We know what ‘Abraham’ means—Genesis 17:5 tells us. Right? Trouble is, it doesn’t really make sense—in Hebrew, that is. Why not?

Are we using the right metrics to judge the United Monarchy?

If so, were they the glorious kings the Bible describes, or just small-time chieftains?

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient winery connected to Naboth’s vineyard.

Archaeology corroborates the invasion of the earliest pharaoh named in the biblical account.

Scientists discover 2,700-year-old remains of cannabis on a Tel Arad incense altar, paralleling details of the reign of King Ahaz. But does the ritual cannabis use reflect standard worship practices at Jerusalem’s temple, as the researchers suggest?

The remarkable new discovery of a Middle Bronze Age ivory comb inscription from Lachish

Uncovered a decade ago, this exquisite gold object is perhaps the best evidence yet for a Phoenician presence in Jerusalem at the time of Solomon.

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

How the late Dr. Eilat Mazar’s last-released discovery matches a first-century gift recorded in the Book of Matthew

Tel Motza hosted a pagan shrine displaying a Canaanite deity—a find characterized as ‘surprising.’ Here’s why it’s not.

The ‘oldest known gate’ found in the Holy Land

Winter rains reveal a buried gem.

For thousands of years, speculation has abounded as to the true identity of Melchizedek—then out of the wilderness came a Dead Sea Scroll.

A 2,700-year-old toilet discovered in a mansion on the outskirts of the capital

Hittites in second millennium b.c.e. Anatolia there were—but Hittites in second millennium b.c.e. Canaan?

A case of numeric exaggeration using a symbolic number? Is it reason to discount a literal interpretation of the 1 Kings 6:1 Exodus timeline?

Is this the earliest reference to the tribe of Judah?