Biblical Archaeology Review

Nefesh literally means “soul.” In rabbinic literature, it also refers to a monument constructed over a grave as a memorial to the deceased. In contemporaneous Greek inscriptions, the equivalent term is stele.

In 1960 he was appointed archaeologist for the Latin community on the project; in 1963, for the Greek and Armenian communities as well.

Il Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme, Aspetti arceologici dalle origini al periodo crociato. Parts I–III (Jerusalem: Franciscan Printing Press, 1981–1982).

See “Should the Term ‘Biblical Archaeology’ Be Abandoned?” BAR 07:03; “BAR Interviews Yigael Yadin,” BAR 09:01; Hershel Shanks, “Whither ASOR?” BAR 09:05.

The Joint Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL), the American Academy of Religion (AAR) and the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR). The archaeological sessions are sponsored by ASOR. In 1985 the Annual Meeting convened in Anaheim, California, from November 23 to November 26.

See Volume 4 of Benoit’s essays in Exegise et Theologie (Paris, 1982).

See “Jerusalem Tombs from the Days of the First Temple,” in this issue.

See in this issue, “The Garden Tomb—Was Jesus Buried Here?”

See Neil A. Silberman, “In Search of Solomon’s Lost Treasures,” BAR 06:04.

The escarpment runs generally north-south, winding northwest as it continues northward into the courtyard of the Monastery of St. Étienne. At the end of this northwest bend, in the courtyard of St. Étienne, lies the entrance to Burial Cave Complex Number 1—the most elaborate burial cave known from the period of the kings of Judah.