Biblical Archaeology Review

See Marcus Borg, “What Did Jesus Really Say,” Bible Review, October 1989.

The volume collects, in revised form, Charlesworth’s 1985 Gunning (Victoria Jubilee) Lectures, delivered in Edinburgh.

See James Brashler, “Nag Hammadi Codices Shed New Light on Early Christian History,” BAR 10:01.

B.C.E. (Before the Common Era) and C.E. (Common Era) are the alternate scholarly designations for B.C. and A.D.

See Hershel Shanks, “Don’t Let Pseudepigrapha Scare You,” Bible Review, Summer 1987.

An Egyptian text dated after the end of the XVIIIth Dynasty (c. 1350 B.C.) describes a calamity as follows:

“The sun is covered and does not shine to the sight of men. Life is no longer possible when the sun is concealed behind the clouds. Ra has turned his face from mankind. If only it would shine even for one hour! No one knows when it is midday. One’s shadow is not discernible. The sun in the heavens resembles the moon….”

Koine Greek is the dialect that flourished in the Mediterranean region during the Roman period; here it is used to mean a common visual language.

Xeste means ashlar in Greek. The house designated Xeste is built of ashlars, or smoothly dressed stones.

C.E. (Common Era) is the scholarly altemate designation corresponding to A.D.