A new study will examine seal impressions discovered in Jerusalem to understand the city’s administrative systems in the Old and New Testament eras.
Ruth Schuster provides a good survey of the enigmatic Copper Scroll and then describes Shimon Gibson’s new theory that the scroll was a list of donations made to Bar Kochba in the early years of his rebellion. Joan Taylor agrees with the dating, but she believes the scroll gives a list of tithes given to the Temple cult after the Temple’s destruction.
A study of two of the Arad Ostraca suggests that the fortress’s administrators operated on a six-day week.
“A 2000-year-old stone weighing around five tons that had fallen off the Western Wall in Jerusalem and had been on permanent display at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv was returned to the Western Wall site.”
According to a new study, Pilate served as a prefect and also held procuratorial powers.
Two online lectures will be hosted by the Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society:
- May 14: “The Wadi Murabba’at Ptolemaic Coin Hoard and the Troubles in Jerusalem in 169 BCE,” by Catharine Lorber
- June 18: “For the Freedom of Zion: The Great Revolt of Jews against Romans, 66-74 CE,” by Guy Rogers
BibleStock has just released two new videos on their Coaching for Bible Teachers page. One is on the Gospels and connected to the 50-day reading plan on YouVersion and the other focuses on the seven churches of Revelation.
New release: Do You Like to Dig? A Children’s Introduction to Biblical Archaeology, by Beth Brewer (hardcover, Kindle)
On sale on Kindle: The People in Paul’s Letters: A Compendium of Characters, by Guy Manuell ($2.99)
Now available as an ebook, and discounted to $19.95 for a short time (reg. $52.95): Matthew’s Messiah: His Jewish Life and Ministry, by William Varner and David Hegg. I contributed more than sixty photographs.
HT: Agade