by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 29, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Early this month, on the eve of Purim, the Israeli Antiquities Authority announced with some fanfare that an inscription from the time of the Persian king Darius I had been found at Lachish, once a major city in southern Israel. During the Persian period (c. 550–330...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
The Israeli Antiquities Authority announced earlier this month the finding of a “new” Dead Sea Scroll in the Judean desert. Most news accounts tell only part of the story: the rest is far more interesting. The “new scroll” (and both words belong in quotation marks)...
