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Saturday, May 20, 2006

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THE DEAD SEA SCROLL EXHIBIT IN CHARLOTTE has met its sales target, with more than a week to spare. The Charlotter Observer reports: Scroll...

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ANCIENT ARAMAIC CULTURE IN BULGARIA? Evidently. "Twin" of Bulgarian Tatul Sanctuary Found in Syria Lifestyle: 19 May 2006, Friday...
Friday, May 19, 2006

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THE MASADA DATE PALM is discussed by horticulturalist Maureen Gilmer of DIY Network. 2,000-year-old seed has roots in King Herod's palac...

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MUCH DA VINCI CODE HYPE, with the worldwide release of the movie today. I can't bring myself to read even a representative sampling of...
Thursday, May 18, 2006

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THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT is blocking release of the Da Vinci Code movie: India puts Da Vinci Code film on hold UNI (DNA) Tuesday, May 16, 200...

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DARRELL BOCK reviews Tabor's The Jesus Dynasty for Christianity Today . Excerpt: Four major historical problems exist with Tabor'...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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FORGERY BOMBSHELL? Well, maybe. The Biblical Archaeology Society has posted the following on its website: Update—Finds or Fakes? Forgery B...

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THE CONTROVERSY over the Leon Levy Foundation's $200 million contribution to NYU is noted in the Art Newspaper , but with no new detail...

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HERE'S A GOOD DA VINCI CODE HEADLINE: "Veni, Vidi, Da Vinci: The Code's Appeal" This one is from CTV.ca, but I also saw ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

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JEWISH STUDIES, AN INTERNET JOURNAL has posted another article in volume 4 (2006) which can be downloaded in Word or PDF formats from the w...

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JAMES TABOR responds to the Toronto Star article on his book: Thanks for the mention of the Toronto Star article on my book, The Jesus Dyn...

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THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES TRIAL THUS FAR -- The Boston Globe has a summary: Trial sheds light on shadowy antiquities world By Matthew Kalman, ...

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LAG B'OMER AND BAR KOKHBA -- Eli Kavon has some reflections in "The birth of Lag Ba'omer" in the Jerusalem Post . Excer...

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MEKHILTA ONLINE: Manuscript Boy reports the following over at Hagahot : The Tosefta Online site now has complete transcriptions of all man...

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OBITUARIES for Simon Parker , John C. Trever , and Daryl D. Schmidt have been published in this month's SBL Forum .
Monday, May 15, 2006

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JOHANN ALBERT FABRICIUS (1668-1736) was an amazingly prolific polymath who published, among other things, vast histories of Greek and Latin ...

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WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS. It figures that when I spend hours putting together a big post with lots of photos and I save it for a Monday for m...

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THE BIBLE PLACES NEWSLETTER, by Todd Bolen, has just published a new issue ( Vol 5, #2 - May 15, 2006 ). There are some good Featured Photo...

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JEWISH STUDIES, AN INTERNET JOURNAL , has just published a new article in volume 4 (2006) which can be downloaded in Word or PDF formats fro...

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I GUESS ASTERIX SHOULD STICK TO LATIN. The Asterix books are a lot of fun and are generally well done. And some of them have even been ...