What Abraham, Jacob and Joseph Might Have Known, c. 1850-1500 BCE
- Overview
- Artifacts
- Ain Ghazal Statues, 7th millennium BCE
- Ugarit, 6000-1200 BCE
- Copper Mace Heads, c. 4500–3200 BCE
- Burial Cave, c. 4500–3200 BCE
- Alabaster Statuette, 3300 BCE
- Abydos Tablets, c. 3400-3300 BCE
- Royal Tombs of Ur, 2600-2500 BCE
- Pyramids, c. 2500 BCE
- Ebla Tablets, 2580–2450 BCE
- Statue of Kaaper, c. 2450 BCE
- The Babylonian Map, 2360-2150 BCE
- Mathematical Tablet from Ebla, c.2350-2250 BCE
- Legend of Sargon of Akkade, c. 2300 BCE
- Man’s Oldest Prescription, 2200 BCE
- Ancient Canaanite Cemetery, 2000-1750 BCE
- Tale of Sinuhe, 1971-1928 BCE
- Canaanite Fortifications of Ashkelon, c. 1950 BCE
- Panels from the Pyramid Complex of Senwosret I at Lisht, 1920 BCE
- Baking and Brewing Model from a Tomb at Asyut, c. 1900 BCE
- Mathematical Cuneiform Tablet, 19th century BCE
- Astronomy Tablet, 19th-18th century BCE
- Semitic Tribe Entering Egypt, c. 1890 BCE
- Lipit-Ishtar Law Code, c. 1850 BCE
- Oldest Arch, c. 1850 BCE
- Mirror of Princess Sithathoriunet, 1850 BCE
- The Execration Texts, from 1840 BCE
- Egyptian Curse Figurine, c.1800 BCE
- Weld-Blundell Prism, c. 1800 BCE
- Dictionary Tablet, 18th century BCE
- Atrahasis Epic- The Flood Story, 18th century BCE
- Gilgamesh Epic- The Flood Story
- The Story of Abraham, 18th century BCE
- Hyksos Drinking Goblet, 18th century BCE
- Carnarvon Tablet, 18th century BCE
- Jacob Scarab Seals, 18th century BCE
- Babylonian Tablet Plimpton 322, c. 1800 BCE
- Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus, 17th century BCE
- Mathematical Tablet, c. 1790 BCE
- Mari, 1789-1759 BCE
- Statue of Lamgi-Mari, 1789-1759 BCE
- The Code of Hammurabi, c. 1760 BCE
- Sumerian Flood Story, 1740 BCE
- Square Root of Two Cuneiform, c. 1700 BCE
- Canaanite God El, c. 1600 BCE
- Silver Calf, c. 1600–1550 BCE
- Babylonian Flood Story, 15th century BCE
- Portraiture Statuettes of High Priest Amenhotep and Priestess Rannai, 15th century BCE
- The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, 1575 BCE
- Statue of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, 1550–1525 BCE
- Valley of the Kings, 1539-1075 BCE
- Cuneiform Tablets from Hazor
- Hieroglyphics Tablet from Hazor
- Clay Model of a Sheep’s Liver
- Seven-spouted Vessel
- Monkey Vessel
- Figurine Mold
- Seven Tablets of Creation
- Polygon Tablet
- Clay Multiplication Table
- Astronomical Tablet
- Admonitions of Ipuwer Papyrus
- Anthropoid Coffins
- Tell Harmal Mathematical Tablets
- Sumerian Serpent
- Nuzi Archives
- Serabit el-Khadem
- Articles
- The Patriarchal Age- Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, P. Kyle McCarter Jr., revised by Ronald S. Hendel, Ancient Israel, Biblical Archaeology Society, 1999.
- Circumcision, Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager, Life in Biblical Israel, Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.
- Gold from a Hyksos City, Ornit Ilan, Image and Artifact, The Jerusalem Museum, 2000.
- What the Babylonian Flood Stories Can and Cannot Teach Us About the Genesis Flood, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, BAR 4-04, Nov-Dec 1978.
- Did the Patriarchs Live at Givat Sharett? Dan Bahat, BAR 4-03, Sep-Oct 1978.
- Ebla Update, BAR 6-03, May-Jun 1980.
- The Last Legacy of Roland de Vaux, Nahum M. Sarna, BAR 6-04, Jul-Aug 1980.
- The Separate Traditions of Abraham and Jacob, Roland de Vaux, BAR 6-04, Jul-Aug 1980.
- Beer-sheba of the Patriarchs, Ze’ev Herzog, BAR 6-06, Nov-Dec 1980.
