Biblical Archaeology Review

Judaism: The Evidence of the Mishnah (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981) and Judaism in Society: The Evidence of the Yerushalmi (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983).

See “Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress,” BAR 10:04, and Queries & Comments, BAR 11:01.

The exhibition is scheduled for the Horn Archaeological Museum, Berrien Springs, Michigan, January 3—March 7, 1985; Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida, April 13–July 7, 1985.

Joshua 17:18 indicates that the area was forested. In fact, the name of the village near et-Tell, Deir Dibwan, means the “Lair of the Bears.” Folk tradition associates Deir Dibwan with the Elisha story in 2 Kings 2:23–24, in which two she-bears are said to come forth “out of the woods.”

Characteristic of a philosophical system founded by August Comte, concerned with positive fact and phenomena, and excluding speculation upon ultimate causes or origins.

The strict prohibition of making a replica of the menorah appears in the Babylonian Talmud (Menahot 28b; Rosh Hashana 24a): “A man may not make a house after the design of the Temple … or a menorah after that of the menorah (in the Temple). He may, however, make one with five, six or eight (branches) but with seven he may not make one.”

Recent archaeological evidence suggests that their first appearance was somewhat later, after the reign of Herod.

Carol L. Meyers, “Was There a Seven-Branched Lampstand in Solomon’s Temple?” BAR 05:05.

Multiple wick-rests are known since the MB I–MB II period in lamps used for cultic purposes.