Once owned by biblical kings and officials, these tiny inscriptions provide an intimate connection with the ancient world.
Featuring:
July/August 1994
Jerusalem's Underground Water Systems
Articles by Dan Gill, Terence Kleven and Simon B. Parker on the mystery of Hezekiah's tunnelers, how David's general Joab got inside Jerusalem and the Siloam Inscription.
May/June 1998
First Impression by Robert Deutsch
The first seal impression (or bulla) that can be attributed to a Hebrew king belonged to Ahaz, who ruled over Judah in the eighth century B.C.
March/April 1996
Fingerprint of Jeremiah's Scribe by Hershel Shanks
The whorls of a fingerprint--perhaps belonging to the Biblical scribe himself--appear on the edge of this seal impression.
July/August 2002
Lasting Impressions
by Robert Deutsch
A clutch of newly revealed stamp seals shows how partial the kings of Judah were to foreign symbols. Also unveiled is yet another seal of a Biblical figure.
July/August 1991
Six Biblical Signatures: Seals and Seal Impressions of Six Biblical Personages Recovered by Tsvi Schneider
The biblical figures identified on these seals and bullae lived and worked during the last decades before the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem.
September/October 1987
Name of Deuteronomy's Author Found on Seal Ring by Josette Elayi
Jeremiah's Scribe and Confidant Speaks from a Hoard of Clay Bullae by Hershel Shanks |
