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Further Reading:
History of Israel
Sources for a Life of Jesus (The Search for Jesus, 1994)
Defining the Problems: Where We Are in the Debate (The Rise of Ancient Israel, 1991)
How to Tell a Canaanite from an Israelite (The Rise of Ancient Israel, 1991)
The Exodus from Egypt: Myth or Reality? (The Rise of Ancient Israel, 1991)
Archaeological Views: Israelite Life Before the Kings ( BAR 39:02, Mar/Apr 2013)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 39:02, Mar/Apr 2013)
ReViews: Worthy Addition to a Distinguished Series ( BAR 39:01, Jan/Feb 2013)
ReViews: Recommended for Students and Nonspecialists ( BAR 39:01, Jan/Feb 2013)
Josephus vs. Jeremiah ( BAR 38:05, Sep/Oct 2012)
ReViews: Hippology of Ancient Israel ( BAR 38:02, Mar/Apr 2012)
ReViews: Life in Ancient Galilee ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
ReViews: Focus on Ancient Jerusalem ( BAR 37:02, Mar/Apr 2011)
The Devil Is Not So Black as He Is Painted ( BAR 36:03, May/Jun 2010)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 35:02, Mar/Apr 2009)
The Universal God ( BAR 31:06, Nov/Dec 2005)
The History of Israelite Religion ( BAR 31:03, May/Jun 2005)
The Battleground ( BAR 29:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
Israelites in Exile ( BAR 29:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
Israelites Found in Egypt ( BAR 29:05, Sep/Oct 2003)
Eyewitness Testimony ( BAR 29:05, Sep/Oct 2003)
Literacy in the Time of Jesus ( BAR 29:04, Jul/Aug 2003)
Spending Your Way through Jewish History ( BAR 29:03, May/Jun 2003)
Does Amihai Mazar Agree with Finkelstein’s “Low Chronology”? ( BAR 29:02, Mar/Apr 2003)
Sardinians in Israel? ( AO 6:02, Mar/Apr 2003)
The History Behind the Bible ( BAR 29:01, Jan/Feb 2003)
“My Blood of the Covenant” ( AO 5:05, Sep/Oct 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:06, Dec 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 27:06, Nov/Dec 2001)
Reversal of Fortune ( BR 17:04, Aug 2001)
Searching For Saul ( BR 17:02, Apr 2001)
The Babylonian Gap ( BAR 26:06, Nov/Dec 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:06, Nov/Dec 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Books in Brief ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
The Forum ( AO 3:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
How Reliable Is Exodus? ( BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000)
ReViews ( BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:04, Jul/Aug 2000)
Jerusalem as Eden ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
First Person: No History in the Bible? ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
The Yarwhosians? ( AO 3:03, May/Jun 2000)
What Separates a Minimalist from a Maximalist? Not Much ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Save Us from Postmodern Malarkey ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Can You Understand This? ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Will Tel Rehov Save the United Monarchy? ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Ritmeyer Responds to Jacobson ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Kaufman Responds to Jacobson ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Scholar’s Bookshelf ( BAR 26:02, Mar/Apr 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
ReViews ( BAR 25:06, Nov/Dec 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:06, Nov/Dec 1999)
Biran at Ninety ( BAR 25:05, Sep/Oct 1999)
ReViews ( BAR 25:05, Sep/Oct 1999)
God as Divine Kinsman ( BAR 25:04, Jul/Aug 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:04, Jul/Aug 1999)
The Israelites ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
Bible Books ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
ReViews ( BAR 25:03, May/Jun 1999)
First Person: Weighing the Evidence ( BAR 25:02, Mar/Apr 1999)
ReViews ( BAR 25:02, Mar/Apr 1999)
Scholar’s Bookshelf ( BAR 25:02, Mar/Apr 1999)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 25:02, Mar/Apr 1999)
Strata ( BAR 24:06, Nov/Dec 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:06, Nov/Dec 1998)
Sacred Spaces ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:05, Sep/Oct 1998)
It’s Not There: Archaeology Proves a Negative ( BAR 24:04, Jul/Aug 1998)
Israel in Exile ( BAR 24:03, May/Jun 1998)
Strata ( BAR 24:03, May/Jun 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:02, Mar/Apr 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 24:01, Jan/Feb 1998)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 23:06, Nov/Dec 1997)
Israel and Revelation ( BR 13:05, Oct 1997)
Will the Real Josephus Please Stand Up? ( BAR 23:05, Sep/Oct 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
Face to Face: Biblical Minimalists Meet Their Challengers ( BAR 23:04, Jul/Aug 1997)
Cow Town or Royal Capital? ( BAR 23:04, Jul/Aug 1997)
