PRETTY QUIET IN THE NEWS, but here are couple of stories. Jim West notes an Arutz Sheva report of First and Second Temple period archaeological finds in the western Galilee, including a late Second-Temple-period village in which a ring inscribed with Hebrew names was found. Even discounting the political slant of the article, the discoveries sound very interesting and I look forward to hearing more.

Also (a bit off topic), there's been a potentially explosive find of hidden treasure in Tel Aviv.

The weather in St. Andrews has been uncharacteristically summery this July and it is beautiful and sunny yet again today. This is too good a chance to miss: forget work and forget blogging, we're going to the beach.