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Further Reading:
Alphabets and Scripts
How the Alphabet Was Born from Hieroglyphs ( BAR 36:02, Mar/Apr 2010)
ReViews: Leaves from an Epigrapher’s Notebook ( BAR 32:03, May/Jun 2006)
Reviews ( AO 6:01, Jan/Feb 2003)
Alphabet and Internet ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
Scrolls, Scripts and Stelae ( BAR 28:05, Sep/Oct 2002)
Origins: Signs of Life ( AO 5:01, Jan/Feb 2002)
It’s Elementary ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
The Sumerian King List ( AO 4:01, Jan/Feb 2001)
The Missing Millennium in Jerusalem’s Archaeology ( BAR 26:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
Strata ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
The Forum ( AO 3:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
Reviews ( AO 2:05, Nov/Dec 1999)
Recovered! ( AO 2:04, Sep/Oct 1999)
Field Notes ( AO 2:04, Sep/Oct 1999)
The Forum ( AO 2:04, Sep/Oct 1999)
Field Notes ( AO 2:03, Jul/Aug 1999)
Bought on the Market ( AO 2:02, May/Jun 1999)
Strata ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
ReViews ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
The Egyptianizing of Canaan ( BAR 24:03, May/Jun 1998)
The Enigma of Qumran ( BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998)
First Person: A Name in Search of a Story ( BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998)
The Semites or the Greeks? ( AO 1:01, Winter 1998)
A Different View ( AO 1:01, Winter 1998)
Field Notes ( AO 1:01, Winter 1998)
As Simple as ABC ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Strata ( BAR 22:06, Nov/Dec 1996)
Even Briefer ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:02, Mar/Apr 1994)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:01, Jan/Feb 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:01, Jan/Feb 1994)
What Ever Happened to the Ammonites? ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
BARlines ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
The Oldest Cookbooks in the World ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
The Bat Creek Inscription: Did Judean Refugees Escape to Tennessee? ( BAR 19:04, Jul/Aug 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Even Briefer ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Part III: How the Alphabet Democratized Civilization ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Mining the History of the Alphabet at Serabit el-Khadem ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Inscribed Arrowheads: The Missing Link in the Evolution of the Alphabet ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
The Complexities of Cuneiform ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
Even Briefer ( BAR 17:06, Nov/Dec 1991)
The Man Who Wasn’t There ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Books in Brief ( BAR 15:04, July/Aug 1989)
BARlines ( BAR 15:04, July/Aug 1989)
The Question of Israelite Literacy ( BR 3:03, Summer 1987)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 11:06, Nov/Dec 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 11:05, Sep/Oct 1985)
You Too Can Read Hieroglyphics ( BAR 11:04, Jul/Aug 1985)
Readers Reply ( BR 1:03, Summer 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 11:02, Mar/Apr 1985)
Fifteen Years in Sinai ( BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 10:02, Mar/Apr 1984)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 10:01, Jan/Feb 1984)
The Tablets from Ugarit and Their Importance for Biblical Studies ( BAR 9:05, Sep/Oct 1983)
Even Briefer ( BAR 9:05, Sep/Oct 1983)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 8:01, Jan/Feb 1982)
The Exodus and the Crossing of the Red Sea, According to Hans Goedicke ( BAR 7:05, Sep/Oct 1981)
Earliest Aramaic Inscription Uncovered in Syria ( BAR 7:04, Jul/Aug 1981)
Did I Excavate Kadesh-Barnea? ( BAR 7:03, May/Jun 1981)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 5:05, Sep/Oct 1979)
The Hebrew Origins of Superman ( BAR 5:03, May/Jun 1979)
The Evolution of Two Hebrew Scripts ( BAR 5:03, May/Jun 1979)
Did Yahweh Have a Consort? ( BAR 5:02, Mar/Apr 1979)
Phoenicians in Brazil? ( BAR 5:01, Jan/Feb 1979)
An Alphabet from the Days of the Judges ( BAR 4:03, Sep/Oct 1978)
The Name of God in the New Testament ( BAR 4:01, Mar 1978)
Oldest Hebrew Letters Found Near Tel Aviv ( BAR 2:04, Dec 1976)
American Tourist Returns “Hazor” Tablet to Israel After 13 Years ( BAR 2:02, Jun 1976)
Aramaic
Another Temple to the Israelite God ( BAR 30:04, Jul/Aug 2004)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 19:03, Jun 2003)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Strata ( BAR 27:02, Mar/Apr 2001)
Even Briefer ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:02, Mar/Apr 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Bits & Pieces ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Did Jesus Speak Greek? ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Long-Secret Plates from the Unpublished Corpus ( BAR 17:06, Nov/Dec 1991)
The Synagogue at Meroth: Does It Fix Israel’s Northern Border in Second Temple Times? ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Understanding the Nabateans ( BAR 14:06, Nov/Dec 1988)
Books in Brief ( BAR 13:03, May/Jun 1987)
Don’t Let Pseudepigrapha Scare You ( BR 3:02, Spring 1987)
