Bryan Windle highlights the top three reports in biblical archaeology in the month of July.
Experience Israel Now, led by Andy Cook, is preparing to launch a website and app to make using video imagery of biblical sites easy.
Nathan Steinmeyer reflects on the significance of the journeys of two ancient artifacts in modern times.
Lesley A. Gregoricka asks whether it is ethical to excavate the dead in the ancient Near East.
In the British Museum’s Curator’s Corner series, Irving Finkel discusses an artifact that may be the oldest map of the world (18 min). Tom Hale has written more about the map here.
Preserving Bible Times has posted a couple of teachings by the late Doug Greenwold: (1) Jesus heals the demoniac; (2) Jesus and the leper.
Zoom lecture on Aug. 14: Louise Hitchcock will be speaking on “Piracy and the Late Bronze Age Collapse” ($10)
The Bible & Archaeology Fest XXVII will be held in San Diego on Nov. 22-24 with 15 experts in biblical archaeology. A livestream option is available, and there is a discount for early registration.
The Biblical Language Center is offering a number of live video classes for beginning Biblical Hebrew and Koine Greek.
New release: The Oxford Handbook of First and Second Kings, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Matthieu Richelle (Oxford University Press, $178; $132 on Kindle). Aren Maeir has posted photos of the table of contents.
New release: Greek and Roman Medicine at the British Museum: The Instruments and Accoutrements of Ancient Medicine, by Ralph Jackson (British Museum, free download).
New release: What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean, edited by Alaya Palamidis and Corinne Bonnet (De Gruyter, $165; free download)
Ferrell Jenkins has shared photos recently of Ramoth Gilead, choppy waters at the Sea of Galilee, and musht fish.
HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Arne Halbakken, Ted Weis, Steven Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Mark V. Hoffman
