Lending an ear to one of history’s most advanced and impactful cultures

The 14th-century b.c.e. Amarna Letters contain horrified reports to Egypt’s pharaoh of Canaanite battles with a peculiar people named “Habiru,” who were conquering “all the lands.” Are these the biblical Hebrews who, according to biblical chronology, swept through the land at this time? The following infographic, from our March-April magazine, compares the Amarna and biblical accounts city by city.

The point that the great acrostic poem of Proverbs 31 is trying to make

It wasn’t what Dr. Mazar uncovered that rankled scholarly critics—it was that her findings matched the biblical narrative.

The ancient Habiru battled their way through Canaan during the 14th century b.c.e. Who were these people?

We know what the Bible says. What does archaeology say?

It’s a complex question to answer—and there are countless theories about this man’s identity.