Our website began in 1997 as a graduate student team project at George Washington University. The original mission of BIBARCH™ was to provide online resources to students and advocational archaeologists in their study of biblical archaeology and anthropology and in their preparation to participate in excavations in Israel, Jordon and Syria. But over the last few years our effort has been to expand the content to be helpful to all interested in the Bible, its lands and history as well as early Christian history.

High Top Media, LLC maintains this site, institutes revisions, and is wholly responsible for its contents. Nevertheless, the information and the opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of High Top Media, LLC, nor any employee or agent thereof, nor any particular editor or website designer. Attribute all unsigned articles to the editor.

Users relying on information posted herein assume the “risk of use” and they should investigate and evaluate thoroughly items of interest prior to entering into any contractual obligations. Mention of, display of, or links to products, services and other websites do not signify any recommendation or endorsement, but are only for informational purposes. 

Our mission is to advance understanding of the Bible, biblical peoples, and cultures in their historical and archaeological context. For us, “The Bible is the Foundation of Knowledge.” The key objectives of our website are:

• To furnish a means of fostering positive attitudes about the Bible, its historicity, archaeology, and meaning. 
• To promote biblical studies, history, and archaeology as disciplines;
• To provide an on-line glossary of words and phrases in the archaeology of the Bible lands.
• To serve as a clearinghouse for helps in the study of biblical archaeology.
• To provide stimuli for discussion, reading, and study. 
• To address salient issues in relation to the larger sociocultural, economic, and political forces existing at the local, regional, national, and global levels. 
• To engage in advocacy, particularly that related to biblical understanding, as we consider important.

Our premise is that “the Bible alone and the Bible in its entirety is the Word of God written, and therefore inerrant in the autographs.” We further believe the rules of the Hebrew Calendar, as given to the Aaronic priests by God at the time of Moses, remain valid and reliable in the form of the Hebrew Perpetual Calendar thereby accurate for dating events in the Hebrew Scriptures and the New Testament.

As BIBARCH™ editor and publisher, I hope you will find the resources and content on our website of value. If you visited bibarch.com in the old Microsoft FrontPage format, we trust you will find our new WordPress look and the updated content interesting and helpful.

Michael P. Germano, Ed.D., J.D.
Editor and Publisher
Email editor@bibarch.com