The slab fragment might not be much to look at. But even in fragmentary form, it shows that Judah’s kings also had ‘monumental’-style inscriptions …

The much-debated genealogy in Ruth 4:18-22 can be somewhat of a headache for Bible scholars. Is it necessarily so?

A claim of ‘major discrepancy.’ But how major—or discrepant—is it?

Once again, studies show that the United Monarchy of David and Solomon was an industrial powerhouse.

Another pillar of the late-Exodus theory, ably contested and defended. But there is more than meets the eye …

Bible translations and commentaries mis-transliterated it—then wondered why they couldn’t understand it. Enter the “dean of biblical archaeologists” ….

Shlomo, Rivkah, Shimshon—the English language has done a real number on the names of these famous biblical characters (and many more).

Renaissance Italy, dueling mathematicians, and a peculiar account of the Bible’s “wisest” men

It’s a peculiar ‘love fest’ numbered among the ‘Christian’ holidays. But its real origin is much earlier than the third-century ‘St. Valentine.’

And other peculiarities about this unusual king of ‘abominations’

A peculiar antediluvian individual we unwittingly reference in everyday language

New study of a land survey tablet reveals the mathematical genius of Babylon—and a link to the biblical patriarch, Abraham?

Evidence for the earliest pagan worship in Genesis?

Chances are you’ve heard of the famous one from Tel Dan—here are two more.

Impossible odds?

What ancient pottery handles reveal about a major Earth disturbance—and an astounding biblical miracle?