I wrote this essay, “Can We Trust Luke?” for the July 28, 2023, CGG Weekly. “. . . it seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you an orderly account, most excellent Theophilus . . .” —Luke 1:3 …
A version of this essay, “Recent Finds,” appeared in CGG Weekly on June 22, 2012. “But he said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’” —Luke 16:31 The insular world of biblical archeology always seems …
This essay was first published in CGG Weekly on May 5, 2006. The last few issues of Biblical Archeology Review (BAR) have reminded me why I canceled my subscription in frustration several years ago. Whether it is an article on who “the disciple whom Jesus loved” was or one about the possibility of …
