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.
The passage from Mark which follows, has always been a puzzle:
If your hand offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled, than with both hands to depart for hell, to the unquenchable fire.
And if your foot offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, than with both feet to be thrown into hell.
Your comments on the Ebla Tablets (Queries & Comments, BAR 02:03) are a valuable public service.
I await each of your issues with added enthusiasm. On its arrival everything in my home comes to a screeching halt. It is like reading the best mystery with each clue unfolding.
Please keep up the great work!
I hope you have a great deal of information soon on the Syrian find by the two Italian archaeologists. The newspapers simply did not have enough information! Why??
In a letter to the editor (Queries & Comments, BAR 02:01), Prof. Denis Baly criticizes The Biblical Archaeology Review for publishing an article on whether Kathleen Kenyon’s anti-Zionist politics affects her work. Prof. Baly asks for a journal that is “without apparent bias, either for or against Zionism, the Arabs, or anything else.”
I think you’ve given Miss Kenyon a square deal no matter how high an opinion or esteem I have for her work—and I think she is really superb.
