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Oct 9, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | John Ahn |James R Tabor |Elie Wiesel
Jews in Pre-Islamic Arabia Tracing the Jewish diaspora in ancient North Arabia Marek Dospěl October 09, 2024 0 Comments 290 views Share In the first two centuries CE, Jews led two major revolts against the Romans—first, the Great Revolt (66–74), then the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132–135).
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Jennifer Drummond |James R Tabor |Elie Wiesel |Nathan Steinmeyer
Jesus the Short King Measuring up Jesus and Zacchaeus in Luke 19 Nathan Steinmeyer October 04, 2024 0 Comments 144 views Share Translating a text can be a difficult task under any circumstance. But it is all the harder when the meaning of the original text is ambiguous. Such is the case with Luke 19:3.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | James R Tabor |Elie Wiesel
Who is the Wise Woman of Abel Beth Maacah? Excavations at Tel Abel Beth Maacah contextualize female seers in the Bible BAS Staff June 13, 2024 0 Comments 21295 views Share Who is the Wise Woman of Abel Beth Maacah?
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May 16, 2024 | 
valleyreporter.com | James R Tabor
To The Editor:
I've had my say on the upcoming HUUSD budget vote and want to address something different. I and others have stated our positions. Still others have offered opposing views. Both sides have strong and compelling arguments. Both sides speak with good hearts and firm convictions. The debate, always spirited, sometimes vehement, has remained civil and respectful. I like to think that we who differ could share a beer, speak, and listen, and still go away friends and neighbors.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Nathan Steinmeyer |James R Tabor
School Trip Results in Chance Find Student discovers ancient lamp during lunch stop Clinton J.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
valleyreporter.com | James R Tabor
By James Tabor
Fifteen Vermont school districts have now held second budget votes and almost all have been rejected. Taxpayers here have ample reason to do the same and hopefully will. The HUUSD board’s revised budget will hike property taxes from 13.4% in Duxbury to 22.4% in Warren. Did anyone out there get a 13.4% raise this year, let alone 22.4%? Is everyone already gasping at skyrocketing prices for groceries, services, rents, mortgages, insurance, childcare, and more? Of course.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | John Drummond |James R Tabor |Jennifer Drummond
The Pax Romana and Maritime Travel The dangers of peacetime sea travel Jennifer Drummond April 24, 2024 0 Comments 31 views Share The Pax Romana, or “Roman Peace,” is what many often term the Roman Empire’s unprecedented period of peace and economic prosperity between 27 BCE and 180 CE.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Elie Wiesel |James R Tabor |Jonathan Klawans |John Drummond
What Is Biblical Greek? Exploring the language of the New Testament and classical literature John Drummond April 15, 2024 0 Comments 7 views Share Biblical Greek, as it is commonly known, is a dialect of the ancient Greek language known as hēkoinēdialektos (“the common dialect”) or Koine Greek.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | Elie Wiesel |David Moster |James R Tabor |Nathan Steinmeyer
Pleistocene Paradise New national park opened to the public in Israel BAS Staff April 12, 2024 0 Comments 1089 views Share Just a few miles south of the Sea of Galilee in the Jordan Valley, a special ceremony marked the official opening of the new ‘Ubeidiya National Park.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
biblicalarchaeology.org | James R Tabor |Nathan Steinmeyer
Bar Kokhba Tunnels in the Galilee Tunnels from Second Revolt discovered at Huqoq Nathan Steinmeyer March 22, 2024 0 Comments 29 views Share Excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have revealed a complex of underground tunnels built by the Jewish residents of Huqoq, in central Galilee, around the time of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, also known as the Second Jewish Revolt (c. 132–136 CE). Huqoq’s residents used the tunnel system to escape from Roman soldiers and was built to minimize...
