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Recent News - March 2012
- Archaeological dig in Israel: Shoveling dust, history
Charlote Observer: March 29, 2012 - How religion has been used to promote slavery
CNN: March 29, 2012 - Arizona Considering Bible Course in Public Schools
School Library Journal: March 28, 2012 - Religious Leaders Rebuke Historian's Claim Resurrection Was An 'Optical Illusion'
Christian Post: March 29, 2012 - Israel’s Supreme Court upholds privatisation of archaeological park
Art Newspaper: March 29, 2012 - Jimmy Carter: Bible Scholar?
NCR: March 26, 2012 - Supreme Court Declines Appeals on Religion in Public Education
Education Week: March 26, 2012 - Group sues over Pennsylvania law declaring 2012 the “Year of the Bible”
NYDailyNews: March 27, 2012 - The world's largest maker of Bible software is in Bellingham
SeattleTimes: March 25, 2012 - Citing Chapter and Verse: Which Scripture Is the Right One?
NYTimes: March 26, 2012 - Faith, forgery, science -- and the James Ossuary
LATimes: March 25, 2012 - Archaeologists Revisit Iraq
NPR: March 26, 2012 - The Archaeological Evidence For Jesus (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post: March 26, 2012 - In a stone box, the only trace of crucifixion
Times Of Israel: March 26, 2012 - Jewish Jesus
PBS: March 23, 2012 - The Time Is Now: Renewing Orthodoxy for the 21st Century
Huffington Post: March 24, 2012 - Professor Revives Egyptology At Harvard
Harvard Crimson: March 23, 2012 - Scarred landscape reveals its peaceful face
SMH: March 23, 2012 - On Faith: Elaine Pagels on the fall of Judaism
Washington Post: March 23, 2012 - A Question Of Belonging
WSJ: March 23, 2012 - Ehrman Trashtalks Mythicism
Richard carrier Blog: March 21, 2012 - James the Brother of Jesus: Trial and Truth?
UWYO: March 21, 2012 - Top 5: Archaeology experiences in J'lem
JPost: March 22, 2012 - When Torah meets science
Jewish Journal: March 21, 2012 - Author Bart Ehrman's Latest Work 'Did Jesus Exist?' Makes a Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth
PR Web: March 20, 2012 - ‘Altering’ The Bible’s Language
The Jewish Week: March 21, 2012 - Why are Jewish dead flown to Israel for burials?
CNN: March 21, 2012 - Kosher Jesus is rather treif
CJNews: March 21, 2012 - A week on an archaeological dig in Israel is a dusty history lesson
Detroit Free Press: March 18, 2012 - Giving Tyndale due credit
OneNewsNow: March 20, 2012 - President Jimmy Carter Authors New Bible Book, Answers Hard Biblical Questions
Huffington Post: March 19, 2012 - Jimmy Carter on the Bible
EvolutionBlog: March 20, 2012 - Into the Apocalypse With an Unruffled Tour Guide
NYTimes: March 20, 2012 - Did Jesus Exist?
Huffington Post: March 20, 2012 - James ossuary’ verdict adds to burial box furor
Tucson Citizen: March 17, 2012 - One Shekel Worth $1.1 Million – at Auction
Arutz Sheva: March 13, 2012 - Neot Kedumim: Exploring biblical Israel in the footsteps of those that walked it
Haaretz: March 18, 2012 - A Third of Americans Read Bible Every Day
Opposing Views: March 16, 2012 - Jesus, Paul, Sex and Family Values
Huffington Post: March 18, 2012 - Verdict on James ossuary thrills Toronto filmmaker
Globe and Mail: March 14, 2012 - Bible Not Divisive, Unifies Jews, Christian Traditions: Archaeologist
Christian Post: March 16, 2012 - Oded Golan, James Ossuary Proponent, Acquitted of Antiquities Fraud
Huffington Post: March 16, 2012 - Trial Does Not Settle 'Brother of Jesus' Controversy
Discovery: March 16, 2012 - Panel: J'lem of incidental importance in Islam
JPost: March 16, 2012 - New books explore unsettled feelings about Jesus, Spinoza
Jweekly: March 16, 2012 - Israeli court acquits 2 men accused of forging burial box of Jesus’ brother
Washington Post: March 15, 2012 - Biblical relic dealer acquitted in Israeli forgery trial
MSNBC: March 14, 2012 - Toronto museum wouldn’t remount James ossuary display, vice-president says
Globe and mail: March 15, 2012 - James ossuary trial acquits Israeli man of forgery charges
Star: March 14, 2012 - Response of the IAA to the Verdict by the Jerusalem District Court in the Matter of the Forgeries
IAA: March 14, 2012 - Hieroglyphics turn prisoner away from a life of crime
LATimes: March 14, 2012 - Judge set to lift lid on ‘James ossuary' verdict
Globe and Mail: March 13, 2012 - When Will The Christian Right Return To The Teachings Of Their Gospel?
