ReViews
Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition
James K. Hoffmeier (New York and Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1999) 280 pp., $18.95 (paperback)
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
Learning and Haute Cuisine at Anniversary Celebration
First Person: The Poverty of Biblical Archaeology in America
Our Oldest Copies of Exodus
We Need More Data
We have no idea what percentage of Sepphoris’s population was Jewish during the first century C.E. As a religious Jew, I would be very happy to find that the city’s ancient Jewish inhabitants kept the kosher laws (dietary regulations) and the purity laws, including immersion in a mikveh. But because of the lack of convincing data, I am skeptical of the second point.
Yes, They Are
They’re Not Ritual Baths
One sure sign that religiously observant Jews inhabited a site from the turn of the era is the presence of ritual immersion pools (mikva’ot; singular, mikveh).
Introduction
Bringing Water to Sepphoris
Did Jesus Speak Greek?
Did Jesus speak Greek, in addition to Aramaic, the vernacular of Palestinian Jews at the turn of the era? If so, then the task of recovering Jesus’ teachings would be easier, because scholars would no longer have to wonder what nuances were lost when Jesus’ words were translated from the original Aramaic into the Greek of the New Testament Gospels. Indeed, if Jesus spoke Greek, then some of the teachings recorded in the Gospels might preserve his exact words.
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