Our first directive is to report news about archaeology of the lands of the Bible to the general public; we are not a peer-reviewed journal written in academic jargon meant to be read only by scholars. When I was handed the reins as Editor of BAR three years ago, both Hershel Shanks and our publisher, Sue Laden, made one thing abundantly clear: BAR is a popular magazine, not an academic journal. This means that the mission of BAR differs from peer-reviewed journals in our field. Their mission is to publish original research in the fields of eastern Mediterranean archaeology […]
