NY Court of Appeals Upholds 19 Convictions Against Raphael Golb in Dead Sea...
In the spirit of Paul Simon, Raphael Golb is still guilty after all these years. robertcargill.com/2014/05/13/ny-…— Dr. Robert R Cargill (@xkv8r) May 13, 2014 The NY Court of Appeals today affirmed and...
View ArticleRaphael Golb re-sentenced to 2 months in prison, 3 years probation
According to the AP: A man convicted of using digital-age tools to impersonate and malign his father’s academic rivals on the ancient subject of the Dead Sea Scrolls was sentenced Monday to two months...
View ArticleIowa State University Lecture: A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the...
Iowa State University has posted online the audio of my Oct 23, 2014 lecture at ISU entitled, “A Virtual Reconstruction of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls: Recent Advances and the Future of the Field“,...
View ArticleAppeal Denied: Dr. Golb to Serve 2-month Prison Sentence
Convicted criminal Dr. Raphael Golb, son of Dr. Norman Golb, the Ludwig Rosenberger Professor in Jewish History and Civilization at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, will begin...
View ArticlePreorder now: The Cities that Built the Bible
On March 15th, my latest book, The Cities that Built the Bible will be released by HarperOne. The book has a simple thesis: without the cities of Tyre, Sidon, Byblos, Ugarit, Nineveh, Babylon, Megiddo,...
View ArticleWhy I Wrote ‘The Cities that Built the Bible’
On March 15, 2016, HarperCollins will be releasing my latest book, The Cities that Built the Bible. You can read more about the book and preorder your copy today at http://citiesthatbuiltthebible.com....
View ArticleRobert Cargill to speak at Smithsonian tonight
I shall be lecturing on the “Cities of the Bible” for the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 6:45 p.m. There will be a book signing to follow. Speaker: Robert R....
View ArticleThe Museum of the Bible: Why Are Archaeologists and Bible Scholars So Mad?
On November 17, 2017, the Museum of the Bible will open in Washington, DC, just south of the national mall. It promises to be the one of the world’s largest collection of biblical manuscripts, offering...
View ArticleThe Importance of Archaeological Provenance – BAR Sept/Oct 2018
My First Person editorial for Sept/Oct 2018 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR 44/5) is titled “The Importance of Archaeological Provenance.” I hope you can give it a read and learn about some...
View ArticleJuly/Aug/Sept/Oct 2019 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/4&5) is now...
I’m proud to announce that the July/Aug/Sept/Oct 2019 special double issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (45/4&5) is now on newsstands. The double issue, which we’ve called “By the Hand of a...
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