Biblical Archaeology Review

Antiquities 13, 36; Wars 7, 289.

For the final report of the remains until 1998, see Yizhar Hirschfeld, Ramat Hanadiv Excavations (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2000).

Moorey defines the aim of his lectures “to investigate the social contexts, of which any religious aspect is but a part, of the popular terracotta imagery of Canaan, Israel and Judah within its wider Near Eastern context”.

Avner Ayalon, Miryam bar-Matthews and Yuval Goren, “Authenticity Examination of the Inscription on the Ossuary Attributed to James, Brother of Jesus,” Journal of Archaeological Sciences 31, pp. 1185–1189.

Yuval Goren, Avner Ayalon, Miryam Bar-Matthews and Bettina Schilman, “Authenticity Examination of the Jehoash Inscription,” Tel Aviv 31, no. 1 (2004), pp. 3–16.

See “The Seventh Sample,” BAR 30:02.

Ephraim Stern, recently retired as director of the Tel Dor excavation, has been succeeded by Ilan Sharon who, joined by Dor-staffer Ayelet Gilboa, now supports the low chronology.

Amihai Mazar, Ephraim Stern, Amnon Ben-Tor, all of Hebrew University; Lawrence Stager of Harvard; William Dever and Seymour Gitin, the former and present directors of the Albright Institute in Jerusalem; and even Baruch Halpern, co-director with Finkelstein and David Ussishkin of the current excavation of Megiddo.

For other interpretations, see Smith, Secret Gospel, pp. 80–81; Marvin Meyer, Secret Gospels: Essays on Thomas and the Secret Gospel of Mark (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2003), pp. 127–128, 163–164; Dart, Decoding Mark, pp. 102–114.

Robert M. Fowler, Let the Reader Understand: Reader-Response Criticism and the Gospel of Mark (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1991), p. 143. See also Tom Shepherd, “The Narrative Function of Markan Intercalation,” New Testament Studies 41 (1995), pp. 522–540.