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Rare Shell Seal Shows Moon Imagery in Israel
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-israel/rare-shell-seal-shows-moon-imagery-in-israel/
Published: June 5, 2026 10:45
A rare shell seal has been discovered at Tel Hadid in central Israel with religious imagery involving a moon standard, a worshiper, and a possible […]
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The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-artifacts/dead-sea-scrolls/the-dead-sea-scrolls-and-the-new-testament/
Published: June 4, 2026 11:00
What do the Dead Sea Scrolls say about Jesus? What do they say about the world in which Jesus lived? In BAR, James C. VanderKam examines the overlap between the Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament.
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Minor Prophets in the Bible: Amos
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/minor-prophets-bible-amos/
Published: June 4, 2026 11:00
Learn how to read the Book of Amos in context and how the prophet Amos’s message is relevant today.
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Were Early Christians Class Conscious?
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/were-early-christians-class-conscious/
Published: June 3, 2026 10:45
In the New Testament, community is central to Christianity. In Acts, believers devote themselves to shared teaching, prayer, and the breaking of bread, while also […]
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Who Were the Phoenicians?
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/who-were-the-phoenicians/
Published: June 2, 2026 11:00
With a commercial empire that lasted a millennium, the Phoenicians were major players in the ancient Mediterranean world. Spreading their culture and goods, they came into contact with many different groups, but their relationship with the Israelites was…
Paul and Sacred Prostitution in Corinth
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Published: June 2, 2026 11:00
“Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a […]
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Moza Rewrites History, Again
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/moza-rewrites-history-again/
Published: June 1, 2026 10:45
A new study from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B site of Moza, just west of Jerusalem, argues that the site’s prehistoric residents mastered a sophisticated plaster […]
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From Noah’s Dove to the Holy Spirit
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/from-noahs-dove-to-the-holy-spirit/
Published: May 29, 2026 10:45
Hot take: Pigeons are the most berated animal of all time. Our ancestors domesticated these rock-dwelling birds, for example using them as messengers and food. […]
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The Phoenician Alphabet in Archaeology
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Published: May 28, 2026 11:00
The Phoenician script was borrowed by the Israelites, Greeks and Romans. Learn what sorts of texts the Phoenicians wrote as revealed by a recent archaeological excavation.
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10 Things to Know About the Assyrian Empire
https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-near-eastern-world/10-things-to-know-about-the-assyrian-empire/
Published: May 28, 2026 11:00
The Assyrians referenced in the Hebrew Bible were a mighty force that exerted power over much of the Near East, including Israel and Judah, in the ninth through seventh centuries B.C.E.
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