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Saturday, May 21, 2005

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DID THE QUEEN OF SHEBA RULE IN NIGERIA ? A University of Toronto professor seems to think it's possible. �Each year both Muslim and Chr...

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UCL INCANTATION BOWLS UPDATE: Al Jazeera has a piece on the investigation of the provenance of 650 Aramaic incantation bowls from the Sch...

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ANOTHER CANDIDATE for the site where John the Baptist baptized: Have Jordanian archaeologists found the place Jesus was baptized? New evide...

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THE TEMPLE SCROLL is a show stealer at The New Hebrew exhibition in Berlin. And well it should be. Hebrew on display in Berlin By Dana Gi...
Friday, May 20, 2005

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A DEAD SEA SCROLLS EXHIBITION is coming to my home town: Museum announces first-ever local visit By Sandi Dolbee UNION-TRIBUNE RELIGION ...
Thursday, May 19, 2005

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AUT ISRAEL-BOYCOTT UPDATE: The Scottish AUT deserves praise for doing the right thing. Scotland AUT motion seen as 'anti-boycott measu...

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PROFESSOR JAMES BARR has had a serious accident. Professor Heather McKay, SOTS Membership Secretary, e-mails the following on the SOTS mai...

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"KABBALIST BLESSES JONES: Now�s the Time to Find Holy Lost Ark." I swear I'm not making this headline up. Vendyl Jones claims...

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JOHN BROWN'S DIVINING FOR OIL IN ISRAEL is the subject of a USA Today article: His mission: Seek and ye shall find oil By Leah Krauss,...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

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THE SBL CARG SESSION on biblioblogging, coming in November, is mentioned by Mark Goodacre , who posts the abstract of Rick Brannan's pa...

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AUT ISRAEL-BOYCOTT UPDATE: John Lyons, Lecturer in New Testament at Bristol University, e-mails to let me know that the Bristol chapter of...

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SHORT ANSWER: YES .

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MICHAEL PAHL blogs the Calgary conference on second temple Judaism. But where are the pictures, Michael? UPDATE (19 May): Now there's...

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ANTIQUTIES LOOTERS FOILED (THIS TIME): Stolen rare artifact recovered in mail By ETGAR LEFKOVITS ( Jerusalem Post ) A rare archaeological ar...

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TRIAL DELAYED: The antiquities forgery trial in Israel has been delayed until September: Antiquities fraud trial opens, then adjourns for f...
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

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SOME BOZO? Why do e-mail messages from the Society of Biblical Literature to its membership now consistently contain the name "Some Bo...

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THOMAS THOMPSON previews his new book on the Bible and Intepretation website: Creating Biblical Figures I reconsider the theme of li...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: I'm not sure what to make of this one. Israelis Foil Plot by Jewish Extremists Tuesday May 17, 2005 3:31 AM AP Phot...
Monday, May 16, 2005

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CALL FOR PAPERS ON SYRIAC: George Kiraz e-mails on the Hugoye list: Periodically, Hugoye sends a call for submissions. Hugoye is an peer-r...

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JEWISH MOSAICS FROM THE ROMAN PERIOD will be on display at the Brooklyn Museum in their Tree of Paradise: Jewish Mosaics from the Roman Empi...