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.
Doyen of the Dead Sea Scrolls: An In-Depth Biography of Józef Tadeusz Milik (1922–2006) Qumranica Mogilansia 17
By Zdzislaw J. Kapera and Robert Feather (Kraków-Mogilany: Enigma Press, 2011) xii +239 pp., $90
Ever since our first issue, leading scholars have graced BAR’s editorial advisory board and contributed their perspectives to shaping the magazine. This year we’re pleased and proud to welcome eight more members to this distinguished body.
The Bible has been translated into more than 2,000 modern languages. Only one has been a matter of controversy in Israel—a recent translation into modern Hebrew.
According to an article in Hadassah magazine, the new translation has been called scandalous, pernicious and even fraudulent. Some fear that if this “translation” is used in schools, the children will grow estranged from Biblical language.
The Walls of the Temple Mount (2 vols.)
“I wondered how they were going to get him to lie down with that lamb!”
—Tim Vasquez, Omaha, Nebraska
It was a chance discovery that reshaped our understanding of the Chalcolithic period. In 1961, archaeologist Pessah Bar-Adon was exploring a difficult-to-access cave near the Dead Sea and noticed something wedged in a crevice. Removing the bundle—wrapped carefully in a straw mat—he discovered a hoard of more than 400 bronze, copper, ivory and stone objects from the Chalcolithic period, including crowns, scepters and mace heads.
“Rover, don’t you just love it when the kids have a food fight?”
—Barbara Rider, Elyria, Ohio
May 9, 1874 A.D. Howard Carter, the archaeologist who in 1922 discovered the undisturbed tomb of 19-year-old Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (better known as King Tut), was born in London, England.