The Biblical Minimalists ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
Son of God ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
New Orleans Gumbo ( BAR 23:02, Mar/Apr 1997)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 23:02, Mar/Apr 1997)
The Water Libation in the Festival of Booths ( BR 12:06, Dec 1996)
Edomites Advance into Judah ( BAR 22:06, Nov/Dec 1996)
Is the Bible Right After All? BAR Interviews William Dever—Part Two ( BAR 22:05, Sep/Oct 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 12:03, Jun 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:03, Jun 1996)
Erasing History ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 21:06, Nov/Dec 1995)
Finding Historical Memories in the Patriarchal Narratives ( BAR 21:04, Jul/Aug 1995)
The Patriarchal Age: Myth or History? ( BAR 21:02, Mar/Apr 1995)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:05, Sep/Oct 1994)
Climate and Collapse ( BR 10:04, Aug 1994)
Even Briefer ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:01, Jan/Feb 1994)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:04, Jul/Aug 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:03, May/Jun 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Even Briefer ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
Books in Brief ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Even Briefer ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
Part II: The Development of Israelite Religion ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Even Briefer ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Introduction ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
A Thousand Years of History in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter ( BAR 18:03, May/Jun 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Rainey’s Challenge ( BAR 17:06, Nov/Dec 1991)
Yurco’s Response ( BAR 17:06, Nov/Dec 1991)
Books in Brief ( BAR 17:05, Sep/Oct 1991)
Even Briefer ( BAR 17:04, Jul/Aug 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Book Notes ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Grisly Assyrian Record of Torture and Death ( BAR 17:01, Jan/Feb 1991)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 17:01, Jan/Feb 1991)
Books in Brief ( BAR 16:06, Nov/Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
3,200-Year-Old Picture of Israelites Found in Egypt ( BAR 16:05, Sep/Oct 1990)
Books in Brief ( BAR 16:05, Sep/Oct 1990)
Books in Brief ( BAR 16:03, May/Jun 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
The Nine Commandments ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
The Hebrew Bible Contains the Oldest Surviving History ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
The Great Eighth Century ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 15:03, May/Jun 1989)
Bible Lands ( BR 5:01, Feb 1989)
Excavating in Samson Country—Philistines and Israelites at Tel Batash ( BAR 15:01, Jan/Feb 1989)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 14:05, Sep/Oct 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
1987 Annual Meeting in Boston: A Wild, Wonderful Academic Circus ( BAR 14:02, Mar/Apr 1988)
War, Peace and Justice in Early Israel ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
Books in Brief ( BAR 13:02, Mar/Apr 1987)
Jerusalem Model Rediscovered ( BAR 13:01, Jan/Feb 1987)
Books in Brief ( BAR 12:06, Nov/Dec 1986)
Books in Brief ( BAR 12:04, Jul/Aug 1986)
Continuity & Change in Israel’s Convenant with God ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 11:01, Jan/Feb 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 9:04, Jul/Aug 1983)
The Israelite Occupation of Canaan: An Account of the Archaeological Evidence ( BAR 8:03, May/Jun 1982)
Is the Biblical Account of the Israelite Conquest of Canaan Historically Reliable? ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
How Inferior Israelite Forces Conquered Fortified Canaanite Cities ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
Medicine
Strata: The Bible in the News: Self-Help for Doctors and Others ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
Strata: The Magi’s Gifts—Tribute or Treatment? ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
Asklepios Appears in a Dream ( AO 8:04, Jul/Aug 2005)
Healing Waters ( BAR 30:04, Jul/Aug 2004)
Aesculapius the Healing God ( BAR 30:04, Jul/Aug 2004)
The Forum ( AO 5:06, Nov/Dec 2002)
Ancient Life: A Stitch in Time ( AO 5:04, Jul/Aug 2002)
Origins: On the Pill ( AO 5:03, May/Jun 2002)
Herod’s Horrid Death ( BAR 28:02, Mar/Apr 2002)
Strata ( BAR 28:02, Mar/Apr 2002)
Field Notes ( AO 2:03, Jul/Aug 1999)
Field Notes ( AO 2:02, May/Jun 1999)
Field Notes ( AO 2:01, Winter 1999)
The Forum ( AO 2:01, Winter 1999)
Field Notes ( AO 1:04, Fall 1998)
“An Amulet Against Fever” ( AO 1:03, Summer 1998)
Origins: A Cure for the Common Cold? ( AO 1:03, Summer 1998)
Ancient Life: Thinning Out? ( AO 1:02, Spring 1998)
