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Mario Seiglie It seems that every year, especially around the spring Passover season when Jews and many Christians commemorate Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, newspapers and magazines publish articles questioning the validity of the Biblical account of the Exodus. In 2001, for example, The Los Angeles Times ran a front-page story reporting that a liberal rabbi … Continue reading “THE
EXODUS CONTROVERSY”

Paul Maier The emporer Tiberius. His image was on the coin Jesus referred to in Matthew 22:18–21, when he said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, to God what is God’s.” Istanbul Museum. No figure in all of history has provoked such extreme reactions. While believers acclaim Jesus of Nazareth as the Son of God … Continue reading “HISTORY,
ARCHAEOLOGY, AND JESUS”

For Young Archaeologists Gary A. Byers As usual, the Hollywood movie The Scorpion King is another example where an ancient historical character is used in a plot that has little to do with real history. “The Rock,” a professional wrestler, plays the role of the Scorpion King. I was surprised to find out that there … Continue reading “THE
SCORPION KING”

David G. Hansen One of the most interesting questions about Old Testament history concerns the Exodus occurrence and who might have been the Pharaoh. An article in Archaeology and Biblical Research by J. LoMusio several years ago provided a well-reasoned argument, with considerable evidence that Moses lived during Egyptian Dynasty 18 in the 15th century … Continue reading “MOSES
AND HATSHEPSUT”

Carolyn R. Hansen A visit to Asia Minor can simply be a whirlwind tour of Biblical sites, or it can be much more. Traveling May 18-31, 2002, with Dr. James Martin, of Bible World Seminars, not only provided ABR members with the opportunity to see the locations of New Testament churches, it also illuminated the … Continue reading “EXPLORING
BIBLE TIMES”

Richard S. Hess New York: The Free Press, 2001, hardback. x + 385 pp. ISBN 0–684-86912–8. This book is written by a member of the “new generation’’ of Israeli archaeologists who holds a professorship at the University of Tel Aviv, and by a journalist who has published critical analyses of the history of archaeology of … Continue reading “REVIEW
OF THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: ARCHAEOLOGY’S NEW VISION OF ANCIENT ISRAEL AND THE
ORIGIN OF IT’S SACRED TEXT, BY ISRAEL FINKELSTEIN AND NEIL SILBERMAN”

Michael Ireland The discovery of an inscription which seems to mention James, the brother of Jesus Christ, was announced at a news conference in Washington DC October 21, 2002. “It may not change the way most of us perceive the personalities of early Christianity, but a University of Wisconsin-Madison archaeologist calls it a major discovery, … Continue reading “JAMES
OSSUARY SURFACES IN JERUSALEM”

John J. Davis The 1968 discovery of the remains of a crucified man in a cave at Giv’at ha-Mivtar in Israel created considerable interest among both Biblical and archaeological scholars (Kuhn 1978:118–22, 1979:303–34; Naveh 1970:33–37; Strange 1976:199–200; Tzaferis 1970:18–32 Yadin 1973:18–22). A brief summary of N. Haas’s original work appeared in the last issue of … Continue reading “RETHINKING
THE CRUCIFIED MAN FROM GIV’AT HA-MIVTAR”

Gary A. Byers Tyre’s significance in the 14th century BC can be seen in the Amarna Letters. These cuneiform-inscribed clay tablets found in Tell el-Amarna, Egypt, represent correspondence between minor Canaanite kings ruling under Egyptian auspices during the reign of Egyptian Pharaohs Amenhotep III and his son Akhenaten. This is the century immediately following Joshua’s … Continue reading “TYRE
AND THE TELL EL-AMARNA TABLETS”

Gordon Franz Students of the Bible are aware of the connection between the Jerusalem Temple and the city of Tyre. Hiram, king of Tyre, sent cedars of Lebanon, cypress logs and artisans to Jerusalem to help King Solomon build the First Temple (1 Kgs 5; 2 Chr 2). However, most people may not be aware … Continue reading “THE
TYRIAN SHEKEL AND THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM”