Biblical Archaeology Review – July-August 2018
English | 76 pages | True PDF | 29 MB
Featured Articlies Inside :
22 Pharaoh’s Man, ‘Abdiel: The Vizier with a Semitic Name
Alain Zivie
Two decades ago, Egyptologist Alain Zivie excavated a tomb in Saqqara, Egypt. Discovering secret passageways and hidden staircases while reinforcing collapsing chambers, he and his team
carefully uncovered the tomb level by level—until they came face to face with the tomb’s owner himself: ‘Abdiel. The high-ranking ‘Abdiel, who has a Semitic name, served as a vizier to two pharaohs: Amenhotep III and his son, Akhenaten. Join Dr. Zivie as he explores ‘Abdiel’s tomb and identity. 32 Egyptian Papyrus Sheds New Light on Jewish History
Karel van der Toorn
The enigmatic Papyrus Amherst 63 was likely created by the descendants of the Aramean and Judean soldiers who in the fifth century B.C.E. had been stationed at the southern Egyptian border. Recorded in a cursive script derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Aramaic texts of the Amherst papyrus keep challenging what we know about Aramean religion and the history of the Hebrew Bible.
40 Khirbet el-Mastarah: An Early Israelite Settlement?
Ralph K. Hawkins and David Ben-Shlomo
Hidden in the Jordan Valley, Khirbet el-Mastarah may shed light on early Israelite origins. The site contains numerous enclosures and structures, which appear to have been used by a nomadic or semi-nomadic group at the beginning of the Iron Age (c. 1200 B.C.E.). Archaeologists Ralph K. Hawkins and David Ben-Shlomo examine the evidence.
47 “The Nobles of the People Dug It”:
Remembering Three Archaeological Giants
Daniel M. Master; Hillel Geva; Daniel A. Warner, Donald D. Binder, Eric M. Meyers, and James Riley Strange
Three significant scholars—who shaped and influenced the field of Biblical archaeology—recently passed away, but their legacies live on. The impact of Lawrence E. Stager, Ephraim Stern, and James F. Strange will be felt for generations to come.