Ancient Medicine ( BR 11:03, Jun 1995)
Scorpion Ash Saves Woman’s Eyesight ( BR 11:02, Apr 1995)
New Testament
No Promised Land: Rejecting the Authority of the Bible (Feminist Approaches to the Bible, 1995)
From Jewish to Gentile ( BAR 38:06, Nov/Dec 2012)
Biblical Views: Spirited Discourse About God Language in the New Testament ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
ReViews: How Jewish Is the New Testament? ( BAR 38:03, May/Jun 2012)
What Jews (and Christians too) Should Know About the New Testament ( BAR 38:02, Mar/Apr 2012)
Strata: In Their Own Words ( BAR 38:01, Jan/Feb 2012)
ReViews: A Vision of Paul ( BAR 36:03, May/Jun 2010)
A God of Love and Justice ( BR 20:02, Apr 2004)
Israel Antiquities Authority’s Report Deeply Flawed ( BAR 29:06, Nov/Dec 2003)
Asking the Right Question ( BR 19:02, Apr 2003)
Rhetorically Writing ( BR 18:06, Dec 2002)
The Short List: The New Testament Figures Known to History ( BAR 28:06, Nov/Dec 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:05, Oct 2002)
How an American Coal Miner Acquired Sacred Biblical Papyri ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
Bible Books ( BR 18:04, Aug 2002)
The 34 Gospels ( BR 18:03, Jun 2002)
Was the Early Church Jewish? ( BR 17:06, Dec 2001)
Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder? ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 17:05, Oct 2001)
The Favored One ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:05, Oct 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:05, Sep/Oct 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:04, Aug 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:03, Jun 2000)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 26:03, May/Jun 2000)
All in the Family ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
Jesus’ Family Tree ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
Bible Books ( BR 16:02, Apr 2000)
O Little Town of…Nazareth? ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Bethlehem…Of Course ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Response and Surresponse ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Readers Reply ( BR 16:01, Feb 2000)
Bethsaida Rediscovered ( BAR 26:01, Jan/Feb 2000)
A Return to Origins (Again) ( BR 15:06, Dec 1999)
Triumph over Temptation ( BR 15:04, Aug 1999)
Fishers of Fish, Fishers of Men ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
Readers Reply ( BR 15:03, Jun 1999)
Caution: Bible Critic at Work ( BR 15:01, Feb 1999)
PUNCTUATIONINTHENEWTESTAMENT ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:06, Dec 1998)
We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby (But Still Have a Ways to Go) ( BR 14:05, Oct 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Book Notes ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 14:04, Aug 1998)
Bible Books ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
Jots & Tittles ( BR 14:03, Jun 1998)
What Really Happened at Gethsemane? ( BR 14:02, Apr 1998)
Readers Reply ( BR 13:04, Aug 1997)
Bible Books ( BR 13:03, Jun 1997)
Introduction ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Why the Ugly Attacks? ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Buyer Beware! ( BR 13:02, Apr 1997)
Jefferson’s Bible ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Who the Devil is Beelzebul? ( BR 13:01, Feb 1997)
Why Christians Must Search for the Historical Jesus ( BR 12:02, Apr 1996)
Just Published ( BR 12:01, Feb 1996)
A Gospel Among the Scrolls? ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Q ( BR 11:05, Oct 1995)
Is There a Gospel of Q? ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:04, Aug 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 11:01, Feb 1995)
Profiles in Scholarly Courage ( BR 10:05, Oct 1994)
Bible Books ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:03, Jun 1994)
Books in Brief ( BAR 20:03, May/Jun 1994)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 20:02, Mar/Apr 1994)
Book Notes ( BR 10:02, Apr 1994)
The Undiscovered Symmetry of the Bible—An Interview with David Noel Freedman—Part II ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Readers Reply ( BR 10:01, Feb 1994)
Jesus in Four Colors ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:06, Dec 1993)
Cast Your Net Upon the Waters: Fish and Fishermen in Jesus’ Time ( BAR 19:06, Nov/Dec 1993)
Q ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Matthew and Luke’s Dependence on a Sayings Gospel ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:05, Oct 1993)
The Gospels that Didn’t Make the Cut ( BR 9:04, Aug 1993)
Book Notes ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:03, Jun 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:02, Mar/Apr 1993)
How the Books of the New Testament Were Chosen ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
