Biblical Archaeology Review

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era), used by this author, are the alternate designations corresponding to B.C. and A.D. often used in scholarly literature.

See William C. Dever, “What Archaeology Can Contribute to an Understanding of the Bible,” BAR 07:05, Dever and H. Darrell Lance, “Gezer IV: The 1969–71 Seasons in Field VI, the ‘Acropolis,’” reviewed in Books in Brief, BAR 14:01.

Joseph Callaway, “Sir Flinders Petrie: Father of Palestinian Archaeology,” BAR 06:06).

See P. Kyle McCarter, Jr., “A New Challenge to the Documentary Hypothesis,” BR 04:02, April 1988; Joseph Blenkinsopp, “The Documentary Hypothesis in Trouble,” and “Julius Wellhausen,” both in BR 01:04, Winter 1985.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era), used by this author, are the alternate designations corresponding to B.C. and A.D. often used in scholarly literature.

See Hershel Shanks, “Not So Up-To-Date in Kansas City,” BAR 18:02.

The Annual Meeting is the common name for the joint annual meeting of the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR), the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) and the American Academy of Religion (AAR), which was held in San Francisco, November 21 to 24, 1992.

ASOR is the acronym for the American Schools of Oriental Research, the leading American scholarly organization of Biblical archaeologists. ASOR publishes several scholarly journals, including its well-known Bulletin (BASOR) and the semischolarly Biblical Archaeologist.

Slipping is a special treatment in which the potter covers the vessel’s body with red or orange color and thus creates a fine ware with a shiny surface.