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Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Tony Burke reviews The Carpenter’s Son

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THE APOCRYPHICITY BLOG: Movie Review: The Carpenter’s Son (2025) . The Carpenter’s Son was banned in the Philippines for presenting Jesus a...

International Septuagint Day 2026 (belatedly, as usual)

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WILLIAM A. ROSS: INTERNATIONAL SEPTUAGINT DAY 2026: A NEW SEPTUAGINT SEMINAR . This was on 8 February. I'm late again, but this time ...

Online event: Dr. Susan Ackerman: Pregnancy & Childbirth Rituals in Ancient Israel

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ON ZOOM: Virtual Seminar with Dr. Susan Ackerman: Pregnancy & Childbirth Rituals in Ancient Israel . In conjunction with the Museum at E...
Monday, February 09, 2026

Satlow, The Enchanted World (Princeton)

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MICHAEL L. SATLOW: An Enchanted World: The Official Publication (and podcast links) . I am delighted to announce that my book, An Enchanted ...

One of Vitruvius' buildings has been discovered

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: Vitruvius and the Built World of the New Testament. First confirmed basilica of Vitruvius uncovered (Lauren K. McCorm...

Baalbek

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PHOENICIAN WATCH: Baalbek: A UNESCO World Heritage Site of Architectural Splendor (Subekti, Tempo). A vivid photo essay on the ruins of ...
Sunday, February 08, 2026

Siquans & Kowalski (eds.), The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Writings (Mohr Siebeck)

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NEW BOOK FROM MOHR SIEBECK: The Reception of Exodus Motifs in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic Writings Edited by Agnethe Siquans and Beate...
Saturday, February 07, 2026

Dello Russo, A Jewish Archaeology (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: A Jewish Archaeology The Christian Discovery of Jewish Catacombs in Rome Series: Jews, Judaism, and the Arts,...
Friday, February 06, 2026

CT memorializes Barkay

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OBITUARY: The Jewish Archaeologist Who Inspired a Generation of American Christians. Pastors, students, and researchers have Gabriel Barkay...

Implications of the oldest Sabbath names

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PROF. TOVA GANZEL, JAN STAFFORD: Shabbat, Mid-Fifth Century B.C.E. (TheTorah.com). The book of Ezra–Nehemiah records Nehemiah’s mid-fifth-c...

Chief curator of the Museum of the Bible

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PROFILE: This Museum of the Bible curator takes care of some of the oldest artifacts in the world (Luke Lukert, wtop news). Bobby Duke thin...
Thursday, February 05, 2026

On Moses' horns, once more

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Horns of Moses (Lee M. Jefferson). The horns of Moses in Jerome’s Vulgate did not initially represent derision or ...

Forthcoming Aitken memorial volume

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WILLIAM A. ROSS: BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN HELLENISTIC JUDAISM . It is with mixed emotions that I announce a new book that...

Review of Felton, The Oxford handbook of monsters in classical myth

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BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The Oxford handbook of monsters in classical myth . Debbie Felton, The Oxford handbook of monsters in classical ...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

On the fall of Cartagena to the Romans

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PUNIC WATCH: Over at the Mainzer Beobachter Blog, Jona Ladering, who recently visited Cartagena, Spain, has blogged about the fall of the c...

"House of David" in the Mesha Stele?

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Mesha Stele and King David. Lemaire and Delorme say "House of David" confirmed (Various Authors). I...

The Qumran Restaurant?

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CULINARY REVIEW: Qumran: The magic of Moishik in Tel Aviv - restaurant review. The restaurant is named for the cave where the Dead Sea Scro...