ARTIFAX

"The only NEW FACTS about the Bible and the Biblical world are coming from the ground." - William Dever

ARTIFAX is The Biblical Archaeology Newsmagazine.
ARTIFAX is published quarterly by SCRIBE MEDIA for the Institute for Biblical Archaeology and the Near East Archaeological Society, along with Biblical Israel Ministries and Tours.
ARTIFAX contains an edited digest of news reports on the latest discoveries and developments in Biblical Archaeology along with related articles.

ARTIFAX is available by subscription at only $25.00/year or $60.00 for three years. (For Canada and other international subscriptions: one year is $30.00 and three years is $70.00 in American dollars.)
You can subscribe online via Paypal by going to the official IBA ARTIFAX web page. Or download the subscription document.

Or just send a check made out to: 

The Institute for Biblical Archaeology 
                2175 Bicentennial Court
                New Brighton MN 55112

Each issue of ARTIFAX contains a digest which reviews newspaper, magazine, online, and wire service articles dealing with Biblical Archaeology, the Ancient Near East and related religious news. ARTIFAX only reviews these articles and does not vouch for their accuracy. Because of its focus on breaking news in Biblical Archaeology, ARTIFAX is a good complement to other publications in the field. ARTIFAX frequently includes one or two original articles in each issue.

"I read it from front to back and I'm deeply grateful for all of your work on ARTIFAX. Four issues a year, what a wonderful treat. When it comes, go find a room in your house, lock the door and read it, uninterupted. It is just wonderful."
- Walter C. Kaiser Jr., President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

"I always take ARTIFAX magazine with me in Israel. Not only do I read all of the articles but I go and visit some of the sites that are mentioned while I'm there."
- Scott Stripling, President of the Near East Archaeological Society, director of excavations at Tel Shiloh for Associates for Biblical Research, and Provost at The Bible Seminary.

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A Note About ARTIFAX

The important work of biblical archaeology is accomplished when the archaeologist or Bible scholar submits a final report to a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so that other archaeologists and scholars can evaluate the result of the excavation or study.

ARTIFAX is not a scientific journal but rather reports on discoveries and developments as they are announced in the news media. We do this for several reasons:

So that breaking news in the biblical archaeology world gets collected, preliminarily reviewed, and made available to the general public.
There can be long delays between the time a discovery is announced and it is officially published. Sadly, some archaeological discoveries are never published.
And as a reminder that scientific research about the Bible and the biblical world continues on a daily basis in the lab and in the field.

We do carry one or two educational articles per issue, some of which include original research.

The Institute for Biblical Archaeology was begun by professors Charles Aling and Clyde Billington four decades ago as an outgrowth of educational talks given in churches.

"Archaeology is just one leg of a 3-legged stool for understanding the ancient world, which also includes language and history," said Professor Aling. "People asked where they could find more such information without reading the journals, reading ancient language, etc. There was no real answer for them, so we decided to provide such a resource."

The Institute for Biblical Archaeology and its newsletter, which eventually became ARTIFAX magazine, began with the goal of "advancing the cause of Christ through a better knowledge of the Bible." Objectives included:

Defend the historical accuracy of the Bible.
Promote a better understanding of the Bible through research in archaeology and ancient history.
Educate Christians in the historical background of the Bible.
Encourage the use of the grammatical/historical method of biblical hermeneutics.
Engage in and encourage original research in ancient history and archaeology as it relates to the Bible.

ARTIFAX is co-published by the Near East Archaeological Society (NEAS) and sent to members as a part of their membership. So there are two ways to receive ARTIFAX: by direct subscription through IBA or by membership in NEAS. NEAS was founded in 1957 to focus on research in the lands of the Bible, the modern Middle East, with a distinctively evangelical Christian perspective.
- ARTIFAX, Autumn 2021

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"Archaeology is the only field of science, in addition to that of experimenting on humans, that requires a license from the government...This is because archaeology must be done carefully and systematically, and can only be done once."
- Archaeologist Ronny Reich, as reported in ARTIFAX, Winter 2000.

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