Biblical Archaeology Review

Volkmar Fritz and Aharon Kempinski, Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen auf der Hirbet el-Msas [Tel Masos], Vol. I (Weisbaden, 1983), pp. 213–222.

A favissa is a reservoir or underground storage chamber for a temple. [Ed.]

This inscription is mentioned in Marie Joseph Lagrange, Saint Etienne et son sanctuaire a Jerusalem (1894), p. 128, and in Louis-Hugues Vincent, Jerusalem Nouvelle (1926), p. 778. Vincent also refers to it twice in his 1925 article in Revue Biblique, cited by Murphy-O’Connor. However, Vincent believed a second inscription was invented by the supporters of the Garden Tomb. He too failed to realize the inscription on which they were relying.

See Books in Brief, BAR 11:01, for a review of The Image of the East: Nineteenth-Century Near Eastern Photographs by Bonfils by Carney E. S. Gavin.

“The Dayan Saga—The Man and His Archaeological Collection,” BAR 08:05, by Leroy Aarons.

They are Horvat Ritma, Horvat Mesora and the fortress at Mesad Nahal Haro‘a—opposite Atar Haro‘a. Har Raviv was excavated in 1979 by the author. Now, as the spring excavations have shown, there are several architectural differences between the three square Persian fortresses and that of Har Raviv. We believe today that the fortress at Har Raviv can be included in the rectangular fortress type of Solomon’s era (tenth century B.C.).

“The Fortresses King Solomon Built to Protect His Southern Border,” BAR 11:03.

In reviewing the transcript of this interview, Mr. Eitan wrote instead of the foregoing sentence, “If a scholar obtains the approval of the chief editor and the Shrine of the Book, which, as already mentioned, is also involved.”

In reviewing the transcript of this interview, Mr. Eitan advised that “There is a concordance which the late Père de Vaux, the chief editor at the time, instructed to be made.”

Subsequent to this interview, Mr. Eitan advised us (in April 1986) that he has had two meetings with Père Benoit, that Père Benoit has now heard from all scholars with scroll assignments, and that Père Benoit has given Mr. Eitan a report in English on the progress and proposed progress for completion of the scholars’ work. Mr. Eitan declined to make this report available at this time, but said it will be discussed during the coming months and the Department of Antiquities and Museums will then decide what to do.—Ed.