Across five decades, BAR has brought its readers the best and latest scholarship on archaeology and the world of the Bible. Many of our articles have highlighted extraordinary new discoveries or involved readers in contentious scholarly debates. But the most enjoyable stories—and perhaps the most controversial—are often those that use new evidence to challenge long-held assumptions about the biblical past. The following five BAR articles—covering subjects from the Bronze Age world of the Canaanites to the monumental basilica churches of Byzantine Christianity—remain some of our favorites for the fresh critical perspectives they provide on the Bible’s myriad peoples, cultures, and […]
