The consequential chronological debate you may have never heard of

Just how accurate is the biblical portrayal of early marriages?

It’s one of the more ambiguous points in the biblical genealogies. And—despite a commonly calculated answer to this question—here’s a case for 70.

New research reveals the robust use of biblically attested currency, 500 years earlier than scholars originally thought.

The finds that caught our eye

Another find from the period of the Maccabees—right before Hanukkah

The newly discovered, exceptionally rare inscription of an exceptionally common name

It’s not what she’s uncovering that rankles scholarly critics—it’s that her findings confirm the biblical narrative.

“Governor of the city” discovered in Jerusalem Old City excavation.

Another major media piece reviews the historicity of King David. We review the conclusions.

An exclusive behind-the-scenes video of a fascinating archaeology discovery made by Dr. Eilat Mazar

New radiocarbon evidence lays to rest minimalism’s low chronology attempt to redate King Solomon’s city into the ninth century B.C.E.

The debate about the date of the Exodus, conquest of Canaan, and establishment of Israel as a nation: What does Bible chronology say? And does the material on the ground offer any evidence?

A destroyed Seleucid fortress near the Lachish forest—courtesy the Hasmonean revolt

A major coin hoard from the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule—1,670 years ago

Just a few centimeters beneath modern debris, and there it was—a hoard of golden treasure.

Debate over events aside, the detailed, eyewitness-style, Egyptianized language within the Torah points clearly to an Israelite experience in Egypt.

But do the counterarguments have any weight?

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

So use on Noah’s ark should have been no problem

Long before Sparta’s 300, there was Gideon’s.