Minutiae

Some tidbits for everyone . . .


1.) The latest issue of BAR has entered the mail stream and our subscribers should be receiving it shortly. The cover article is about Galilee in Jesus' time and the cover picture itself is of Pan, the god of the forests, from a first century A.D. altar in Beth Shean. Another article of note concerns the rediscovery of a site that was reburied almost a hundred years ago containing the forgotten tombs of two Israelite kings. We also continue our celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Dead Sea Scrolls with interviews of Geza Vermes and Lawrence Schiffman.

2.) For those of you who don't subscribe, the issue should be on the newsstand within two or three weeks. If you'd like to subscribe, here's the link.

3.) For our premier members, the May/June 07 issue is now available in the archive. (If you'd like to be a premier member, with all of the benefits that entails, you can sign up here.)


3.) Our editor has just completed a report from a conference we sponsored in January in Jerusalem concerning recently allegations of the authenticity of certain items in the Israel Museum's collection. A free download of the report can be had here. The page also has an audio selection where you can listen to Gabriel Barkay present his 10 key points for judging the authenticity of items.


4.) Hershel has just completed a new book called The Copper Scroll and the Search for the Temple Treasure. I'll let you know when it's available (it should be up on our site in a couple of days), but the fun part is that Hershel will be autographing the first run of copies we sell.


5.) In related news, Hershel has also completed another book on the Temple Mount that will be published by Continuum in the near future. I'm told by reliable people that everything is ready to go and we're just waiting for one or two details to be cleared up before we go to press. Once the book is available, I'll let everyone know where to find it.


6.) We're still in the process of interviewing for an editorial position, so if you live in the DC area and have an interest in our subject matter, please send us your resume. Information for the position can be had here.


7.) Finally, here's a special freebie from the archives of Bible Review. It's an article we published in 2005 called The Holy Bible: A Buyer's Guide (pdf). It's an interesting look at the variety of bibles available on the market, from the scholarly to the colloquial. The author, Leonard Greenspoon, reviews them all and compares one common passage, Genesis 1:1-2, from each version.


Ken