The Strange Visions of Enoch ( BR 3:02, Spring 1987)
Earliest Aramaic Inscription Uncovered in Syria ( BAR 7:04, Jul/Aug 1981)
BAR Excavation in Jerusalem Highlights Summer Seminar ( BAR 5:06, Nov/Dec 1979)
Churches
Strata: Scholars Skeptical About World’s Oldest Church ( BAR 34:05, Sep/Oct 2008)
Strata: Painted Churches Weather the Elements ( BAR 34:01, Jan/Feb 2008)
The Forum ( AO 6:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
The Chapel of the True Cross ( BR 19:04, Aug 2003)
Past Perfect: Among Syrian Ruins ( AO 6:03, May/Jun 2003)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 19:01, Feb 2003)
Cypriot Land Mines ( AO 5:06, Nov/Dec 2002)
Christian and Jewish Views of the Holy Land ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Seven Luminous Days ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
Strata ( BAR 28:04, Jul/Aug 2002)
Surprises at Yattir: Unexpected Evidence of Early Christianity ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
The Yattir Mosaic: A Visual Journey to Christ ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
A Guide to the Yattir Mosaic ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Strata ( BAR 26:06, Nov/Dec 2000)
Field Notes ( AO 3:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
The Church of the Nativity ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Strata ( BAR 25:03, May/Jun 1999)
Bible Books ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
Expeditions ( BAR 25:01, Jan/Feb 1999)
Strata ( BAR 24:06, Nov/Dec 1998)
Monasteries? ( AO 1:04, Fall 1998)
Strata ( BAR 24:04, Jul/Aug 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
Plundering the Sacred ( AO 1:03, Summer 1998)
Illuminating Byzantine Jerusalem ( BAR 24:02, Mar/Apr 1998)
Strata ( BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998)
Book Notes ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
ReViews ( BAR 22:04, Jul/Aug 1996)
Magic Carpets ( BAR 22:02, Mar/Apr 1996)
Ancient Churches in the Holy Land ( BAR 19:05, Sep/Oct 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Prisca and Aquila ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Sussita Awaits the Spade ( BAR 16:05, Sep/Oct 1990)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 16:05, Sep/Oct 1990)
Church of the Apostles Found on Mt. Zion ( BAR 16:03, May/Jun 1990)
A Pilgrimage to the Site of the Swine Miracle ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Jesus’ Tomb Depicted on a Byzantine Gold Ring from Jerusalem ( BAR 13:02, Mar/Apr 1987)
Does the Holy Sepulchre Church Mark the Burial of Jesus? ( BAR 12:03, May/Jun 1986)
Ancient Gold Ring Depicts the Holy Sepulchre ( BAR 12:03, May/Jun 1986)
Bible Books ( BR 1:04, Fall 1985)
Loaves and Fishes Mosaic Near Sea of Galilee Restored ( BAR 10:03, May/Jun 1984)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 6:04, Jul/Aug 1980)
A Smithy in a Crusader Church ( BAR 6:02, Mar/Apr 1980)
The Marvelous Mosaics of Kissufim ( BAR 6:01, Jan/Feb 1980)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 4:04, Nov/Dec 1978)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 4:02, Jun 1978)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 4:01, Mar 1978)
Found After 1400 Years—The Magnificent Nea ( BAR 3:04, Dec 1977)
Evidence of Earliest Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Comes to Light in Holy Sepulchre Church ( BAR 3:04, Dec 1977)
The Evolution of a Church—Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre ( BAR 2:03, Sep 1976)
Hebrew Language
Prize Find: Oldest Hebrew Inscription Discovered in Israelite Fort on Philistine Border ( BAR 36:02, Mar/Apr 2010)
The Name Game ( BAR 30:06, Nov/Dec 2004)
Don’t Rush to Judgment ( BAR 30:02, Mar/Apr 2004)
The “Smoking Guns” Are Illusory ( BAR 30:02, Mar/Apr 2004)
The Paleographer: Demonstrably a Forgery ( BAR 29:03, May/Jun 2003)
The Linguist: Hebrew Philology Spells Fake ( BAR 29:03, May/Jun 2003)
The “Three Shekels” and “Widow’s Plea” Ostraca: Real or Fake? ( BAR 29:03, May/Jun 2003)
The Three Shekels Receipt and the Fourth Commandment ( BAR 29:03, May/Jun 2003)
The History Behind the Bible ( BAR 29:01, Jan/Feb 2003)
The Book of Jeremiah: a Work in Progress ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Searching for the Better Text ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
ReViews ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Strata ( BAR 24:03, May/Jun 1998)
ReViews ( BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998)
The Siloam Inscription Ain’t Hasmonean ( BAR 23:02, Mar/Apr 1997)
As Simple as ABC ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Royal Signature: Name of Israel’s Last King Surfaces in a Private Collection ( BAR 21:06, Nov/Dec 1995)
Even Briefer ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Who Was He? Rare DSS Text Mentions King Jonathan ( BAR 20:01, Jan/Feb 1994)
Even Briefer ( BAR 20:01, Jan/Feb 1994)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:02, Mar/Apr 1993)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Was Eve Cursed? ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
How Shifting One Letter Can Eliminate Eve’s Curse ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
