
Recent News - August 2015
- Philistines introduced sycamore, cumin and opium poppy into Israel during the Iron Age
Phys.Org: August 28, 2015 - The most popular Bible of the year is probably not what you think it is
Washington Post: August 28, 2015 - Peopling the Biblical World
Philip Jenkins: August 28, 2015 - How Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Cracked the Code on Jewish-Evangelical Relations
Breaking Israel News: August 28, 2015 - Post-traumatic texts
Christian Century: August 28, 2015 - ACLU Sues to Block Sweeping Nevada Education Funding Program
ABC: August 27, 2015 - Israel Museum at 50: A story of art and humanity
Jewish Journal: August 26, 2015 - British Library will lend world's oldest bible to British Museum
Guardian: August 27, 2015 - Athena’s head unearthed in Laodicea
Hurriyet: August 27, 2015 - Reading the Talmud in a Most Unlikely Place — Iran's Holy City
Forward: August 27, 2015 - How Ancient Palmyra, Now in ISIS's Grip, Grew Rich and Powerful
August 26, 2015 - Meet the Far Right's Favorite Quack Historian
Alter Net: August 23, 2015 - Marble slab inscribed with 1,900-year-old Water Law unearthed in Turkey
Ancient-Origins: August 26, 2015 - Where bread began: Ancient tools used to reconstruct—and taste—prehistoric cuisine
Phys.Org: August 26, 2015 - Pope's visit inspires Biblical exhibit at Penn Museum
Delco News Network: August 26, 2015 - Meet "Women in the Bible" Root Source Teacher Dr. Rivkah Lambert Adler
Breaking Israel News: August 26, 2015 - Origins of 'Gospel of Jesus's Wife' Begin to Emerge
Yahoo: August 25, 2015 - How did Judas Iscariot die? Why two biblical stories can't both be right, and why it matters
Christianity Today: August 24, 2015 - Origins of 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Begin to Emerge
Discovery: August 25, 2015 - 9 Arguments From the Bible Fundamentalists Should Have to Make
Huffington Post: August 24, 2015 - When Jesus Got the Bible Wrong
Christianity Today: August 24, 2015 - Erdan urges defense minister to outlaw hostile Muslim groups on Temple Mount
JPost: August 24, 2015 - They Were Not Mainly “Peasants”
ASOR: August 2015 - TV Segment on our Mt Zion Excavation in Jerusalem!
James Tabor: August 22, 2105 - Humans used ceremonial sounds at funerals 15000 years ago
August 24, 2015 - ISIS Blows Up Ancient Temple at Syria’s Palmyra Ruins
NY Times: August 23, 2015 - At ancient Israel’s capital, politics and neglect squelch historical resonance
Times o Israel: August 23, 2015 - Inerrancy, apocalypse, castration: Bible scholar says not to take scripture literally
Oregon Live: August 23, 2015 - Help End Hunger: It's Simple (James 1:17-27)
Huffington Post: August 24, 2015 - See a Page From a Gutenberg Bible in Close-Up
Time: August 24, 2015 - Did Jesus Have a Wife? Controversial 'Gospel of Jesus' Wife' Papyrus Is Being Investigated
CP: August 24, 2015 - News from the Field: CAP visits Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus
ASOR: August 2015 - Largest Collection of Israeli Artifacts Sent Overseas to be Displayed at Bible Museum in Washington
Christianity Daily: August 21, 2015 - ISIS on the Temple Mount
JPost: August 21, 2015 - Why I’m OK Staying Out of The 'Orthodox Boys' Club'
Forward: August 21, 2015 - YU Rabbi Questions Women’s Talmud Study
Jewish Week: August 21, 2015 - What will the future of Christianity in America look like?
Tennessean: August 21, 2015 - ISIS Destroys 5th Century Assyrian Monastery in Syria
AINA: August 21, 2015 - Jennie Ebeling
BAS: August 21, 2015 - Antiquities scholar beheaded by IS in Palmyra, refused to say where treasures hidden
Times of Israel: August 19, 2015 - Scientists debunk fundamentalists claim that humans lived at same time as dinosaurs
Ancient Origins: August 20, 2015 - On Conservapedia rewriting the Bible
NCR: August 18, 2015 - 10 Things You Learn in Religion 101
Huffington Post: August 19,2015 - An Ancient Warrior Woman in Southern Russia with a (Possibly) Hebrew Seal
Mosaic: August 2015 - US Bible Museum Partners with Israeli Archaeologists
CBN: August 19, 2015 - Ancient Inscriptions in Elijah the Prophet's Cave Are in Danger
Haaretz: August 19, 2015 - Judaism’s Environmental Responsibility
Algemeiner: August 18, 2015 - What's Wrong With Women Studying Talmud, Rabbi Willig?
Forward: August 17, 2015 - Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under deal
SF Gate: August 18, 2015 - 1500-Year-Old Versus 1500 AD: Is ‘Gospel Of Barnabas’ A Medieval Hoax?
Inquisitr: August 17, 2015 - Preservation and Community Engagement at Umm el-Jimal in 2014
ASOR: August 2015 - Return of the Giants: Biblical Story of Goliath Proven True
Breaking Israel News: August 16, 2015 - Ancient Israeli city may be home of Mary Magdalene
KSN: August 17, 2015 - Mysterious Biblical Seal found in Russia! Top Find of 2015?
