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Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Hanukkah history in Jerusalem

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FOR HANUKKAH: Festival of archaeology? Five ways to explore Hanukkah history in Jerusalem. From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to meno...

A 19th-century "storm in an oil jug" over the Hanukkah miracle

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DR. ISAAC (TSACHI) SLATER: The Chanukah Oil Miracle Never Happened—A 19th Century Heresy (TheTorah.com). The miracle of the jug of oil last...

"Hasmonean Palaces" to open to public during Hanukkah

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COMING SOON: Ancient Jewish site damaged by vandalism to reopen during Chanukah. The Hasmonean Palaces, damaged by graffiti and looting, wi...

Hasmonean artifacts recovered in West Bank village

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FOR HANUKKAH: Hanukkah discovery: Rare Hasmonean lamp, Second Temple stylus found near Jerusalem. The Civil Administration said the artifac...

Apamea and Hanukkah?

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FOR HANUKKAH, SORT OF: Hanukkah and Apamea: how Jews thrived under Hellenistic rule. As Hanukkah celebrates Jewish resilience, the ancient ...
Monday, December 15, 2025

Byzantine-era menorah amulet excavated near Temple Mount

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FOR HANUKKAH: Menorah Amulet From Byzantine Time Found in Ancient Jerusalem. The crudely fashioned, possibly homemade pendant was unearthed...

Archaeological evidence for a Maccabean battle?

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FOR HANUKKAH: First Material Evidence of Judah Maccabee’s Battlefield Discovered Near Jerusalem (TPS-IL). In an exclusive interview with TP...

The "degraded Hasmonean coins"

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THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT BLOG: THE “DEGRADED HASMONEAN COINS” – A SILENT WITNESS TO THE PRICE OF BROTHERLY CONFLICT . The twilight o...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

Hanukkah 2025

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HAPPY HANUKKAH (CHANUKKAH, CHANUKAH, HANNUKAH) to all those celebrating! The eight-day festival begins tonight at sundown. Last year's...

Screnock, Reading Psalms with the Scribe (OUP)

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NEW BOOK FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS: Reading Psalms with the Scribes Using Ancient Manuscript Evidence to Inform Biblical Studies ...
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Harris, Religious Experience and Divinization in the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: Religious Experience and Divinization in the Sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls Living in the Liminal Series: Supplement...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Assyrian inscriptions that mention Israelite kings

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BIBLE HISTORY DAILY: The Kurkh Monolith and Black Obelisk. References to Ancient Israel in Assyrian Texts (Nathan Steinmeyer). This is the...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Excavating Jerusalem's Hasmonean-era city wall

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ANCIENT FORTIFICATION: Huge Section of Jerusalem's 'First' City Wall Found Beneath Prison. Hasmonean Jerusalem had a bristling ...

Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day 2025

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IT'S THAT DAY AGAIN: Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day (Days of the Year). Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day was created in 2007 by Sen...

Ancient glass ring found by Sifting Project volunteer

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THE TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT: FINDER AND FIND OF THE MONTH: IRÈNE POLLAK-REIN AND THE GLASS RING . Glass rings were popular in the Roman...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation (Gorgias)

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NEW BOOK FROM GORGIAS PRESS: 3-4 Maccabees and the Apocalypse of Baruch According to the Syriac Peshitta Version with English Translation ...