Strata: Best BAR Articles Honored
“Satan’s Throne: Revelations from Revelation,” by Adele Yarbro Collins, has been named the best
article to appear in BAR in 2005 and 2006.
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: Petra Voted One of New Seven Wonders of the World
Petra, the Nabataean rock-cut city in Jordan, has been chosen by 100 million voters as one of the new seven wonders of
the world. It was selected, along with six other monuments, as part of the “New7Wonders” online campaign.
The settlement of Petra, located at the end of the narrow Siq canyon in southern Jordan, may date back to the upper
Strata: The Bible in the News
First Person: Does the Israel Antiquities Authority Want to Destroy BAR?
Rebuilding—Step by Step
Rising Again
In the rugged hills of the south-central Golan, a monumental ancient synagogue is rising again—literally.
Golan Gem
A Grand Cooperative Project
An investigation into the modern history of the Codex Sinaiticus is just one element in a much larger Codex Sinaiticus Project, the budget of which is nearly two million dollars.
Of course the codex will be conserved with the latest conservation methods to preserve it for future generations. High-quality digitized photographs will be accessible on the Internet. A replica or facsimile edition will be published.
An American Monk in Sinai
HERSHEL SHANKS: Tell me a little about your background.
FR. JUSTIN: My parents were Baptist missionaries. I was born in Texas, but when I was two, we moved to Chile. I lived there until I was nine. That’s why my accent is not a Texas accent.
Why Is Sinaiticus Significant?
Codex Sinaiticus, written around the middle of the fourth century A.D., is arguably the earliest extant Christian Bible. It contains the earliest complete copy of the New Testament. Only one other nearly complete manuscript of the Christian Bible—the Codex Vaticanus—is of a similarly early date. The only Christian manuscripts of scripture that are definitely of an earlier date contain relatively small portions of the text.
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