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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.
They Are Ritual Baths
Biblical Detective Work Identifies the Eunuch
Of Fathers, Kings and the Deity
Dancing in Denver
Herod’s Symptoms and Diagnoses
Symptoms
• Muscular weakness
• Mild fever
• Intolerable itch over the whole skin
• Strong pains in the colon from ulceration of the entrails
• Transparent swellings around the feet as in dropsy
• Malignancy in the abdominal area
• Putrefaction of the private member, creating worms
• Orthopnea or high-pitched breathing
• Disagreeable breath
• Dyspnea or frequent gasping
Where Is Herod Buried?
Queries & Comments
On the Edge
I see letters to you every so often from readers saying that they object to something in the magazine and thus are canceling their subscriptions.
WorldWide
Authors
Denise Dick Herr (“A Watermelon Named Abimelech”) is professor of English at Canadian University College in Alberta and pottery registrar for the Tall al-‘Umayri excavation. Co-author Mary Petrina Boyd, a pastor in Whidbey Island, Washington, recently received her Ph.D. in Old Testament Literature from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia and serves as a field supervisor at ‘Umayri.
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