The World’s Oldest Poorbox ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Did Jesus Speak Greek? ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Readers Reply ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Were Words Separated in Ancient Hebrew Writing? ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
An Off-Duty Archaeologist Looks at Psalm 23 ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 7:05, Oct 1991)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
Hebrew for Bible Readers ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
The Man Who Wasn’t There ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Amos’s Four Visions ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
Coarse Language In The Bible? ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 14:03, May/Jun 1988)
Learning Biblical Languages ( BAR 13:06, Nov/Dec 1987)
History of Christianity
ReViews ( BAR 30:03, May/Jun 2004)
Bible Books ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Peter: How a Flawed Disciple Became Jesus’ Successor on Earth ( BR 20:01, Feb 2004)
Bible Books ( BR 20:01, Feb 2004)
How Pilate Became a Saint ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
The Acts of Pilate ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Pilate the Missionary: An excerpt from Eusebius’s fourth-century History of the Church ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
The Dark Side of Pilate ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
Mel Gibson’s Passion Play ( BR 19:06, Dec 2003)
The Forum ( AO 6:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
The True Cross ( BR 19:04, Aug 2003)
The Veneration of the Cross in Jerusalem: An Early Pilgrim’s Account ( BR 19:04, Aug 2003)
Bringing James Out of the Shadows ( BR 19:03, Jun 2003)
Where Was James Buried? ( BR 19:03, Jun 2003)
Gods and the One God ( BR 19:01, Feb 2003)
How December 25 Became Christmas ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
The Two Faces of Jesus ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Portraits of Jesus—Miraculous and Man-made ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
Jesus the Teetotaler ( BR 18:02, Apr 2002)
Was the Early Church Jewish? ( BR 17:06, Dec 2001)
The Monastery of the Cross: Where Heaven and Earth Meet ( BAR 27:06, Nov/Dec 2001)
Surprises at Yattir: Unexpected Evidence of Early Christianity ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
The Yattir Mosaic: A Visual Journey to Christ ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
A Guide to the Yattir Mosaic ( BAR 27:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Earliest Christian Inscription ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
The Last Words of Avercius ( BR 17:01, Feb 2001)
The Curse of the Last Vestal ( AO 4:01, Jan/Feb 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:06, Dec 2000)
The Martyrdom of Thecla ( AO 3:06, Nov/Dec 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
All in the Family ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
Jesus’ Family Tree ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
A Return to Origins (Again) ( BR 15:06, Dec 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:04, Jul/Aug 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
Illuminating Byzantine Jerusalem ( BAR 24:02, Mar/Apr 1998)
The Mystery of Paul ( BR 14:01, Feb 1998)
ReViews ( BAR 23:05, Sep/Oct 1997)
Book Notes ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
Understanding Matthew’s Vitriol ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Just Published ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
The Ancient Library of Alexandria ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
The Geography of Faith ( BR 12:06, Dec 1996)
7 vs 8 ( BR 12:04, Aug 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:03, Jun 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 12:02, Apr 1996)
Spirituality in the Desert: Judean Wilderness Monasteries ( BAR 21:05, Sep/Oct 1995)
Martyrius: Lavish Living for Monks ( BAR 21:05, Sep/Oct 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Of Cherubim and Gospel Symbols ( BAR 21:04, Jul/Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:03, Jun 1995)
Multiple Judaisms ( BR 11:01, Feb 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:01, Feb 1995)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:06, Nov/Dec 1994)
Profiles in Scholarly Courage ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:04, Aug 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:04, Aug 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Literalism vs. Everything Else ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
The Arian Controversy—How It Divided Early Christianity ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
The Future Is Now ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
The Holy Land in Christian Imagination ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 11:01, Jan/Feb 1985)
The Temple Scroll—The Longest and Most Recently Discovered Dead Sea Scroll ( BAR 10:05, Sep/Oct 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984)
Nag Hammadi Codices Shed New Light on Early Christian History ( BAR 10:01, Jan/Feb 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 7:02, Mar/Apr 1981)
Books in Brief ( BAR 5:05, Sep/Oct 1979)



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