the article by Shanks cited previously in this article.

See also James C. VanderKam, “The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity,” Part 1, “How Are They Related?” Bible Review, December 1991 and Part 2, “What They Share,” Bible Review, February 1992.