Islamic State’s Cruelty Was Not the Same as Military Might
IS could invent ever more gruesome forms of murder, but it could not make a fighter plane or win the lasting allegiance of the majority of Iraqis and Syrians.
October 27, 2017
The Birth and Death of “Biblical Archaeology”
The difference between American and Israeli versions of the field.
The field known as biblical archaeology, writes William Dever, founded in the early 20th century by American Protestant scholars, was characterized by a “blend of archaeology and theology” and a view that the former should be “a handmaiden of biblical and scriptural studies.” From the 1920s through the 1960s, this approach—which now seems hopelessly outdated to most academic scholars—experienced its heyday, as a number of discoveries confirmed the historicity of certain biblical figures and at least the plausibility of many biblical narratives. Yet after World War II, that approach began to fall apart, especially with the rise of Israeli practitioners of the discipline. (The complete article will be available, with free registration, through November 3.)
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New EU-Sponsored Guidelines for Journalists: Report the News Only the Way We See It
And avoid writing about “sensationalist incidents involving migrants.”
A Biblical View of How America Should, and Can, Renew Its National Covenant
An antidote to the politics of anger and competitive victimhood.
Avraham Sutzkever’s Yiddish Winter Wonderland
Siberia magically upends a litany of misery for him and his people.
The Birth and Death of “Biblical Archaeology”
The difference between American and Israeli versions of the field.