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Saturday, April 09, 2005

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DR. HELEN BOND has published an essay on Caiphas on the Bible and Interpretation website: Joseph Caiaphas: In Search of a Shadow The...

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I'VE JUST POSTED some notes on current news stories on the Dead Sea Scrolls over at Qumranica .

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RECONSTRUCTING ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY: Research team recreates ancient underwater concrete technology (PhysOrg.com) April 07, 2005 A University...
Friday, April 08, 2005

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SALOME DANCED HERE -- MAYBE: Tiberias dig unearths very rare marble floor By Eli Ashkenazi ( Ha'aretz ) A marble floor dating from the f...

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BLOGGER IS VERY GLITCHY TODAY. Apologies for the stuttered posts below, which I will clean up when the system allows me to. But for now I ...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Israeli police guard Temple Mount (BBC) Thousands of Israeli police have surrounded the Temple Mount in Jerusalem amid ...
Thursday, April 07, 2005

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THE JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF THE PSEUDEPIGRAPHA has a new issue out ( 14.2 - January 2005 ) devoted to Joseph and Aseneth . Here's the...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Ezra: Mount rally is very problematic By JPOST STAFF AND ETGAR LEFKOVITS A scenario in which thousands of Jews plan to f...

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A GUEST LECTURE by Dr. Maxine Grossman for my Dead Sea Scrolls course has now been posted on the course web page. For more information, see...
Wednesday, April 06, 2005

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A NEW ESSAY on the Bible and Interpretation website: Assyriology and Biblical Studies: Time for Reassessment? Biblical scholars sinc...

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THE BIBLICAL STUDIES CARNIVAL VOL. 1 is now up over at Joel Ng's Ebla Logs. I read a lot of biblioblogs but a number of the entries, a...
Tuesday, April 05, 2005

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THE BYZANTINE-ERA SYNAGOGUE IN JERICHO is in the news: Jericho synagogue may open for Pessah By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH ( Jerusalem Post ) Paving...

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ARAMAIC STUDIES has a new issue out ( 3.1 - January 2005 ). Here is the table of contents: Alberdina Houtman The Role of Abraham in Ta...
Monday, April 04, 2005

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HEBREW ON MARS! Sumerian and Mayan too. This article ( "Indian mark on Mars" ) in the Calcutta Telegraph drew my attention to t...

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REBECCA LESSES comments on some textbooks for Jewish mysticism, Jewish ritual, and the Hebrew Bible over at Mystical Politics .

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CHALDOASSYRIAN WATCH: Two notes in the news: Turkey Allows a First New Year for a Tiny Minority By KATHERINE ZOEPF ( New York Times ) Publi...
Sunday, April 03, 2005

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GOSPEL OF JUDAS UPDATE: Stephen Carlson has collected lots of new information at Hypotyposeis .

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THE LATE POPE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH JUDAISM is the subject of a thoughtful Reuters article ( "John Paul forged historic reconciliatio...
Saturday, April 02, 2005

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POPE JOHN PAUL II HAS DIED . Few would have predicted then that the first non-Italian Pope in 455 years would throw off the stiff trappings ...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Group Protests Opponents' Plans for Rally Friday April 1, 2005 4:01 PM AP Photo JRL101 NUSSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) - ...