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Israeli Court: Return the Jehoash Inscription
The Jehoash inscription. This morning, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the 15-line Jehoash Inscription be returned to collector Oded Golan in the latest twist in the “forgery trial of the century”...
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Israel Antiquities Authority Returns “Jesus Brother” Bone Box to Owner
Ossuary owner Oded Golan with the returned artifact. Photo: Ran Erda, NY Daily News, courtesy of Oded Golan.“A modest limestone casket could be the first object ever found from the family of Jesus...
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Israel Antiquities Authority Tries to Keep Ossuary Return a Secret
The 'James Ossuary' was returned to owner Oded Golan (right) on November 10, 2013. Did the Israel Antiquities Authority try to keep this news a secret? Photo: Yuval Pan, NY Daily News, courtesy of Oded...
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Oded’s Other Ossuary
I recently had dinner in Jerusalem with my old friend André Lemaire. André, who teaches at the Sorbonne, is one of the world’s preeminent authorities on ancient Semitic languages and their...
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Copper and Fire
Photograph by Clara Amit © Israel Antiquities AuthorityA copper crown from the Nahal Mishmar hoard. Through JUNE 8, 2014 Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University New York,...
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The Last Days of Jesus: A Final “Messianic” Meal
This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular Taborblog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’ from the Hebrew Bible to Early Christianity in the Roman World...
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Amnon Rosenfeld (1944–2014)
Dr. Amnon Rosenfeld was killed in a tragic traffic accident on Thursday, July 10, 2014. His wife, Tamar, was seriously injured and is at the Sheba Hospital. We wish her a complete recovery. Amnon and...
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Did Jesus Exist? Searching for Evidence Beyond the Bible
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS. Did Jesus of Nazareth exist as a real human being? Outside of the New Testament, what is the evidence for his existence? In this article, author Lawrence Mykytiuk examines the...
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The “Strange” Ending of the Gospel of Mark and Why It Makes All the Difference
This article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular TaborBlog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’ from the Hebrew Bible to Early Christianity in the Roman World...
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New on CNN: Finding Jesus
New on CNN: Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, ForgeryCNN is currently airing the six-part series Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery. Throughout the series, Finding Jesus will “investigate the value and...
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Is the “Brother of Jesus” Inscription on the James Ossuary a Forgery?
Although the famous “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus” inscription on an ancient ossuary (bone box) has been authenticated by two world-class paleographers, not everyone is convinced that the...
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Mark and John: A Wedding at Cana—Whose and Where?
A version of this article was originally published on Dr. James Tabor’s popular Taborblog, a site that discusses and reports on “‘All things biblical’ from the Hebrew Bible to Early Christianity in the...
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Ivory Pomegranate Revisited: A Relic from Solomon’s Temple?
Stored in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem is an ivory pomegranate the size of a thumb with writing on it. Its authenticity has been debated since it first came to the attention of the public over 30 years...
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First Person: A Scepter from the Temple?
In the previous BAR, we discussed at some length whether the inscribed ivory pomegranate was authentic, and we concluded that it was.a We will not repeat that here. This article will be confined to the...
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Did Jesus’ Last Supper Take Place Above the Tomb of David?
Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover. […] As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. […] He will show you a large room...
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First Person: Misogyny in the Bible
Hershel ShanksChristopher Rollston is one of the world’s leading paleographers of ancient Near Eastern inscriptions. I have been harshly critical of some of his views, principally regarding...
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The Apostle Peter in Rome
In this blog post, Brown University Religious Studies professor Nicola Denzey Lewis answers frequently asked questions about the apostle Peter. Denzey Lewis appears in the CNN series Finding Jesus:...
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James or Jacob in the Bible?
Baroque artist Guido Reni depicts the apostle James, son of Zebedee, in his painting Saint James the Greater (c. 1636–1638).The problem of names surfaced at a recent Bible study at the St. Paul Union...
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53 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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On Display in Rome: Images of the Temple Menorah
Southern relief on the Arch of Titus adjacent to the Roman Forum depicting the triumph of Titus. Here, one can see Roman soldiers bearing captured treasures from the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the...
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