Biblical Archaeology Review

Biblical Archaeology Review is the flagship publication of the Biblical Archaeology Society. For more than 40 years it has been making the world of archaeology in the lands of the Bible come alive for the interested layperson. Full of vivid images and articles written by leading scholars, this is a must read for anyone interested in the archaeology of the ancient Near East.

Footnote 6 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

Morton Smith, “Hellos in Palestine,” Eretz Israel, Vol. 16, p. 211.

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Footnote 5 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

Theodor Gaster, Dead Sea Scriptures, 2nd ed. (Doubleday Anchor Press: New York, 1976), p. xv.

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Footnote 4 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

Geza Vermes and Pamela Vermes, The Dead Sea Scrolls: Qumran in Perspective (William Collins, Sons & Co., Ltd. London, 1977), pp. 23–24.

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Footnote 3 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

Carol Newsom, 4Q—The Qumran Angelic liturgy—Edition, Translation and Commentary, Doctoral Dissertation, 1982.

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Footnote 2 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

For background information on Freedman’s views, see “Leading Scholar Calls for Prompt Publication,” BAR 04:01, by David Noel Freedman.

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Footnote 1 - Jerusalem Rolls Out Red Carpet for Biblical Archaeology Congress

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Footnote 2 - Clumsy Forger Fools the Scholars—But Only for a Time

“An Announcement Published by the Department of Antiquities of Jordan and the Archaeologists Dr. William H. Brownlee and Dr. George E. Mendenhall Regarding the Decipherment of Carian Leather Manuscripts,” Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan 15 (1970), pp. 39–40. Unless otherwise noted, all of the quotes attributed to George E. Mendenhall are from this article.

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Footnote 1 - Clumsy Forger Fools the Scholars—But Only for a Time

An ossuary is a rectangular box with a lid, usually hewn out of limestone and measuring about 20 inches long, 10 inches wide and 12 inches high, that was used as a depository for the secondary burial of the deceased’s bones.

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Footnote 2 - Synagogue Excavation Reveals Stunning Mosaic of Zodiac and Torah Ark

Hammath Tiberias—Early Synagogues and the Hellenistic and Roman Remains (Israel Exploration Society, University of Haifa, Israel Department of Antiquities and Museums: Jerusalem, 1983) 88 pp., 36 plates (12 in color).