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Saturday, July 08, 2006

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AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD for Qumran scholars? This article on Grover Krantz, an anthropologist who donated his and his dogs' skeletons t...

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THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT responds to the U.S. court's attempt to confiscate and sell off antiquities held by the University of Chicago in...

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JORDAN'S ANTIQUITIES TOURISM is in some danger of becoming a victim of its own success: Jordan seeks to preserve ancient sites By Cecile...
Friday, July 07, 2006

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A SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD MIQVEH has been discovered near the Western Wall according to Arutz Sheva . I don't know if it is the same as t...

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REMEMBERING 7/7 . And let us see that we don't forget.

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THIS would make a catchy book title . I suspect the answer to the question is yes. The word "Merkavah" ("Chariot") doe...

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THERE'S NOW A JAMES THE JUST BLOG , run by James Darlack, "Student (MANT), graduate (MAOT) and Reference Librarian at Gordon-Conwel...

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PALEOJUDAICA SLOWDOWN? The good news is that I've been promoted to Reader. (The terminology doesn't map readily onto non-British s...
Thursday, July 06, 2006

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A GOOD CONFERENCE: As usual, much of the benefit came from networking and gossip, but I attended some good papers too. The two that I enjo...

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TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: An interesting article in Haaretz reviews a book by Shmuel Berkovits. Some excerpts: Temple Mount - not listed in the ...

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THE MODEL OF SECOND TEMPLE JERUSALEM that was recently relocated to the Israel Museum gets a positive review from the Jerusalem Post : Impro...

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IN THE MAIL -- my review copy of: C. D. Elledge, The Bible And the Dead Sea Scrolls Actually, it arrived a couple of weeks ago, but what wit...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006

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BOOK ON EARLY JUDAISM (from the Agade list): >From "Cohen, Mark" (cdlpress@erols.com): ======================================= ...

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CONTROVERSY over a park planned in Tiberias: Tiberias municipality to build park on site of Roman antiquity By Amiram Barkat, Haaretz Corres...

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IRAN wants those cuneiform tablets back: Iran demands return of artifacts from US Jul 4, 2006 ( Persian Journal ) Iran National Museum has c...

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A STONE supposedly brought back from Solomon's quarry is the center of a Mason-related dispute in Missippi: Various groups debate sacred...

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ELEPHANTINE IN THE NEWS: Race on to save Egypt's ancient treasures Swiss archaeologists are joining the scramble to recover invaluable a...

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WEDNESDAY SESSIONS I AIM TO ATTEND: UPDATE: Finally got the Edinburgh wireless access working. Excellent Judaica session, although unfortu...
Tuesday, July 04, 2006

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FROM THE BOOK EXHIBITION HALLS: Mostly I've been collecting publishers' catalogues for library orders, but I did break down and buy...

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TUESDAY'S APOCRYPHA AND PSEUDEPIGRAPHA SESSION [Now updated - scroll down]: 4-18 Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha 7/04/2006 2:00 PM to 5:15 ...