William H. Shea

PUBLIC INTEREST in the search for Noah's ark continues to swell in spite of the fact that a number of expeditions to the traditional Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey have been unsuccessful in locating it. Symptomatic of such interest is the…

FIRST CAME the rash of ark books, and now come the ark movies, namely ,"The Ark of Noah," produced by Bert LaRue, and "In Search of Noah's Ark," a Schick-Sun production (taken from a book by the same title, written by Dave Balsiger…

Following his success in Syria and Palestine during the campaign of 841 B.C., Shalmaneser III turned his attention to areas in the northwest and to the north and east of Assyria. During the final six years of his reign, he faced…

A publishing event of major importance in the history of the study of the Old Testament is due this winter when Giovanni Pettinato's book on Ebla rolls off Doubleday's presses. The major find of cuneiform tablets was made at Ebla…

This article is the first of six dealing with the relationship between Israel and Assyria as revealed by archeology. Dr. Shea's subsequent articles will continue every other month.—The Editors.

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When Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent his troops to Jerusalem demanding its surrender Hezekiah knew that his kingdom of Judah faced possible extinction. The Assyrians had already conquered Samaria, thus ending the northern Hebrew…

Following Sennacherib's death in 681 B.C., two strong kings, Esarhaddon (681- 669 B.C.) and Ashurbanipal (669-626 B.C.), ruled Assyria through most of that century. Then the Assyrian Empire fell into pieces after two decades of chaotic internal…

Following the reign of Adad-Nirari III, Assyria once again lapsed into a period of weakness during which three kings ruled for approximately four decades. Since the Assyrian army did not campaign into Palestine during this period, Jeroboam…

Scholars have questioned whether there is a rightful place in Persian history for Esther as queen of Xerxes, the Biblical Ahasuerus. Four pieces of chronological data from the book of Esther can be shown to fit the ancient Greek and Persian…

Basically concerned with postbiblical interpretation and how it developed, this book begins with the biblical narrative about Joseph. Kugel touches briefly on the story's content from the Bible and then focuses on what postbiblical sources…

In its fourth edition (revised and expanded), Old Testament Theology continues to provide the best broad-spectrum coverage available on the subject.

This standard survey and reference work on Old Testament theology has gone…

In the time of the judges Israel suffered a major reversal when it lost the ark of the covenant to the Philistines for several months (see 1 Sam. 4-7). The Philistines had massed their troops at Aphek, in the central coastal plain. To meet…

Two main theories dominate today's discussion on how to study the Bible: the historical-critical method and the historicogrammatical method. The latter says that we should pay close attention to grammar and language…

The Psalms offer more than com fort and inspiration. The 104th, for instance, describes in poetic form God's accomplishments during the Creation week. Commentators note this but commonly overlook references to the meaning of the seventh day.…

The aim of this modest work is fourfold: to show the Creator's wisdom and care as manifested in the human body, to demonstrate the good ways in life to take care of that body, to show the harmful ways in which we can damage that marvelous…

The word Power on the cover of this book is the largest word in the title, emphasizing how the Bible has changed the lives of many people. The book starts off with Hugh Latimer. Thomas Bilney led Latimer into a deeper study of the…

Numerous Old Testament texts affirm that the judgments of God were accompanied from time to time by cosmic signs.

"I will give portents in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. The sun shall be turned…

A number of debates have swirled around the book of Esther in the centuries since it was written.

Both Jewish rabbis and the fathers of the early Christian Church debated whether it should even belong in the canon of Scripture. (One…