April 2018
Vol. 6, No. 4
The Canonical Process Reconsidered
By Timothy H. Lim
Why did some books become part of the Biblical canon while others did not? Rather than a top down process led by priests, the evidence suggests that it was bottom-up, with each community holding to its own authoritative texts.
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Tell Khaiber and the Castle of the Sealand Kings
By Mary Shepperson
The mysterious Sealand Dynasty ruled over southern Babylonia for almost three centuries but little has been known about them archaeologically. A new project at Tell Khaiber near Ur is bringing the dynasty into focus.
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Getting Old in Ancient Egypt
By Grigorios I. Kontopoulos
Old age was a situation that included only a very small portion of the Egyptian population. The study of the anthropological evidence from several cemeteries as well as the census declarations from Roman Egypt defined the average life expectancy for males at 22.5-25 years and for females at 35-37 years.
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Jesus’s Passover
By James F. Strange
Passover in Jerusalem was a joyous holiday of eating and drinking. Just one dressed goat would yield around 60 pounds of meat. Then multiply by tens of thousands.
