Forging Ahead: Biblical Archaeology’s Expanding Frontier

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Biblical archaeology has come a long way in the past century. Emerging trends are reshaping how scholars think about and conduct archaeology in the biblical world. Learn how archaeologists today still grapple with the complexities of the past but also practice a more responsible archaeology that engages with a broader range of questions, geographies, and communities.

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Footnotes

1. Jennie Ebeling, “New Directions: How Archaeology Illuminates the Bible,” BAR, Spring 2025.

2. Gary D. Pratico, “Where Is Ezion-Geber? A Reappraisal of the Site Archaeologist Nelson Glueck Identified as King Solomon’s Red Sea Port,” BAR, September/October 1986.

3. See Rudolph Cohen and Yigal Yisrael, “Smashing the Idols: Piecing Together an Edomite Shrine in Judah,” BAR, July/August 1996.

4. See Norma Franklin et al., “Have We Found Naboth’s Vineyard at Jezreel?” BAR, November/December 2017; Jodi Magness et al., “Inside the Huqoq Synagogue,” BAR, May/June 2019; Orit Peleg-Barkat, “Reimagining Herod’s Royal Portico,” BAR, July/August/September/October 2019.