Times of Israel: August 16, 2015 - Gulliver's Travels' 'nonsense' language is based on Hebrew, claims scholar
Guardian: August 17, 2015 - The Posterity of Neo-Babylonia: The Dramatic Reign of Nebuchadnezzar II
Ancient-Origins: August 16, 2015 - Waiting and Hoping
Inside Higher Ed: August 17, 2015 - Arguing with a Dead Man (Christopher Hitchens) – Defending Monotheism
IEET: August 17, 2015 - Was Jesus the Son of God? It's Complicated
Huffington Post: August 13, 2015 - Review of William Dever, The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel
James F. McGrath: August 13, 2015 - Judea and Samaria Civil Administration Invites Arabs to Learn About Glorious Jewish Past
Jewish Press: August 12, 2015 - Jewish Temple group launches Indiegogo campaign to breed sacred cow
JTA: August 12, 2015 - Ephesus: Empires and conflict
Todays Zaman: August 13, 2015 - Division in Christian Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed: August 13, 2015 - The Dead Sea Scrolls: Worcester West Side Secret
Worcester Magazine: August 13, 2015 - 9 Reasons to Believe That the Biblical Exodus Actually Happened
Huffington Post: August 11, 2015 - Perpetual neglect jeopardizes Gaza’s archaeological sites
Al-Monitor: August 11, 2015 - Queen Nefertiti’s Tomb In Egypt Found Hidden Behind King Tut?
Inquisir: August 11, 2015 - Israel’s Top Archaeological Sites
Jewocity: August 11, 2015 - Biblical scholar establishes criteria for identifying Mark the Evangelist
RNS: August 11, 2015 - Scholar compares Homer’s Odyssey and tales of Jesus
San Diego Jewish World: August 9, 2015 - Weak Men Like Trump Have Always Feared Menstruation
Daily Beast: August 10, 2015 - Professor, students part of team that uncovered gate to biblical city
KU: August 10, 2015 - A Catholic reads the Bible, Week 17: Ahab goes to the dogs
CNN: August 10, 2015 - Exclusive: Muslims harass congressmen visiting Temple Mount
JPost: August 11, 2015 - The Jewish Legal Basis for Male Dominion Over Vows by Women? It’s in the Bible
Tablet: August 11, 2015 - Teaching the Hidden Riches of the Ancient Near East
ASOR: August 2015 - Milestones in Late Antique Palaestinae and Arabia
ASOR: August 2015 - Jerusalem: 2,000-year-old ritual bath with 'encoded message' discovered in cave
IBTimes: August 10, 2015 - New Mosaics Discovered in Galilee Synagogue Excavations
UWYO: August 7, 2015 - Burning churches kosher? 'Halachic nonsense,' says Torah professor
JPost: August 6, 2015 - Can a Carpenter Be a Messiah?
JPost: August 8, 2015 - Looters find path to export antiquities via Lebanon
Al-Monitor: August 2015 - Our Vanishing Past and Present
Huffington Post: August 6, 2015 - Jennifer Grace Bird 'grants permission' to read Bible honestly
AL: August 7, 2015 - Ancient Israelite Kingdoms Less Powerful than Thought
New Historian: August 7, 2015 - Hershel Shanks: The World’s Best Paleographers Will Declare the James Ossuary Authentic
James McGrath: August 7, 2015 - Sacred Writings: Extraordinary Texts of the Biblical World
Penn Museum: August 7, 2015 - Milestones in Late Antique Palaestinae and Arabia
ASOR: August 2015 - 1st Century Mikveh with Mystical Inscriptions Discovered in Jerusalem!
James Tabor: August 5, 2015 - Rare Archaeological Find Uncovered at Kindergarten Construction Site
Breaking Israel News: August 6, 2015 - Archaeologists Excavate Possible Home of Mary Magdalene and Synagogue Where Jesus May Have Preached
Ancient-Origins: August 6, 2015 - Palestinian religious leaders challenge Jewish presence atop Temple Mount
JPost: August 6, 2015 - Mysterious ancient message found on ritual bath from Second Temple period
JPost: August 5, 2015 - Russian President Turns “Temple Mount” into Relative Term
Breaking Israel News: August 4, 2015 - Bible Study Week lets visitors walk in the Holy Book’s footsteps
JPost: August 4, 2015 - Archaeologists unearth the gate to Goliath’s hometown
Times of Israel: August 5, 2015 - Brian W. Davidson Interviews Ken Penner on the Hebrew of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Ancient Christian Studies: August 2015 - Israel’s Exodus from Egypt Featured in Groundbreaking New Book
ASOR: August 2015 - Secrets of the Temple Mount
Ritmeyer: July 31, 2015 - Israeli archaeologists uncover city gate in Goliath's hometown
JPost: August 4, 2015 - Recent Dead Sea Earthquake Ushering In End of Days Prophecy
Breaking Israel News: August 2, 2015 - Cuba witnessing Christianity boom as Bible copies pour into communist-ruled country
Christianity Today: August 4, 2015 - The heart of the story
JPost: August 4, 2015 - Wofford professor, students participate in archaeological find in Israel
GoUpState: August 1, 2015 - What have these stones…?
PEF: July 30, 2015 - Excavations reveal destruction of Second Temple
Al-Monitor: July 31, 2015 - ISIS Threat to Archaeological Sites in the Sinai: Would They Rip Up the Burning Bush?
Haaretz: August 3, 2015 - Alexander the Great: Good for the Jews?
Daily Beast: August 2, 2015 - The Antiquities Thief Who Became One of Britain's Richest Men
Haaretz: August 2, 2015 - Antiquities theft thwarted near Beit Shemesh in late night helicopter chase
JPost: July 30, 2015 - Indiana Jones and the Temple of Jews
Forward: July 31, 2015 - Creationism in the Grand Canyon, Part 1
Huffington Post: July 30, 2015 - Fossil Fuels May Be Screwing Up Carbon Dating
Discovery: July 29, 2015 - Why is Muslim harassment of Jews on the Temple Mount increasing?
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