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In our Spring 1972 issue, we published an article entitled “O’Callaghan’s Bombshell,” reporting on the electrifying claim made by Jesuit scholar José O’Callaghan that fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls were portions of the New Testament dating to A.D. 50. Dr. William White, a linguistics expert, immediately came out in support of O’Callaghan’s identification (see … Continue reading “WAS
O’CALLAGHAN’S BOMBSHELL A DUD?”

Raymond L Cox [Raymond L. Cox, a frequent contributor to Bible and Spade, is pastor of the Salem, Oregon Foursquare Church. He has traveled extensively in Bible lands and has written over 1650 articles on biblical and archaeological subjects. In addition, he is the author of four books.] For over 25 centuries the debris of … Continue reading “THE
POOL OF GIBEON”

Archaeological explorations conducted during restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher have revealed some intriguing new insights into the history of the site. Reconstruction of the church is nearly complete after 26 years of interreligious wrangling, 14 years of actual work, and expenditures of over $3 million. More than a third of the church … Continue reading “JERUSALEM
REPORT:
INSCRIPTION FOUND UNDER THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER”

Raymond L. Cox [Raymond L. Cox is pastor of the Salem, Oregon Foursquare Church. He has traveled extensively in Bible lands and has written over 1650 articles on Biblical and archaeological subjects. In addition, he is the author of four books.] “From Dan to Beer-sheba” no longer demarcates the extent of Israelite occupation in the … Continue reading “RENDEZVOUS
WITH JEROBOAM”

Time and again during their nomadic wanderings, the Patriarchs camped at Beer-sheba. Here, God spoke to them in dreams; sacrifices were made to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and dramatic family events took place. Beer-sheba the Scene of Covenants Abraham, and his son Isaac after him, made a peace treaty with Abimelech the … Continue reading “BEER-SHEBA
— CITY OF THE PATRIARCHS”

W. Harold Mare [W. Harold Mare, Ph.D., is professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis. He is also presently serving as president of the Near East Archaeological Society. Dr. Mare has had a distinguished career as pastor, teacher, and author of scholarly articles in various publications. He translated the Book of … Continue reading “THE
PLACE OF CHRIST’S CRUCIFIXION AND BURIAL”

George Ernest Wright is one of the outstanding Biblical archaeologists of our time. He is a professor at Harvard University and has been active in a number of Palestinian excavations over the years. He has written a number of books on Biblical archaeology and Biblical theology. In his book Biblical Archaeology, Prof. Wright made the … Continue reading “THE
WITNESS OF ARCHAEOLOGY”

“And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellaser, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations. . .” So opens one of the most enigmatic chapters in the Bible — Genesis 14. It is in this chapter that we read of Lot being captured by … Continue reading “FROM
IRAN
ELAMITE CITY OF ANSHAN FOUND IN SOUTHWEST IRAN”

Clifford A. Wilson [Dr. Clifford Wilson is the director of Word of Truth Productions. He is a well-known speaker and writer on the subject of Biblical archaeology. His radio program The Stones Cry Out is heard on radio stations across the U.S. Dr. Wilson is the author of a number of books on Biblical archaeology … Continue reading “THE
DOCTOR WHO WROTE HISTORY”

One of the important results of archaeology has been to illuminate the meaning of official titles used in the Bible (see BIBLE AND SPADE, Winter 1972, pages 7 and 8). A recent PhD dissertation by Tryggve N. D. Mettinger at the University of Lund in Sweden has brought together much valuable data on the function … Continue reading “HIGH
STATE OFFICIALS UNDER DAVID AND SOLOMON”