The Emergence of the New Testament Shifting Canonical Lists from the Second to the Fourth Centuries ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:02, Apr 1993)
Bible Books ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Readers Reply ( BR 9:01, Feb 1993)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 19:01, Jan/Feb 1993)
The First Christmas ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:06, Dec 1992)
Beatitudes Found Among Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 18:06, Nov/Dec 1992)
How Mary Magdalene Became a Whore ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
If The Bible’s So Patriarchal, How Come I Love It? ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:05, Oct 1992)
Did Jesus Really Die on the Cross? ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Burial Cave of the Caiaphas Family ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
The Dangers of Dividing Disciplines ( BAR 18:05, Sep/Oct 1992)
Bible Books ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:04, Aug 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Luke’s Holy Land and Jesus’ Company ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Bible Lands ( BR 8:03, Jun 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
Readers Reply ( BR 8:02, Apr 1992)
The Baptism of Jesus and a New Dead Sea Scroll ( BAR 18:02, Mar/Apr 1992)
Book Notes ( BR 8:01, Feb 1992)
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Early Christianity: Part One ( BR 7:06, Dec 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:05, Oct 1991)
Heavens Torn Open ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
Book Notes ( BR 7:04, Aug 1991)
The Testimonium ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Even Briefer ( BAR 17:03, May/Jun 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 7:01, Feb 1991)
Glossary ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:06, Dec 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:05, Oct 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:04, Aug 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 6:03, Jun 1990)
The Gospel of Thomas ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Parallels Between Thomas and Q ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:02, Apr 1990)
The Gospels ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Readers Reply ( BR 6:01, Feb 1990)
Bible Books ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:06, Dec 1989)
What Did Jesus Really Say? ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Glossary ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
Readers Reply ( BR 5:05, Oct 1989)
The Resurrection in Recent Scholarly Research ( BR 5:04, Aug 1989)
My Odyssey in New Testament Interpretation ( BR 5:03, Jun 1989)
Bible Books ( BR 5:02, Apr 1989)
A Pilgrimage to the Site of the Swine Miracle ( BAR 15:02, Mar/Apr 1989)
Books in Brief ( BAR 14:06, Nov/Dec 1988)
Can Scholars Take the Virgin Birth Seriously? ( BR 4:05, Oct 1988)
Hosanna ( BR 4:02, Apr 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 4:01, Feb 1988)
Bible Books ( BR 3:04, Winter 1987)
What Really Happened at the Transfiguration? ( BR 3:03, Fall 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 3:01, Spring 1987)
Bible Books ( BR 1:04, Winter 1985)
The Baptism of Jesus ( BR 1:03, Fall 1985)
Bible Books ( BR 1:03, Fall 1985)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:04, Jul/Aug 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 10:01, Jan/Feb 1984)
Books in Brief ( BAR 9:05, Sep/Oct 1983)
Scholars’ Corner: New Testament Illuminated by Dead Sea Scrolls ( BAR 8:05, Sep/Oct 1982)
Books in Brief ( BAR 8:02, Mar/Apr 1982)
“Sounding Brass” and Hellenistic Technology ( BAR 8:01, Jan/Feb 1982)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 7:04, Jul/Aug 1981)
The Infancy Narratives in Matthew and Luke—Of History, Theology and Literature ( BAR 7:02, Mar/Apr 1981)
Books in Brief ( BAR 6:03, May/Jun 1980)
Books in Brief ( BAR 6:01, Jan/Feb 1980)
The Name of God in the New Testament ( BAR 4:01, Mar 1978)
Social Context
Sources for a Life of Jesus (The Search for Jesus, 1994)
Biblical Views: The Economics of Family: Changing Biblical Norms ( BAR 36:05, Sep/Oct 2010)
Strata: A Supper of Biblical Portions ( BAR 36:05, Sep/Oct 2010)
Pottery Talks ( BAR 30:02, Mar/Apr 2004)
Reviews ( BAR 28:03, May/Jun 2002)
Speaking of Good and Evil ( BR 17:06, Dec 2001)
The Forum ( AO 4:05, Sep/Oct 2001)
The Forum ( AO 4:04, Jul/Aug 2001)
Books in Brief ( BR 17:03, Jun 2001)
When a Mittani Princess Joined Pharaoh’s Harem ( AO 4:03, May/Jun 2001)
Ideology from Artifacts ( AO 4:02, Mar/Apr 2001)
Queries & Comments ( BAR 23:01, Jan/Feb 1997)
Death Knell for Israel Archaeology? ( BAR 22:05, Sep/Oct 1996)
First Person: Taking on Tough Issues ( BAR 22:05, Sep/Oct 1996)
Bible Books ( BR 11:06, Dec 1995)
Bible Books ( BR 7:03, Jun 1991)
Bible Books ( BR 3:01, Spring 1987)



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