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Planned Commercial Center Near Mount of Olives Sparks Protest

September 30, 2008

The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem has become a flashpoint for tension between Jews and Arabs. A protest has been raised against plans to build an Arab commercial center near the Mount of Olives, a project that protesters says will impinge on the skyline of the sacred site and block the view of the Jewish cemetery.

 

Iraq’s Ancient Marshlands Get a Second Life

September 29, 2008

An area of Iraq that some believe is the site of the legendary Garden of Eden described in the Old Testament is getting some much-needed international attention. The United Nations Environment Program and the Iraqi government are working together to restore Iraq’s marshlands, which has been a valuable ecosystem of flora and fauna since the time of the ancient Mesopotamian empire.

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Scholars Debate “Jezebel” Seal

Does the seal belong to the notorious wicked Phoenician queen Jezebel?

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Artifacts from the Land of the Golden Fleece


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The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land

The New Enyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land, Supplementary Volume 5

Edited by Ephraim Stern

Reviewed by Philip J. King

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A First-Hand Report from the 2008 International Society of Biblical Literature Meeting

The 2008 International Congress of the Society of Biblical Literature opened Sunday afternoon, July 6, 2008, at the University of Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand. Robin Gallaher Branch, Professor of Biblical Studies at Crichton College, reports.

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Read this article now. The Messiah Son of Joseph

By Israel Knohl

Long-time Ruler of a Prosperous and Peaceful Judea Mentioned in Dead Sea Scrolls

Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle

By Theodore Feder

In Earliest Biblical Painting, Greek Philosophers Admire King’s Wisdom

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By Yosef Ofer

The Aleppo Codex, 60 Years After the Riots

Sound Proof

By Hershel Shanks

How Hezekiah’s Tunnelers Met

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By Aren M. Maeir

Has Indiana Jones Been Good for Archaeology?

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By Hershel Shanks

Grazing the Green Fields of BAR

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By Susan Ackerman

“Rocks of Unevangelized Lands”

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By Keith N. Schoville

The Necessary Partnership of the Bible and Archaeology

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