In the field of archaeology these days, it is fashionable to take what is called a “minimalist” view as regards the relationship of the Bible, and “traditional” interpretations thereof, to ...

I love biblical archaeology, and archaeology that (very often) happens to intersect with and confirm the Bible in its findings. I shall take a look at one small issue that biblical skeptics and ...

In 1846—before archaeology even existed as a field—an Assyrian obelisk was discovered in what is today northern Iraq. It referred to Jehu, a ninth-century BC Hebrew king. For the first time, an ...

It’s mentioned in the Book of Exodus. A 3,000-year-old fortress tied to the Book of Exodus has been found in North Sinai, Egypt. The discovery includes artifacts, one with an inscription of King ...

Finkelstein, director of Tel Aviv University's excavations at Megiddo (ancient Armageddon), and Silberman, author of a series of successful and intriguing books on the political and cultural ...

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Right after Pesach last year, Ziony Zevit got a string of phone calls in Jerusalem, where he was on sabbatical from his position as a professor of biblical literature and Semitic languages at the ...

If you’re captivated by history, archaeology, and ancient mysteries, the new series Lost Treasures of the Bible is a ...

As a Sephardic Jew representing a heritage of tolerance, intellectual honesty and tradition, my perspective on the recent “Exodus controversy” — which is not rooted in anger, name-calling or popular ...

His journey into archaeology began in church classrooms, teaching Bible study with timelines and curiosity. His accessible, research-driven style invites readers to question, learn, and ...

THE striking manner in which post-War archaeological investigation in the Near and Middle East has contributed to Biblical studies is concisely reviewed by Prof. S. H. Hooke in “Archaeology and the ...