May 2019
Vol. 7, No. 5
How Two Historians Reconstruct the Lives of Ancient Children
By Kristine Henriksen Garroway and Shawn W. Flynn
Children often seem missing from accounts of the past, including ancient Israel. Two new books describe ways to put children back in the picture and to understand their many meanings. Read More
Arabic Medieval Cookbooks in English Translation: Treasure Troves for Near Eastern Material Culture
By Nawal Nasrallah
Medieval cookbooks present hundreds of recipes, including a surprising number for sparrow. But they tell us much more than about food; they provide a picture of life and manners. Read More
Who Are the “Best-Connected” Members of the ASOR Community?
By Steven Edwards
The annual ASOR meeting is a really big show, with hundreds of participants. But an analysis shows that those many hundreds of participants are linked in unusual ways. Read More
Jesus in Non-Christian Sources
By Lester L. Grabbe
Jesus is a ubiquitous figure but our textual perspectives are obviously skewed. What do non-Christian sources say about Jesus, his life and death? Read More
Peqi‘in Cave— A unique Chalcolithic cemetery in the Southern Levant
By Dina Shalem
Over the course of 500 years people brought their dead to a cave in the Galilee. But behind the decorated faces on the ossuaries are there deeper secrets about the identity of the dead and even their origins? Read More
