Strata: Cartoon Caption Contest
And the winner is...
“I thought we had agreed on a hundred-shekel limit.”
—Barbara W. Sass, Boston, Massachusetts
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.
Strata: Special Collections
Penn Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
www.penn.museum
Ongoing
Strata: In History
June 3, 1853 A.D. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, who excavated Tel el-Hesi, the site of the first major archaeological excavations in Israel (then called Palestine), and became known as the “Father of Palestinian Archaeology,” is born in London.
Strata: In Their Own Words
Strata: Milestones
Abraham Malamat, professor emeritus of Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, passed away on January 21, 2010, just a few days before his 88th birthday.
Strata: How Many
How many kings of the neo-Assyrian empire are mentioned in the Bible?
Answer: 6
Strata: What Is It?
A. Persian magnet
B. Philistine plow point
C. Roman key
D. Assyrian shackle
E. Urartian horseshoe
Answer: B) Philistine plow point
Strata: Adding Insult to Victory
Strata: Handwriting Experts Weigh In on “Secret Mark”
Did Columbia University professor Morton Smith forge the famous Clement letter containing two passages from a secret—and different—copy of the Gospel of Mark?
A number of scholars have concluded, on inadequate grounds in our view, that Smith was a forger.
Strata: The Bible in the News: A Servant’s Dilemma
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