‘Auja el-Foqa—A Desert Fortress on Ancient Israel’s Eastern Frontier

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Overlooking the Jordan Valley and Jericho, the site of ‘Auja el-Foqa stood on ancient Israel’s eastern frontier. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an Israelite or Judahite fortress. Have they found biblical Na‘arah?

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Footnotes

1. Ralph K. Hawkins and David Ben-Shlomo, “Khirbet el-Mastarah: An Early Israelite Settlement?” BAR, July/August 2018.

2. See Christopher Rollston, “The King of Judah, Jars of Wine, and the City of Jerusalem,” Bible History Daily (blog), published on October 25, 2017. Rollston concludes that the papyrus is a modern forgery.