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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.
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Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About the Event That Changed History
William Ryan and Walter Pitman (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999) 319 pp., $25.00 (hardback)
Strata
But No Sign of King David
First Person: Biting the Hand That Feeds You
I feel betrayed. Her name is Karen Vitelli. She teaches at Indiana University.
What’s For Dinner? The Answer Is In the Pot
Pottery talks. That’s a little secret archaeologists know but few outsiders are privy to. And pottery can talk—a lot.
BAS Sessions for the Annual Meeting
All sessions will be held this November 20–22, in the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
To register for the meetings, call SBL, at 1–800-243–1193.
1. New from Ashkelon
Chair: Frank Moore Cross, Harvard University
Saturday, November 20, 1999; 1–3:30 pm; Hynes Room A
Come to the Annual (Additional) Meeting
The Siege of Jerusalem: The Biblical Accounts
King Hezekiah of Judah paid tribute to the king of Assyria so that he would end his siege of Jerusalem, as related in 2 Kings 18:15. So why did Sennacherib then send a great army to Jerusalem? Could there have been a second siege, as some scholars believe? The paragraphs below show where this theory was born.
Jerusalem Under Siege
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