LONDON (REUTERS).- The Last Supper took place on a Wednesday — a day earlier than thought — and a date for Easter can now be fixed, according to a Cambridge University scientist aiming to solve one of the Bible’s most enduring contradictions. Christi…
Biblical Archaeology Society Announces the Publication of "In Search of Herod’s Tomb"
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biblical Archaeology Society announces the publication of “In Search of Herod’s Tomb” by Ehud Netzer in the January/February 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). The first-century Jewish historian Joseph…
Biblical Archaeology Society Announces the Publication of "In Search of Herod’s Tomb"
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Biblical Archaeology Society announces the publication of “In Search of Herod’s Tomb” by Ehud Netzer in the January/February 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR). The first-century Jewish historian Joseph…
Jesus Wasn’t Born in Bethlehem, According to Biblical Scholar
DUBLIN.- Was Jesus really Jewish? Was his message unique in first-century Palestine? Was he born in Bethlehem? In the November/December 2010 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR), editor Hershel Shanks gets answers to these questions and more in a…
Papal Gift Goes on Display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
LONDON.- The gift presented by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to Her Majesty The Queen during his recent visit to Edinburgh has gone on display at the Palace of Holyroodhouse. This rare manuscript, known as the Lorsch Gospels, is a magnificent illumin…