I’ve been looking forward to these books by Hanan Eshel for some time.  It’s risky to say without having read them, but I predict they’ll be the best books on their respective subjects. (I have spent a day with Eshel at Qumran, benefitting from...

I haven’t seen anything of real interest come across my radar screen for the blog in the last couple of days, and with limited time this week, I’m going to satisfy myself today with a notice of our new CD. Subscribers to the BiblePlaces...

In my haste to post the Weekend Roundup this morning, I neglected a few things I had intended to mention. Ferrell Jenkins is back in Israel on a study and photographic tour.  He has already posted some good photos from Samaria, Shechem, Qeiyafa,...

The “Hall of Ages” in Jerusalem was opened recently after new techniques were developed to prevent the room from collapsing during excavation.  This room is located in the Western Wall Tunnels area and gets its name because the hall was used by...

From the AFP (HT: Paleojudaica): Jordan summoned Israeli ambassador Nevo Dani on Thursday to demand a halt to "unilateral" work carried out by the Jewish state on the outer walls of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. "The ambassador...