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In the Master’s Steps
In the Master’s Steps: The Gospels in the Land, The Carta New Testament Atlas, Vol. 1 By R. Steven Notley (Jerusalem: Carta, 2014), 82 maps, photos and illustr., 88 pp., $25 (paperback) Reviewed by...
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The Bethesda Pool, Site of One of Jesus’ Miracles
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in June 2013. It has been updated.—Ed. Among the most famous of Jesus’ miracles is recounted in the Gospel of John, where Jesus heals the...
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Understanding the Jewish Menorah
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in October 2011. It has been updated.—Ed. Does this recently excavated ancient menorah graffito show us what the Temple menorah looked...
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Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle
Read Theodore Feder’s article “Solomon, Socrates and Aristotle” as it originally appeared in Biblical Archaeology Review, September/October 2008. The article was first republished in Bible History...
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Top 10 Biblical Archaeology Discoveries in 2015
Do additional chambers lie behind these walls in King Tutankhamun’s tomb? Was Queen Nefertiti buried there? Photo: Hajor’s image is licenced under CC BY-SA 3.0.This year was filled with thrilling...
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Medicine in the Ancient World
This article was originally published in 2013. It has been updated.—Ed. Many Emergency Medical Service departments use the Star of Life - an image which is derived from ancient images of Asklepios....
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50 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2014. It has been updated.—Ed. Sargon II, one of fifty Hebrew Bible figures identified in the archaeological record.In “Archaeology...
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The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in March 2011. It has been updated.—Ed. The Nag Hammadi texts were contained in 13 leather-bound volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in...
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Timeline of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Saga
In a lengthy investigation published in The Atlantic, journalist Ariel Sabar uncovered the identity of the anonymous owner of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife. Below, read Coptic scholar Christian Askeland’s...
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“Down the Rabbit Hole”: Owner of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife Papyrus Unmasked
After nearly four years of scrutiny, debate and scientific testing, have we finally put to bed the hoopla surrounding the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife? Evidently not. An investigative article by Ariel Sabar...
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D.C.-Area Archaeology Event: The Golden Age of King Midas
On Sunday, September 11, 2016, Dr. C. Brian Rose, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Pennsylvania, will deliver the lecture “The Golden Age of King Midas: Excavations at Gordion, Turkey” in...
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Christian Apocrypha: The “Lost Gospels”?
The 27 books of the canonical New Testament were settled in Bishop Athanasius of Alexandria’s annual Easter letter (the 39th Festal Letter) in 367 C.E. It was once believed that this pronouncement,...
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The Shema‘ Yisrael
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2013.—Ed. According to a recent article in Biblical Archaeology Review, the Shema‘ Yisrael on this Jewish amulet discovered near Carnuntum...
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King Midas and His Golden Touch at the Penn Museum
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in January 2016. It has been updated.—Ed. King Midas, who inspired the legendary story of King Midas and his golden touch, ruled over Phrygia...
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First Person: Why Consult Scholarship to Judge “Jesus’ Wife” Fragment?
Good journalism beats good scholarship. That’s the apparent lesson of a long article in the July/August 2016 issue of the Atlantic1 that is winning kudos all over for unmasking a fake ancient...
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Gospel of John Commentary: Who Wrote the Gospel of John and How Historical Is...
This Bible History Daily article was originally published in 2012.—Ed. The evangelist John rests one hand on his gospel book, in this 83-inch-tall marble sculpture carved by Donatello in about 1415...
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Justinian Plague Linked to the Black Death
This Bible History Daily article was originally published in 2013.—Ed. “During these times there was a pestilence, by which the whole human race came near to being annihilated.” –Procopius, 542 C.E....
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Herod Antipas in the Bible and Beyond
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2012.—Ed. Although he ruled as tetrarch over Galilee in Jesus’ time, we hear relatively little about Herod Antipas in the Bible and other...
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D.C.-Area Archaeology Event
The Washington, D.C.-area Biblical Archaeology Forum (BAF) will host the lecture “Carthage and the Forgotten Phoenicians in the Ancient Mediterranean” by Brien Garnand on December 14, 2016. Not in the...
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50 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically
This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2014. It has been updated.—Ed. Sargon II, one of fifty Hebrew Bible figures identified in the archaeological record.In “Archaeology...
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