- Ebla and the Bible, Giovanni Pettinato, BAR 6-06, Nov-Dec 1980.
- Ancient Jerusalem’s Rural Food Basket, Gershon Edelstein and Shimon Gibson, BAR 8-04, Jul-Aug 1982.
- God Before the Hebrews, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, BAR 8-05, Sep-Oct 1982.
- Gudea of Lagash Ends Long Journey, Suzanne F. Singer, BAR 9-03, May-Jun 1983.
- The Mysterious MBI People, Rudolph Cohen, BAR 9-04, Jul-Aug 1983.
- Claude Frederic-Armand Schaeffer-Forrer (1898–1982)- An Appreciation, James M. Robinson, BAR 9-05, Sep-Oct 1983.
- The Tablets from Ugarit and Their Importance for Biblical Studies, Peter C. Craigie, BAR 9-05, Sep-Oct 1983.
- The Last Days of Ugarit, Claude F. A. Schaeffer, BAR 9-05, Sep-Oct 1983.
- Ur and Jerusalem Not Mentioned in Ebla Tablets, Say Ebla Expedition Scholars, James D. Muhly, BAR 9-06, Nov-Dec 1983.
- Fifteen Years in Sinai, Itzhaq Beit-Arieh, BAR 10-04, Jul-Aug 1984.
- Sumer- Introduction, BAR 10-05, Sep-Oct 1984.
- Woolley’s Ur Revisited, Richard L. Zettler, BAR 10-05, Sep-Oct 1984.
- The New Sumerian Dictionary, William McPherson, BAR 10-05, Sep-Oct 1984.
- Inanna—The Quintessential Femme Fatale, Tikva Frymer-Kensky, BAR 10-05, Sep-Oct 1984.
- Sumerian “Firsts,” BAR 10-05, Sep-Oct 1984.
- Patriarchal Burial Site Explored for First Time in 700 Years, Nancy Miller, BAR 11-03, May-Jun 1985.
- From Ebla to Damascus- The Archaeology of Ancient Syria, Marie-Henriette Gates, BAR 12-03, May-Jun 1986.
- Books in Brief–Historical Essays; The Early Biblical Period, Philip J. King, BAR 12-06, Nov-Dec 1986.
- Jacob in History, Aharon Kempinski, BAR 14-01, Jan-Feb 1988.
- High Art from the Time of Abraham, Christos G. Doumas, BAR 17-01, Jan-Feb 1991.
- When Canaanites and Philistines Ruled Ashkelon, Lawrence E. Stager, BAR 17-02, Mar-Apr 1991.
- Mystery Circles, Yonathan Mizrachi, BAR 18-04, Jul-Aug 1992.
- BARlines- Bronze Age Source of Tin Found in Turkey? BAR 20-03, May-Jun 1994.
- BARlines- Wall Paintings Restored at Mareshah, BAR 20-03, May-Jun 1994.
- The Patriarchal Age- Myth or History? Kenneth A. Kitchen, BAR 21-02, Mar-Apr 1995.
- 10 Great Finds, Michael D. Coogan, BAR 21-03, May-Jun 1995.
- Finding Historical Memories in the Patriarchal Narratives, Ronald S. Hendel, BAR 21-04, Jul-Aug 1995.
- WorldWide- Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria), BAR 22-02, Mar-Apr 1996.
- Backward Glance- The Ur-Archaeologist, Edward M. Luby, BAR 23-02, Mar-Apr 1997.
- Lawrence of Arabia as Archaeologist, Stephen E. Tabachnick, BAR 23-05, Sep-Oct 1997.
- Expeditions- Hattusas, Turkey, BAR 24-02, Mar-Apr 1998.
- Strata- Canaanites in Suburbia, Bonnie Rochman, BAR 24-03, May-Jun 1998.
- Abraham’s Ur- Is the Pope Going to the Wrong Place? Hershel Shanks, BAR 26-01, Jan-Feb 2000.
- Abraham’s Ur- Did Woolley Excavate the Wrong Place? Molly Dewsnap Meinhardt, BAR 26-01, Jan-Feb 2000.
- Jerusalem as Eden, Lawrence E. Stager, BAR 26-03, May-Jun 2000.
- Was Noah’s Ark a Sewn Boat? Ralph K. Pedersen, BAR 31-03, May-Jun 2005.
- Discovering Hebron, Jeffrey R. Chadwick, BAR 31-05, Sep-Oct 2005.
- He Was Rav Because She Was Rebbetzin, Jewish Week, 11/02/2015.
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