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Gospel of John Commentary: Who Wrote the Gospel of John and How Historical Is...
The evangelist John rests one hand on his gospel book, in this 83-inch-tall marble sculpture carved by Donatello in about 1415 for a niche in the facade of the Cathedral of Florence. Scholars writing...
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Understanding the Jewish Menorah
Does this ancient menorah graffito show us what the Temple menorah looked like? The Jewish menorah—especially the Temple menorah, a seven-branched candelabra that stood in the Temple—is the most...
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Medicine in the Ancient World
Many Emergency Medical Service departments use the Star of Life – an image which is derived from ancient images of Asklepios. Snakes were believed to be sacred to the god, and he was often depicted as...
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The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
The Nag Hammadi texts were contained in 13 leather-bound volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in 1945. Dated papyrus scraps used to strengthen the bindings of the books helped date the volumes to the...
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Herod Antipas in the Bible and Beyond
Although he ruled as tetrarch over Galilee in Jesus’ time, we hear relatively little about Herod Antipas in the Bible and other ancient sources of the period. Was Herod Antipas (depicted in a painting...
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The Göbekli Tepe Ruins and the Origins of Neolithic Religion
The massive stone enclosures of the Göbekli Tepe ruins (known to many as Turkey’s “Stonehenge”) may be the earliest examples of Neolithic religion. What do the enclosures and the fascinating reliefs...
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Where Is the Original Siloam Pool from the Bible?
Is the original Siloam Pool—the water pool fed by Jerusalem’s Gihon Spring during the First Temple period—beneath the Second Temple-period Pool of Siloam (pictured here), perhaps underneath the orchard...
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Virtually Explore Holy Land Artifacts
From the comfort and safety of your home, you can virtually explore Holy Land objects and virtual museum tours that shed light on biblical history with the click of a button. Check out the virtual...
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The Göbekli Tepe Ruins and the Origins of Neolithic Religion
The massive stone enclosures of the Göbekli Tepe ruins (known to many as Turkey’s “Stonehenge”) may be the earliest examples of Neolithic religion. What do the enclosures and the fascinating reliefs...
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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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Puzzling Finds from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud
“Yahweh and his Asherah” is written across the top of this eighth-century B.C. drawing on a ceramic pithos, or storage jar, from Kuntillet ‘Ajrud in the eastern Sinai. Some scholars have theorized that...
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The Bethesda Pool, Site of One of Jesus’ Miracles
Among the most famous of Jesus’ miracles is recounted in the Gospel of John, where Jesus heals the paralytic at the Bethesda Pool (John 5:2-9). It is not the only one of Jesus’ miracles of healing to...
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Medicine in the Ancient World
Many Emergency Medical Service departments use the Star of Life – an image which is derived from ancient images of Asklepios. Snakes were believed to be sacred to the god, and he was often depicted as...
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53 People in the Bible Confirmed Archaeologically
An earlier version of 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....
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Herod the Great and the Herodian Family Tree
In “New Testament Political Figures Confirmed” in the September/October 2017 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, Purdue University scholar Lawrence Mykytiuk examines the political figures in the New...
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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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Understanding the Jewish Menorah
Does this ancient menorah graffito show us what the Temple menorah looked like? The Jewish menorah—especially the Temple menorah, a seven-branched candelabra that stood in the Temple—is the most...
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Where Is the Original Siloam Pool from the Bible?
Is the original Siloam Pool—the water pool fed by Jerusalem’s Gihon Spring during the First Temple period—beneath the Second Temple-period Pool of Siloam (pictured here), perhaps underneath the orchard...
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The Nag Hammadi Codices and Gnostic Christianity
The Nag Hammadi texts were contained in 13 leather-bound volumes discovered by Egyptian farmers in 1945. Dated papyrus scraps used to strengthen the bindings of the books helped date the volumes to the...
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Herod Antipas in the Bible and Beyond
Although he ruled as tetrarch over Galilee in Jesus’ time, we hear relatively little about Herod Antipas in the Bible and other ancient sources of the period. Was Herod Antipas (depicted in a painting...
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