First Person: BAR Gives Away $50,000

Trouble viewing this email? Click here to view in browser September 29, 2016 Feature First Person: BAR Gives Away $50,000 As published in the September/October 2016 BAR BAR is giving $50,000 in grants to three professional archaeological excavations in Israel: the digs at Abel Beth Maacah, el-Araj and 'Einot Amitai. "How that came to be has got to be one of the strangest stories in archaeological history," writes BAR Editor Hershel Shanks in his First Person column in the September/October 2016 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review. Learn the story behind these grants and read about the excavations to which the grants were ultimately awarded in Shanks's First Person column as published in BAR. Read More » Flash Sale: Dead Sea Scrolls Bundle Discover what the Dead Sea Scrolls teach us about Judaism, the development of the Hebrew Bible and the beginnings of Christianity. Shop by TONIGHT, September 29, 2016 at midnight ET, and receive four engaging BAS products on the Dead Sea Scrolls together for $39.95 with free domestic shipping. Save 46% off the retail price! Click Here to Order In Case You Missed It Abel Beth Maacah in the Bible Inside the excavations of a Biblical site in Northern Israel Located at the meeting point of Israel, Phoenicia and Syria and between Dan and Hazor, the northern site of Abel Beth Maacah is possibly the capital of the Aramaean kingdom of Maacah. Competing Biblical representations of Abel Beth Maacah, which is mentioned in several Hebrew Bible narratives, offer archaeologists the opportunity to clarify through excavation the history of the region and to refine Biblical archaeology methods themselves. Read More » All-Access Pass to the Biblical World Dig into the illuminating world of the Bible with a Biblical Archaeology Society All-Access membership. Combine a one-year tablet and print subscription to BAR with membership in the BAS Library to start your journey into the ancient past today! Subscribe Today In Case You Missed It Jewish Purification Stone vessel workshop discovered in Galilee An excavation at the Galilean cave site of 'Einot Amitai near Nazareth has uncovered what may be a 2,000-year-old stone vessel production center. In the first century C.E., Jews commonly used stone vessels in observance of Jewish purity laws. "Stone vessels played an integral role in the daily religious lives of Jews during this period," explained dig director Yonatan Adler. "It was a Jewish 'Stone Age' of sorts." Read More » Upcoming Events Jordan and Israel Tour With Youssef Hilo, Danny Herman and Dr. Oren Gutfeld October 24–November 6, 2016   19th Annual Bible and Archaeology Fest November 18–20, 2016 — San Antonio, Texas   Seminar at Sea With William Dever February 24–March 3, 2017   E6B929 Unsubscribe Forward To A Friend You received this email as part of your free registration to Bible History Daily emails. Help us be sure your email update isn't filtered as spam. Adding our return address bas@biblicalarchaeology.org to your address book may whitelist us with your filter, helping future email updates get to your inbox. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive your own copy. Manage Account | Contact | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2016 Biblical Archaeology Society 4710 41st Street NW, Washington, DC 20016 Telephone: 202 364-3300