Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) is a
publication that seeks to connect the academic study of archaeology
to a broad general audience seeking to understand the world of the
Bible and the Near and Middle East (Syro-Palestine and/or the
Levant). Covering both the
Old and
New Testaments, BAR presents the
latest discoveries and controversies in archaeology. BAR's writers
include leading scholars and researchers. BAR is published by the
non-denominational
Biblical
Archaeology Society and edited by the Society's founder
Hershel Shanks.
Biblical
Archaeology Review is the largest paid-circulation magazine in
the field of archaeology, thanks to its reader-friendly approach.
BAR publishes the views of a wide variety of archaeological
viewpoints. For example, BAR has published such authors as
Lawrence Stager,
Kenneth Kitchen,
Alan Millard,
William Dever,
Israel Finkelstein, and
Bryant G. Wood.
The story of the so-called "
James
Ossuary" was first published in the pages of
Biblical
Archaeology Review; it was discussed by founding editor
Hershel Shanks and
Ben Witherington III in "The Brother of
Jesus: The Dramatic Story & Significance of the First
Archaeological Link to Jesus & His Family" (2003).
Other journals published by the Society have included
Bible Review (1985-2005), merged into
Biblical Archaeology Review after 2005, and
Archaeology Odyssey (1998-2006).
Issues
The contents listed below are intended as a general reference and
are not exhaustive.
| Issue |
Date |
Cover stories |
Additional content |
| v23 #3 |
5/6 1997 |
Light on Zion - Where the Essenes Lived in Jesus'
Time |
Moses Shapira |
| v23 #4 |
7/8 1997 |
Face to Face But Not Eye to Eye - Biblical Minimalists Meet
Their Challengers |
Iron Age Jerusalem , Megiddo |
| v23 #5 |
9/10 1997 |
Lawrence of Arabia as Archaeologist |
|
| v23 #6 |
11/12 1997 |
Searching for Roman Jerusalem |
Mizpah, royal rosette, Josephus, Solomon's Temple receipt, Hadrian |
| v24 #1 |
1/2 1998 |
Volunteer's View - The 1998 Dig Issue |
Qumran , Banias |
| v24 #2 |
3/4 1998 |
Illuminating Byzantine
Jerusalem |
Babatha, Dead Sea scrolls, David & Solomon
chronology |
| v24 #3 |
5/6 1998 |
Samaritan or Jewish? You make the Call |
Egyptian Canaan, Dead Sea scrolls, Israelite
exile , Seal of Ahaz |
| v24 #4 |
7/8 1998 |
The Only Relic from Herod's
Temple |
David's Jerusalem, silver from Dor |
| v24 #5 |
9/10 1998 |
The
Face of Canaan - Life and Death in Deir el-Balah |
High places, 1st
century stone quarry, Ekron |
| v24 #6 |
11/12 1998 |
New
Questions About Masada |
Shroud of Turin |
| v25 #1 |
1/2 1999 |
Dive In! The 1999 Dig Issue |
Jerusalem's water system in David's
time , Egyptian David reference, Israelite life in Egypt |
| v25 #2 |
3/4 1999 |
Seal of an Assassin - Ammonite
King Plotted Murder of Judah's Governor |
Hazor , Seal of Hezekiah |
| v25 #3 |
5/6 1999 |
Who Destroyed Hazor? |
|
| v2x #x |
5/6 2005 |
Was Noah's Ark a Sewn Boat? |
Sennacherib |
|
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