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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.
An Ending and a Beginning
Excarnation: Food For Vultures
Biblical Philistines in the North and South
As these Biblical quotations (NRSV) illustrate, the Bible refers to the Sea Peoples in the north as well as the south as Philistines:
Kuntillet ‘Ajrud (Ḥorvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border
Kuntillet ‘Ajrud (Ḥorvat Teman): An Iron Age II Religious Site on the Judah-Sinai Border
By Ze’ev Meshel (Jerusalem: Israel Exploration Society, 2012), xxxv + 364 pp., $94.95 (hardcover)
The Persisting Uncertainties of Kuntillet ‘Ajrud
The Other “Philistines”
Condemned to the Mines
Damnatio ad metalla—condemned to the mines! Tantamount to a death sentence.
The Emperor’s New Church on Main Street, Jerusalem
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