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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 MoreÌý