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 1 - “Sounding Brass” and Hellenistic Technology

The fullest treatment of the scholarly background is to be found in Hans Conzelmann’s A Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1975. For the history of the words involved, the standard source is Liddell and Scott Lexicon in the Stuart-Jones and MacKenzie revision of 1940; virtually all of this material is taken in a condensed form from Stephanus’ Thesaurus in the 19th century Firmin-Didot edition.

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Footnote 1 - How Scholarly Communication Works

Citherns are musical instruments resembling guitars.

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Footnote 2 - What Did David’s Lyre Look Like?

See James Pritchard, ed., The Ancient Near East in Pictures, (1954), Figs. 191–193 and “World’s Oldest Musical Notation Deciphered on Cuneiform Tablet,” BAR 06:05.

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Footnote 1 - What Did David’s Lyre Look Like?

See C. Sachs, The History of Musical Instruments, (1940). Also see B. Bayer, “The Finds That Could Not Be,” in this issue.

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Footnote 2 - The Finds That Could Not Be

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Footnote 1 - The Finds That Could Not Be

The Second Commandment states “You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on earth beneath; you shall not bow down to them or serve them …” (Deuteronomy 5:8).