Museum Guide
Our armchair tour of museums around the world with holdings in the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East continues this month.
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.
Glossary: Coffins in a Human Shape
Books in Brief
The Harper Atlas of the Bible
Inside BAR
“Love Your Neighbor as Yourself”—What It Really Means
It is one of the fundamental commandments of the Torah (the Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses). It is exemplary of Jewish morality, and it very early characterized the Christian faith as well. For 2,000 years, however, it has been misinterpreted.
Epigraphy in Crisis—Dating Ancient Semitic Inscriptions
Small Inventions? They Changed How People Lived in the Hellenistic Age
An Architectural Guide to Roman/Byzantine Beth-Shean
architrave (AR-key-trayve): the continuous, beam-like horizontal architectural feature—often decorated or inscribed—that rests on column capitals.
Glorious Beth-Shean
Cross and Milik Fail to Meet Deadline in New “Suggested Timetable” for Dead Sea Scroll Completion
In January 1989, the Israel Department of Antiquities released a “Suggested Timetable” for publication of all still-secret Dead Sea Scrolls. The “Suggested Timetable” called for completion of 21 categories of texts between 1989 and 1996.
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