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Tuesday, August 18, 2026

The Michigan papyrus collection

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WORKSHOP REPORT: Unveiling history: University of Michigan home to America’s largest collection of ancient papyrus (Matt Jaworowski, WoodTV...

The Temple of Ištar-of-Akkad in Babylon

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BIBLIOGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Temple of Ištar-of-Akkad in Babylon from the Neo-Assyrian until the Persian Period . Notice of a New Book: Boi...
Monday, August 17, 2026

Talmudic legends about the Roman emperors

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TALMUD WATCH: Rome says Nero died. The Talmud gives him a very different ending. Jewish legends recast Rome’s emperors in extraordinary way...

On Hermes Trismegistos and the Sibyls

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ETHNIC RELATIONS AND MIGRATION IN THE ANCIENT WORLD: Egyptian and Babylonian wisdom: Lactantius on the authority of Hermes Trismegistos and ...

Papyrus rolls in stone?

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VARIANT READINGS: Realistic Renderings of Papyrus Rolls in Stone (Brent Nongbri). I checked Theodor Birt’s classic book on the depiction of...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

The Book of Joshua (Brill)

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NEW BOOK FROM BRILL: The Book of Joshua Composition, Reception, and Interpretation Series: Formation and Interpretation of Old Testam...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

Collins, Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism (Eerdmans)

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NEW BOOK FROM EERDMANS: Apocalypticism as a Worldview in Ancient Judaism by John J. Collins Imprint: Eerdmans 192 Pages, 6.00 × 9.00 in ...
Friday, August 14, 2026

The Rosicrucian inflection

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THE ANXIOUS BENCH: The Rosicrucians: A 400-Year-Old Hoax That Worked (Philip Jenkins). To return to the theme of this blog series, the Rosi...

Non-Semitic Loanwords in the Hebrew Bible

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PHILOLOGY: Speaking of Eisenbrauns, at the JewishLink, Mitchell First has a two-part profile of selected words covered in Non-Semitic Loanwo...

New editors for the Eisenbrauns HACL series

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL INVOLVED: Penn State University Press appoints new editors for Eisenbrauns series . UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

Trump wears an Aramaic Zohar treatise for protection?

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APOTROPAIC ARAMAIC: Marla Maples: Trump carries the Zohar over his heart “for protection and healing.” (Tamar Stein, Israel365News). Marla...

Gemstones are divine

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PROF. ILONA N. RASHKOW: Gemstones of the Gods: The Symbolism of the High Priest’s Breastpiece (TheTorah.com). Ezekiel pictures Eden as a ga...

Antiquities looting charges in Hadera Court

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APRREHENDED AND INDICTED: IAA files indictment against two Fureidis residents caught carrying illegally excavated artifacts. Distelfeld and...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Are Jeremiah's false prophet opponents imaginary?

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THE BIBLE AND INTERPRETATION: Who Are the “False Prophets” in the Book of Jeremiah? The book of Jeremiah brims with scathing denunciations...

Most of Egypt's antiquities remain to be uncovered?

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EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY: Only 30% of Egypt's antiquities uncovered, more discoveries await-official (Egyptian State Information Service). ...