{"id":8,"date":"2018-10-25T13:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T13:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibarchsociety.wpengine.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:02:30","slug":"about-the-biblical-archaeology-society","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/about-the-biblical-archaeology-society\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Biblical Archaeology Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Biblical Archaeology Society<\/strong>\u00a0(<strong>BAS<\/strong>) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands.\u00a0<strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0educates the public about archaeology and the Bible through its quarterly magazine,\u00a0<strong><em>Biblical Archaeology Review<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an award-winning website<\/a>,\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/travel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tours and seminars<\/a>. Our readers rely on us to present the latest that scholarship has to offer in a fair and accessible manner.\u00a0<strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0serves as an important authority and as an invaluable source of reliable information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The excitement of archaeology and the latest in Bible scholarship since 1975.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Publishing Excellence<\/h3>\n<p><strong>BAS<\/strong>\u2019s flagship publication is\u00a0<strong><em>Biblical Archaeology Review<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>BAR<\/strong>\u00a0is the only magazine that connects the academic study of archaeology to a broad general audience eager to understand the world of the Bible. Covering both the Hebrew Bible and New Testament,\u00a0<strong>BAR<\/strong>\u00a0presents the latest discoveries and controversies in archaeology with breathtaking photography and informative maps and diagrams.\u00a0<strong>BAR<\/strong>\u2019s writers are the top scholars, the leading researchers, the world-renowned experts.\u00a0<strong>BAR<\/strong>\u00a0is the only nonsectarian forum for the discussion of biblical archaeology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0produced two other publications,\u00a0<em>Bible Review<\/em>\u00a0from 1985\u20132005, and\u00a0<em>Archaeology Odyssey<\/em> from 1998\u20132006. The complete editorial contents of all three magazines are available in the BAS Library\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for individual users<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baslibrary.org\/institutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">for institutions<\/a>. Both of these resources also include the text of four highly-acclaimed books:\u00a0<em>Aspects of Monotheism<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Feminist Approaches to the Bible<\/em>,\u00a0<em>The Rise of Ancient Israel<\/em>,\u00a0and\u00a0<em>The Search for Jesus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">A Powerful Resource<\/h3>\n<p><strong>BAR<\/strong>\u2019s annual volunteer dig guide to archaeological excavations in the Middle East and the Classical world is the only resource of its kind. That guide has now evolved into its section of our Web site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/digs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find a Dig<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0also organizes tours and seminars all over the world, arranging for prominent scholars to address our audiences.<\/p>\n<p>The books and multimedia products produced by\u00a0<strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0are suitable for individual and classroom use. History buffs, professors, clergy, and lay readers have found\u00a0<strong>BAS<\/strong>\u00a0materials valuable, while librarians have selected our reference volumes for their collections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/about-the-biblical-archaeology-society\/501c3-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><small>IRS Documents for BAS, 501(c)3.<\/small><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Biblical Archaeology Society\u00a0(BAS) was founded in 1974 as a nonprofit, nondenominational, educational organization dedicated to the dissemination of information about archaeology in the Bible lands.\u00a0BAS\u00a0educates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.0 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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