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Saturday, July 17, 2004

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PHLUZEIN is "no longer operational." Even the archive is gone. What happened?

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THE ST. CATHERINE'S MONASTERY LIBRARY in the Sinai, an ancient repository for precious biblical manuscripts and other historical treasu...

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TWO NEW BOOKS (via Mimas Zetoc alerts): Sarah Dille, Mixing Metaphors: God As Mother And Father In Deutero-isaiah (Journal for the Study...
Friday, July 16, 2004

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JOSEPHUS APOCRYPHON WANTED: I am trying to track down information on a collection of citations pertaining to Jeremiah from a Greek biblic...

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A CAVE USED DURING THE BAR KOKHBA REVOLT, as well as other interesting ancient sights of the Judean Plains, are the subject of a travelogue ...

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THE INDIANAPOLIS DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBIT is the subject of a brief article on the WISHTV website: Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit Takes You Back ...

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THE NEW JPS COMMENTARY ON ECCLESIATES, by Michael V. Fox, is reviewed in this AP article: Trying to make sense of Ecclesiastes By Richa...
Thursday, July 15, 2004

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PHILOLOGOS has a column this week in the Forward on the din rodef . Excerpts: Pursuing the ' Rodef ' July 16, 2004 The rabbi...

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THE HEAD PRIEST OF THE IRAQI SABEAN MANDEANS is interviewed about his religion: Iraq: Old Sabaean-Mandean Community Is Proud of Its Ancient...

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PHILO OF ALEXANDRIA IN THE MEDIA: Michael B. Poliakoff has an essay on Olympic combat sports in Humanities Magazine. He cites Philo as o...
Wednesday, July 14, 2004

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THE JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT has a new issue out ( 28.4, June 2004 ). Here's the table of contents: Recent Evidence...

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ANOTHER PASSION REVIEW: Jacques and Carol Krie have a new one up on the Bible and Interpretation website: History is Beside the Point: D...
Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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ABSTRACTS FOR THE PAPERS at the annual meeting of the International Organization for Qumran Studies later this month in Groningen are now av...

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THE SABEA(N) MANDEANS are in danger from the polluted water of the Tigris river: Languid Tigris Waters Mask Iraq's Pollution Menace (...

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NEW BOOK REVIEWS FROM THE REVIEW OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE : Bautch, Richard J. Developments in Genre between Post-Exilic Penitential Praye...
Monday, July 12, 2004

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THE ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHAEOLOGY JOBS that were under threat in Israel due to IAA budget cuts have been funded for another year: Olmert, Ne...

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EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY has some of the Ethiopic manuscripts that were taken away after the battle of Magdala in 1868. Now the government of E...
Sunday, July 11, 2004

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THERE'S RENEWED INTEREST IN ARAMAIC IN INDIA, thanks to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ : A 'PASSION' FOR LANGUAGE ...

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HERE'S AN INTERVIEW with the authors of The Rule of Four , Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (Voice of America News). Excerpts (Caldwel...

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MORE ON THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS TO THE BIBLE IN AMERICA EXHIBITION (two posts down) from the Louisville Courier Journal , KY : � An exhibitio...