Joe Uziel, the new head of the Dead Sea Scrolls unit for the Israel Antiquities Authority, discusses his position and plans.
The Jerusalem Post profiles the work of Tanya Bitler, “currently the only person in the world who can touch and handle the legendary Dead Sea Scrolls.”
Researchers have analyzed more than 100 fingerprints on Bronze Age vessels excavated at the city of Gath. The underlying journal article is available here.
A stash of Jordanian ammunition was found at the bottom of a water cistern near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
The Smithsonian Magazine has a short story on rock art discovered on dolmens in northern Israel.
The two issues this year of Jerusalem Quarterly are devoted to “Palestine from Above: Surveillance, Cartography and Control,” with several articles on aerial photography.
A Times of Israel podcast provides a 30-minute tour of excavations near the Western Wall plaza.
Ze’ev Orenstein gives a 35-minute video tour of the City of David.
John DeLancey’s latest video tour is of Caesarea Maritima.
Ferrell Jenkins shares some interesting photos of storks that he has taken in Israel and Turkey.
“Ash-sharq is a new, peer reviewed journal devoted to short and long articles on the archaeology, history and society of the Ancient Near East.”
“The editors of the Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) Online talk about the content, development and relevance of EBR Online for theologians and humanities faculty (recording of a live webinar).”
A fine painting by Gustav Bauernfeind of Jerusalem around the turn of the 20th century will be auctioned by Sotheby’s on July 28.
LifeWay is going with an archaeology theme for next summer’s Vacation Bible School.
Steven Anderson highlights some new resources for biblical studies, including his interpretive guides, SoundCloud playlists of the Hebrew Bible, and the Syriac-English New Testament.
HT: Agade, Joseph Lauer, Alexander Schick, Ted Weis, Explorator