Huffington Post: March 13, 2012 - WHAT DOES THE CONCEPT OF THE MESSIAH MEAN TODAY?
Moment: March/April 2012 - Deciphering Secrets of the 'Patio Tomb'
Forward: March 12, 2012 - The writing on the wall, tablet and floor
Haaretz: March 9, 2012 - No gold in them hills
Haaretz: March 9, 2012 - Home Away From Home
Tablet: March 6, 2012 - BU biblical research shown in Vatican
Baylor Lariat: March 9, 2012 - Oregon Library Faces Lawsuit for Banning Christian Group
New American: March 9, 2012 - The Sensational Archaeologists
Christian Post: March 7, 2012 - Ancient 'Graffiti' Unlock the Life of the Common Man
Science Daily: March 6, 2012 - The gospel according to Jewish scholars
JPost: March 8, 2012 - Tradition Today: The whole megila
JPost: March 8, 2012 - Vatican exhibits spotlight the Bible, Vatican archive
Washington Post: March 7, 2012 - Slavery billboard draws criticism
Ydr: March 7, 2012 - New Atheists Promote Bible Study?
Huffington Post: March 7, 2012 - In New Book 'The Power of Parable,' John Dominic Crossan Explains How the Gospels are Fiction
SFGate: March 7, 2012 - 'Jesus Tomb' Really His Disciples' Resting Places
Christian Post: March 7, 2012 - Religion, science pair to prove origin of universe
The battalion: March 7, 2012 - Rahmani on the inscription on the James ossuary
Antonio Lombatti Blog: March 6, 2012 - How Zondervan struck a deal with rival Thomas Nelson to combine Christian bestsellers
MLIve: March 5, 2012 - More on Discoveries at Horbat Midras in Israel
Sci-News: March 2, 2012 - Rabbis warn Jews against going to Temple Mount
JPost: March 6, 2012 - Greece: Antiquities Safer in the Ground
Arutz Sheva: March 4, 2012 - Christian tomb talk turns 'ugly'
MSNBC: March 2, 2012 - My Take: Five women in religion to watch
CNN: March 5, 2012 - “Revelations”: The Bible’s scariest book
Salon: March 4, 2012 - The Torah and Making Sacred Spaces
Huffington Post: March 5, 2012 - Cultures Ancient and
America: March 2, 2012 - Greek helmet discovered in Israeli harbor
UPI: March 2, 2012 - Questions raised about possible clues to Jesus and disciples
Fox News: February 29, 2012 - Bible Exhibit in Rome Tells Survival Story of Scripture
Christian Post: March 1, 2012 - Redacting the Bible: A Case Study in Historical Criticism
Huffington Post: March 1, 2012 - My Take: Don’t blame college for young people leaving Christianity
Cnn: March 1, 2012 - ASOR Blog on Patio Tomb
ASOR: March 1, 2012 - Naked Archaeologist' finds signs Jerusalem cave was used to bury Jesus' disciples
Haaretz: February 28, 2012 - Doubts about 'the Jesus Discovery'
MSNBC: February 29, 2012 - Fragments of Mark's Gospel May Date to 1st Century
Forbes: February 29, 2012 - Bible Scholars Skeptical of 1st Century Gospel Fragment 'Discovery'
Christian Post: February 29, 2012
